I arrived at the state line in the 60's and it was the most corrupt place I had ever been and I had been to a few. I arrived with Bill Clubb and later Henry Bowen both pretty rank folks back then. Louise was mean but nice to me, Doug or Towhead was a mean dude and violent. I worked at the truck there a while and decided to move on.
It is so easy to run down a dead man,call Pusser a boy to his face and you would be picking your teeth up off the ground that man was mean and no push over. !!!!! GOD Bless !!!!! James and Judy Hopper Romans 6:23, Joshua 15:24………
Talking about rading the state line my grandpa at age 19 married a 12-year-old and they moved to McNairy county and she gave birth at age 13 and by age 17 she's had four babies.... They could make a movie about my grandpa and he was a preacher also i and a womanizer in McNairy county.. this was between the years of 1919 and 19 66 Grandpa got hit while walking down South highway 4,5 in McNairy county and a ruled it to be suspicious.....😮
Thats right. Since it was a multijurisdictional raid it was made up of state law enforcement officers from both Mississippi and Tennessee as well as deputies from McNairy County Tennessee and Alcorn County Mississippi.
Its very sad when a man spends every waking hour spreading false information and trashing a man that is no longer alive. If Pusser were alive today you wouldn't have the courage to do what you are doing. The Pusser legacy is all but dead and the Pusser family is almost gone. Get a life and leave them alone.
Its very sad that someone who is your age still believes in Superheroes and the only way you can justify your own untruthful views of Buford is to make a post like the one you just did. Time for you to grow up and smell the coffee!
@@bufordpusser1122 I have smelled the coffee. I am 57 years old and have researched the life of Buford Pusser since I was 10 years old. I know fact from fiction according to the life of Buford Pusser. I never said Pusser was a super hero and he was no saint. None of us are. But what is sad very sad is that you spend every waking hour trashing a man that has been dead for almost 50 years. when you speak of untruthful views you better look in the mirror.
All I can say to that is that if you have truly researched the Pusser Legend, then you know as I do that he was a corrupt sheriff, as were so many other southern sheriff of the day. In all of your research, which state line joints did you find that he actually closed down and which state liners did be send to prison as he allegedly "cleaned up the state line"?@@Ericasmartialarts2023.
@@bufordpusser1122 Pusser never closed down the state line joints. He did ride herd on them very aggressively . And no I do not know he was corrupt. No doubt many southern Sheriff's were corrupt but there were many that were clean and honest. Most of the state liners took care of themselves by getting caught by other law enforcement agencies that did send them to prison or killing each other. My question is why do you have such a hatred for a man that is deceased and can't defend himself. Why has this become your life's work?
Pusser accepted payoffs from the state liners and that information came straight from the Hathcock Family. The only time Buford arrested Louise Hathcock was during a multi-jurisdictional raid, during which Buford was denied the opportunity to warn Louise that a raid was about to take place. Buford never arrested Toehead White who was managing the state line establishments for Louise or for when he was moonshining in McNairy County before moving the operation to Tishomingo County Mississippi. Your claims that he acted ""aggressively" against the state liners are nothing more than "legend building." I assume that you have no problem with a "false legend" while being offended when the truth is told in it's place.
Remember. Book seller. It was a movie you often talk about. A movie. . Was he corrupt. Likely. Yet even your movie of his glory shows that. Watch it again .
You guys are awfully young looking to be in your early 80s which you would have to be to know first hand about Jack and Louis Hathcock's dealings and affairs.
We are in our 70's and Dennis Hathcock is W.O.'s son. W.O. had the Plantation Club. Jack and Louise were Dennis's aunt and uncle. He has lots of knowledge about his family.
Jack had street smarts but for his love for Louise. I heard her described once with "That ole gal woulda f@#%ed a bramble bush if she thought it'd get her anything.". The ironic thing is her " relationship" with White was like a mirror of what she had with Jack. One in some semblance of love and the other in it for whatever benefits they could get from the other.
Buford was a criminal with a badge. My family has lived here since the 40s and everyone in this county is tired of people idolizing a corrupt individual. Lawmen cannot be criminals themselves or they loose the respect as Buford lost his own county's respect. If you didn't live through Buford then you just don't know. Also not a single one of us idolizes the Hathcocks, or Towhead either. We know they were bad and corrupt. We also know the law SHOULD BE THE LAW and above all of it and NOT on the take. Ask yourselves why the residents of this county don't idolize Buford. Why isn't there way more tourist traps promoting Buford? I mean they made movies about the man. Why do none of McNairy Co. Residents give a flying fugh? Cause you were sold a lie while we know the truth and laugh at the people that believe the "Pusser Legend" aslo the big stick is horseshit. Still... much love.
I will watch your vids Mr. Elam, and for the most part agree with what you claim to know, have privy to. But I feel extremely sorry for Dwana, Buford's daughter. She deserves some peace. At least until her time is up. I reside in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and by the look of the phone number you listed on FB, you did or still do reside in NW Ark.. My whole point: If you have dirt on someone and can prove it and dispel all the hype and fiction and celeb worship, then do so and not charge folks about $30 for your book (Tax Included).
I wrote the book at the request of many people who lived their own part of the real story as they wanted the real story to be told.. Up until then I told what I have learned on my Facebook page. The problem there is that after a few years discussions were no longer in chronological order..., the book remedied that. Yes the cost of the book is a bit much, but it contains a number of documents, reports, photos and newspaper clippings that would difficult to read if the pages were smaller and of course the larger page size is about twice as expensive to print as compared to a paperback half the size. On top of that, it is a lot more expensive to mail even using media rates. then there are of course the Amazon fees. That doesn't leave much of a profit. As for Buford's Daughter Dwana, I have stated many times that I felt sorry for her. She lost both of her parents at a young age and then had her grandmother spend almost all of her inheritance trying to prove that Buford was murdered. As an adult Dwana apparently felt compelled to try and keep her father's false legend alive. As for the videos, they don't cost viewers a thing to watch, it just takes a lot longer to tell the entire story than it takes people to read the book. Thirteen episodes so far and we have barely got past Buford being elected sheriff..
Mr. Elam want's to make a name for himself, he just talks to people who hated Buford and gets there side of the story, he can't stand it that there's a lot more people, I mean a lot more people liked Buford than didn't, I believe Mr. Elam thinks he's a expert on this, I think he makes a lot of it up. I'm sure other people agree.
Mike, I gotta say after watching your videos your alot more personable than I'd have thought after reading years of your comments. I don't think we'll ever see eye to eye on the ambush incident but I guess I can't rule it out completely. I never saw your Facebook stuff because I despise that platform along with most other social media. Y.T. and its comment section being as far as ill go down that road. Anyway to wrap this up I wanted to ask if your book is going to published on an electronic format like Kindle at anytime in the future? Enjoying the videos and look forward to the next. Thanks,Shane
Facts dumbass law men work with facts Mike Elam is law man so as Joe Friday said only the facts so Mike Elam is Joe Friday now you can say bs all you want but facts are facts and facts don't lie
@@scottwalker6897 There wERE no act of Sabotage involved. Out of a sense of caution, various parts of the vehicle were examined by local and state officials as well as the FBI. That was all movie fare.
There is a letter by his wrecked car at the museum implied it was defective tires that Chevrolet used for a while on corvettes. They eventually recalled that type of tire. Everyone seems to agree that Buford drove at a high rate of speed most of the time.
I arrived at the state line in the 60's and it was the most corrupt place I had ever been and I had been to a few. I arrived with Bill Clubb and later Henry Bowen both pretty rank folks back then. Louise was mean but nice to me, Doug or Towhead was a mean dude and violent. I worked at the truck there a while and decided to move on.
Where did you meet Bill Clubb?
It is so easy to run down a dead man,call Pusser a boy to his face and you would be picking your teeth up off the ground that man was mean and no push over. !!!!! GOD Bless !!!!! James and Judy Hopper Romans 6:23, Joshua 15:24………
Ole Buford may have been tough but I doubt tow head white feared Buford pusser anyway shape or form
Talking about rading the state line my grandpa at age 19 married a 12-year-old and they moved to McNairy county and she gave birth at age 13 and by age 17 she's had four babies.... They could make a movie about my grandpa and he was a preacher also i and a womanizer in McNairy county.. this was between the years of 1919 and 19 66 Grandpa got hit while walking down South highway 4,5 in McNairy county and a ruled it to be suspicious.....😮
somebody needs to write a book on Rex Armistead
He was a man of two tales as he seems to have had both a good and bad side.
Rex was working on one with a writer before he got ill.
Rex Armistead was a Mississippi Trooper and Investigator. Not TBI as you stated.
Thats right. Since it was a multijurisdictional raid it was made up of state law enforcement officers from both Mississippi and Tennessee as well as deputies from McNairy County Tennessee and Alcorn County Mississippi.
Its very sad when a man spends every waking hour spreading false information and trashing a man that is no longer alive. If Pusser were alive today you wouldn't have the courage to do what you are doing. The Pusser legacy is all but dead and the Pusser family is almost gone. Get a life and leave them alone.
Its very sad that someone who is your age still believes in Superheroes and the only way you can justify your own untruthful views of Buford is to make a post like the one you just did. Time for you to grow up and smell the coffee!
@@bufordpusser1122 I have smelled the coffee. I am 57 years old and have researched the life of Buford Pusser since I was 10 years old. I know fact from fiction according to the life of Buford Pusser. I never said Pusser was a super hero and he was no saint. None of us are. But what is sad very sad is that you spend every waking hour trashing a man that has been dead for almost 50 years. when you speak of untruthful views you better look in the mirror.
All I can say to that is that if you have truly researched the Pusser Legend, then you know as I do that he was a corrupt sheriff, as were so many other southern sheriff of the day. In all of your research, which state line joints did you find that he actually closed down and which state liners did be send to prison as he allegedly "cleaned up the state line"?@@Ericasmartialarts2023.
@@bufordpusser1122 Pusser never closed down the state line joints. He did ride herd on them very aggressively . And no I do not know he was corrupt. No doubt many southern Sheriff's were corrupt but there were many that were clean and honest. Most of the state liners took care of themselves by getting caught by other law enforcement agencies that did send them to prison or killing each other. My question is why do you have such a hatred for a man that is deceased and can't defend himself. Why has this become your life's work?
Pusser accepted payoffs from the state liners and that information came straight from the Hathcock Family. The only time Buford arrested Louise Hathcock was during a multi-jurisdictional raid, during which Buford was denied the opportunity to warn Louise that a raid was about to take place. Buford never arrested Toehead White who was managing the state line establishments for Louise or for when he was moonshining in McNairy County before moving the operation to Tishomingo County Mississippi. Your claims that he acted ""aggressively" against the state liners are nothing more than "legend building."
I assume that you have no problem with a "false legend" while being offended when the truth is told in it's place.
Remember. Book seller. It was a movie you often talk about. A movie. . Was he corrupt. Likely. Yet even your movie of his glory shows that. Watch it again .
You guys are awfully young looking to be in your early 80s which you would have to be to know first hand about Jack and Louis Hathcock's dealings and affairs.
We are in our 70's and Dennis Hathcock is W.O.'s son. W.O. had the Plantation Club. Jack and Louise were Dennis's aunt and uncle. He has lots of knowledge about his family.
Jack had street smarts but for his love for Louise. I heard her described once with "That ole gal woulda f@#%ed a bramble bush if she thought it'd get her anything.". The ironic thing is her " relationship" with White was like a mirror of what she had with Jack. One in some semblance of love and the other in it for whatever benefits they could get from the other.
I subscribed.
I didnt know CNN's former news personality, Brian Stelter, had a twin!!!
Looks like somebody's trying to capital- "lies"
LOL.... so..., you still believe in fairytales like the Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the "PUSSER LEGEND." Do a little investigating as I have.
Buford was a criminal with a badge. My family has lived here since the 40s and everyone in this county is tired of people idolizing a corrupt individual. Lawmen cannot be criminals themselves or they loose the respect as Buford lost his own county's respect. If you didn't live through Buford then you just don't know. Also not a single one of us idolizes the Hathcocks, or Towhead either. We know they were bad and corrupt. We also know the law SHOULD BE THE LAW and above all of it and NOT on the take. Ask yourselves why the residents of this county don't idolize Buford. Why isn't there way more tourist traps promoting Buford? I mean they made movies about the man. Why do none of McNairy Co. Residents give a flying fugh? Cause you were sold a lie while we know the truth and laugh at the people that believe the "Pusser Legend" aslo the big stick is horseshit. Still... much love.
Please Brian stelter can't hold a candle to Mike Elam
I will watch your vids Mr. Elam, and for the most part agree with what you claim to know, have privy to. But I feel extremely sorry for Dwana, Buford's daughter. She deserves some peace. At least until her time is up. I reside in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and by the look of the phone number you listed on FB, you did or still do reside in NW Ark..
My whole point: If you have dirt on someone and can prove it and dispel all the hype and fiction and celeb worship, then do so and not charge folks about $30 for your book (Tax Included).
I wrote the book at the request of many people who lived their own part of the real story as they wanted the real story to be told.. Up until then I told what I have learned on my Facebook page. The problem there is that after a few years discussions were no longer in chronological order..., the book remedied that. Yes the cost of the book is a bit much, but it contains a number of documents, reports, photos and newspaper clippings that would difficult to read if the pages were smaller and of course the larger page size is about twice as expensive to print as compared to a paperback half the size. On top of that, it is a lot more expensive to mail even using media rates. then there are of course the Amazon fees. That doesn't leave much of a profit.
As for Buford's Daughter Dwana, I have stated many times that I felt sorry for her. She lost both of her parents at a young age and then had her grandmother spend almost all of her inheritance trying to prove that Buford was murdered. As an adult Dwana apparently felt compelled to try and keep her father's false legend alive.
As for the videos, they don't cost viewers a thing to watch, it just takes a lot longer to tell the entire story than it takes people to read the book. Thirteen episodes so far and we have barely got past Buford being elected sheriff..
Thank you for your reply Mr. Elam.
I subscribed.
$30?
Mr. Elam want's to make a name for himself, he just talks to people who hated Buford and gets there side of the story, he can't stand it that there's a lot more people, I mean a lot more people liked Buford than didn't, I believe Mr. Elam thinks he's a expert on this, I think he makes a lot of it up. I'm sure other people agree.
I learned nothing from this episode
Then pay attention didn't the teacher tell you that in school Mike Elam is the teacher
“Seek the Truth”
Mike, I gotta say after watching your videos your alot more personable than I'd have thought after reading years of your comments. I don't think we'll ever see eye to eye on the ambush incident but I guess I can't rule it out completely. I never saw your Facebook stuff because I despise that platform along with most other social media. Y.T. and its comment section being as far as ill go down that road. Anyway to wrap this up I wanted to ask if your book is going to published on an electronic format like Kindle at anytime in the future?
Enjoying the videos and look forward to the next. Thanks,Shane
Wow, Lurch from the Adams Family can’t even make a complete sentence. Worst interview I’ve ever seen!!!
Mike was talking reality not some TV show
I guess we all have a little corruption in us lmao 😎
Probably, but Buford had a lions share.
Stop putting Bufford down
Facts dumbass law men work with facts Mike Elam is law man so as Joe Friday said only the facts so Mike Elam is Joe Friday now you can say bs all you want but facts are facts and facts don't lie
Agreed...
Please eliminate the word “uh” from your vocabulary. How? Just think about what you want to say first and then say it.
I don't believe a word you are saying
Mike was Buford Buford intoxicated at the time of his death?
Bac was .18. In 1974 I believe the legal limit in TN was .10, so yes, he was intoxicated.
@@bufordpusser1122 there was a story out that someone sabotaged his car,I was thinking that was a little far fetched.
@@scottwalker6897 There wERE no act of Sabotage involved. Out of a sense of caution, various parts of the vehicle were examined by local and state officials as well as the FBI. That was all movie fare.
.10 for a 180, 5’9” man that might be intoxicated.
Not necessarily so for someone of BP’s size
There is a letter by his wrecked car at the museum implied it was defective tires that Chevrolet used for a while on corvettes. They eventually recalled that type of tire. Everyone seems to agree that Buford drove at a high rate of speed most of the time.
The r lieing
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