PAR35 wrote: “It’s pretty obvious that the perp is from a family that’s untoubchable. Maybe a cop’s kid, or a powerful local figure.”
Or, the attacker could be a Person Of Color.
I had looked, and both the sheriff and the chief were white, so punting it shouldn’t make much difference there. It’s up in north Alabama, not the Black belt. I didn’t look at the demographics of the school or town, however.