Bubba Copeland
The death by suicide of small-town Alabama mayor Fred "Bubba" Copeland was a premeditated hit job, according to Donald Watkins, a longtime attorney who has become a leading voice in online investigative journalism. In a post today, Watkins says he has uncovered the identity of individuals behind Copeland's death, and he plans to reveal details soon on his donaldwatkins.com website.Under the headline "Fred Lavon Copeland: Who Ordered the "Hit Job" on Bubba, and Why?" Watkins writes:
Last night, I was able to identify the "shot caller" who ordered the premeditated 1819 News media "hit job" on Smiths Station, Alabama, mayor, pastor, and businessman Fred Lavon "Bubba" Copeland.
I have also identified the person who painted the target on Copeland's back.
These are NOT the "usual suspects," but they are very bad people. They have done unspeakable things in life. They are incapable of contrition for causing Copeland's suicide.
Stay tuned! We will tell you who ordered the "hit job" on Bubba, and why.
Watkins and I reported yesterday that Copeland -- the mayor of Smiths Station, AL, and the pastor of a Baptist church in Phenix City, AL -- died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound last Friday (11/3/23), two days after the right-wing 1819 News site began a series of articles about his cross-dressing lifestyle.
The family of Craig Monger, the reporter who broke the Copeland story, was experiencing a financial crisis -- a corporate and personal bankruptcy in which both Monger's father and mother were named.
Now, Donald Watkins has learned that the story leading to "Bubba" Copeland's death was not a standard act of journalism. Watkins calls it a "premeditated hit job," driven by "very bad people" who have "done unspeakable things in life" -- to the extent that they are "incapable of (feeling) contrition for causing Copeland's suicide."
More details are coming soon.
