Sheriff posts snipers after firings Georgia judge orders workers reinstated

CNN ^ | 4 Jan 2005 | AP

[bullseye1911]

The fired employees included four of the highest-ranking officers, all of them white. Hill told the newspaper their replacements would be black.

Performed in the greatest traditions of Nelson Mandela and South Africa

[kingattax]

andy taylor would have never done anything like this in mayberry.

[HamiltonJay]

Ah... the sub sahara mentality comes to Georgia?

[AppyPappy]

"I'm the Sheriff. You hear me. I'm the damn sheriff. I'll fire anyone I want cause I'm the damn sheriff. I'm the shogun of Clayton County. And there nothing, NOTHING anyone can do about it. You know why?"
"Because you're the damn sheriff?"
"Damn right, I'm the damn sheriff. Sheriff Shogun. People must be stupid thinking I ain't the damn sheriff. Crazy out their head. I'll take a gun and shoot them in their big stupid head. And there's nothing they can do about it. You know why? Because the damn sheriff did that. Sheriff Shogun for sure".

[OXENinFLA]

LOL!!!!

[OldFriend]

Taking lessons from Mugabe?

[OXENinFLA]

OH Sh!t....lollol Look at the URL!!


http://www.claytonsheriff.com/images/sheriff_bubba.gif


"sheriff_bubba" LOL!!!

[bert]

A new broom sweeps clean. When sorted out, he may have properly exercised his powers as Sheriff. People who can't perform should be replaced.

[kenth]

I know the story got you a little excited, but man, could you please use the actual title so we don't have to wade through multiple posts...

Sheriff posts snipers after firings

The fired employees included four of the highest-ranking officers, all of them white. Hill told the newspaper their replacements would be black. So, were those four the only white high-ranking officers? The article doesn't say for sure. This guy is a nut, but so blatant that this should be remedied quickly.

[OXENinFLA]

The fired employees included four of the highest-ranking officers, all of them white. Hill told the newspaper their replacements would be black.

OMG!!

[Quilla]

This guy's been stoking the flames of racism for a while. From a December 2004 article in the AJC:

"Clayton County Sheriff-elect Victor Hill said vindictive politics and racism are behind a county move to shift a crime scene investigations unit from the Sheriff's Department to the Clayton County Police Department.

"It's blatantly politically motivated, and blatantly discriminatory," Hill said Wednesday in a telephone interview. Hill, who is African-American, takes office in January. "It wasn't until an African-American became sheriff . . . that any movement of these units was discussed," he said.

On Tuesday, with a roomful of Hill supporters on hand, the Clayton County Board of Commissioners approved the move 3-1 with the only African-American member, Virginia Gray, abstaining.

Hill contends that a predominantly white commission, along with a white police chief and outgoing sheriff, wants to usurp his powers before he takes office.

But county officials say the issue has been discussed for nearly a decade and would cut down on confusion between investigators in both departments. Commissioner Charley Griswell, who introduced the change at the meeting, said it's not about race or Hill.""

[HMFIC]

Get the

National
Association (of)
Constantly
Complaining
People

on the job.

Wait, that only works if you're black, female, and/or gay.

[TheForceOfOne]

[mass55th]

"Whether he has just cause or not, he can cover himself by saying they were fired for incompetence (yeah, sure), but he's going to have a hard time explaining the remark about replacements."

If these folks are Civil Service employees, he's going to have to prove they were incompetent. That includes repeated bad evaluations, write-ups, discipline, etc. You can't just say they are incompetent, you have to also be able to prove it.

[martin gibson]

Victor Hill is NOT the pig...He is a Black Man 'speaking truth to power'....

[Fudd]

THanks for the speaker warning. I thought such cheap synthesizer music died in the late '80's. He makes Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltraine look like a pro!

[mass55th]

Employees having their rights violated? Where's the ACLU?

[Quilla]

Bubba! LOL!

[Mount Athos]

hard to say what the truth of the matter is without more information.
But his comments in the paper about seeking replacing white cops with black ones sounds pretty damning, if true. That makes it sound like the firings were at least partly just because of the color of their skin, which would be flat out racism.

[FreePaul]

I'm sure that the US Justice Department will have their civil rights attorneys there in the next few minutes to file charges against the sheriff. They ususally do, don't they? Oh, I forgot, this is "reverse" discrimination which is ok.