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2008-02-14 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Sheriff apologizes to man dumped from wheelchair

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Posted by gorb 2008-02-14 06:02|| || Front Page|| [11139 views ] Top

#1 this is too the comments inserted. When you are arrested the cops can pretty mmuch charge you an=yway they look at it so turning a failure too yield is not too far from eluding in alot of their eyes just has too be ebat in court.Also if you have seen the vid then you will see that it was balck woman deputy that threw him out of the chair. If the roles where reversed there would already be hate crime charges against this man so why not on her. I hope he gets paid real good for this shit because it was about as disgusting as it gets for me besides the article about gunmen storming schools

Posted by sinse 2008-02-14 09:49|| 2008-02-14 09:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Gee said he offered his personal apology to Sterner for "the treatment he received." "I want to assure him, and the public at large, that this incident is not indicative of the behavior of the over 3,500 men and women of the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office who perform their duties with pride and professionalism on a daily basis," he said.

We feel the same way about our troops, but that didn't concern the operators and managers of the "Paper of Record" of running dozens and dozens of articles on Abu Ghrab and sticking everyone they didn't personally like with some sort of sneer or smear.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-02-14 10:09|| 2008-02-14 10:09|| Front Page Top

#3 Sounds like Sterner is a known asshole.

Posted by Thinemp Whimble 2008-02-14 13:34|| 2008-02-14 13:34|| Front Page Top

#4 Trying to connect the dots: quadraplegic and 'fleeing / attempting to elude..."

Did he run his wheel chair through the Monster Garage or what? last time i saw high speed travel associated with one of those was the old 'Ironsides' show.

Posted by USN,Ret. 2008-02-14 15:03|| 2008-02-14 15:03|| Front Page Top

#5 USA Today reported: People from across the USA have been harassing the deputy sheriff who was filmed dumping a quadriplegic prisoner out of his wheelchair at the Hillsborough County, Fla., jail. "It's not even just in Florida," Beverly Crecy, the roommate of Deputy Charlette Marshall-Jones, tells the St. Petersburg Times. "These calls are from out of state," she adds. "People calling her [a racial slur] and 'fat' and all kinds of stuff. Seven o'clock in the morning and all through the night."
Marshall-Jones has been suspended without pay since the tape surfaced. Three other jail employees are on paid leave pending the outcome of an internal investigation. Sheriff David Gee issued a statement yesterday in which he apologizes to Brian Sterner for the deputy's actions.
This isn't the first time Marshall-Jones has been sanctioned for misbehavior WTSP-TV, a fellow Gannett property, says her "personnel file shows she has been suspended twice before without pay, a total of seven days for willful neglect of duty and insubordination. She was verbally reprimanded and counseled for failure to perform duties and poor attitude. She has repeatedly been warned about sick time abuse and was told in an early evaluation to be more forceful."

Posted by JohnQC 2008-02-14 15:06|| 2008-02-14 15:06|| Front Page Top

#6 Should be interesting to see what happens when the deputy gets to visit the slammer wearing pinstripes, which is going to happen sooner or later.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-02-14 15:18|| 2008-02-14 15:18|| Front Page Top

#7 Assault and battery under color of authority, anyone?

Posted by Bob Unusoque8766 2008-02-14 20:24|| 2008-02-14 20:24|| Front Page Top

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