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| Georgia sheriff arrested after shooting pledges to stay on job |
| 2015-05-09 |
| [Rooters] A Georgia Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill, 50, was arrested on Wednesday on a misdemeanor charge of reckless conduct and released from the Gwinnett County jail after posting bail, police said. He is accused of wounding Gwenevere McCord, 43, a friend and real estate agent, by shooting her in the abdomen in an Atlanta subdivision's model home on Sunday. According to the arrest warrant, the sheriff was "practicing police tactics" when his gun discharged. "While focused on the recovery and healing of Gwenevere, I will simultaneously continue with my duties and responsibilities as the sheriff of Clayton County," Hill said in a statement posted on Thursday on his department's Facebook page. Hill, who was acquitted by a jury in 2013 of corruption charges that he misused county-issued credit cards, has refused to discuss the case with police. Where, among other things, he fired all the white men on the force the day he took office. McCord has not been physically able to do so, authorities said. Be glad you don't live here. Be very glad. Because Hill faces a misdemeanor charge rather than a felony, Georgia law does not allow Governor Nathan Deal to appoint a committee of elected officials to recommend whether the sheriff should be suspended while the case is pending, said Deal spokesman Brian Robinson. The Rooters story is a bit watered down. Huffpoo has a more detailed accounting. You want tribal governance and law enforcement, move to Clayton, Co. Georgia. Don't bring the kids, unless you plan on home-schooling. Bonus Link: Clayton County Sheriff's Department website and most wanted page. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #7 Sunday evening training in a model home.... wrong gun fired |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-05-09 20:49 |
| #6 Wait a second, I don't even, wtf? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2015-05-09 17:05 |
| #5 If Obama had a relative...oh, never mind! |
| Posted by: Woozle Scourge of the Wee Folk4194 2015-05-09 13:27 |
| #4 This time, i was wondering what on earth the sheriff could have been doing at a fraternity initiation. Practicing for a campus-cop job at the University of Virginia? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-05-09 10:27 |
| #3 I was too, Richard, as well as wondering what kind of job required being shot as an incentive to continue at it? |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2015-05-09 09:09 |
| #2 I know headline writing is sometimes difficult. This time, i was wondering what on earth the sheriff could have been doing at a fraternity initiation. |
| Posted by: Richard Aubrey 2015-05-09 07:38 |
| #1 For people of quality, mating Gets rough in the County of Clayton. Unbelting is liable To be kinda tribal, And tough to distinguish from hating. |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2015-05-09 03:56 |