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  • Sheriff posts snipers after firings Georgia judge orders workers reinstated

    01/05/2005 6:26:16 AM PST · by Old Mountain man · 108 replies · 3,658+ views
    CNN ^ | 4 Jan 2005 | AP
    JONESBORO, Georgia (AP) -- On his first day on the job, the new sheriff called 27 employees into his office, stripped them of their badges, fired them, and had rooftop snipers stand guard as they were escorted out the door. The move Monday by Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill provoked an angry reaction and prompted a judge to order him to rehire the employees. "It appears ... that employees of the Sheriff were terminated without cause" and in violation of the county's civil service rules, Judge Stephen Boswell wrote in granting a 30-day restraining order. Hill, 39, defended the firings...