Yes, you hi-lited the same quote I wanted to emphasize. I'll say it anyway, since it bears repeating:
"We don't have to worry about him being rehabilitated," Sparks said of Ratliff. "We don't have to worry about the Supreme Court. He is deceased.""
I was shocked that the officer said that and then I noticed that he was an elected Sheriff.
Apparently there's a big difference between elected Sheriffs and the appointed PC political police chiefs.
The two officers who had the courage to approach a vehicle with an armed criminal inside are real heroes.