Here’s one that will make you ask WTF?.
The Sheriff of a County in Georgia exposed himself in a park and ran from Atlanta police. Here’s how they handled it there…
DeKalb County Sheriff Jeff Mann said he will take a self-imposed suspension starting this weekend.
In a memo to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office, Mann said he is disciplining himself for one week due to “conduct unbecoming.”
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Mann was arrested earlier this month and is accused of exposing himself at Piedmont Park, then allegedly running from an Atlanta police officer.
Mann said he will donate one week of pay to charity. His suspension starts this Sunday… SOURCE
So let’s say this happened down here and he wasn’t a police officer… you commit indecent exposure, in a park and evade law enforcement… we’re talking a life sentence on the sex offender registry. If I had similar charges and were reading this, I’d be up in arms!
Bureaucrats protecting bureaucrats! I guess he is using the ‘Hillary defense’…he did the act but did not have evil intentions.
About a week and a half ago, the sheriff finally pled guilty to a charge revised from ‘obscenity’ to ‘prohibited behavior’. He has to pay a $2000 fine and do 80 hours of community service. He’s also banned from Atlanta parks for 6 months (not for life, like many registered citizens are). He’s back at work now.
One thing we could do is look for new stories about similar incidents in GA where the person was arrested and subsequently put on the registry – they could be used as examples of the double standard..
The State Thats léase the cusade. Proves it The 21st century with hunt. Ruined the prime of my life.
I have no respect for law enforcement and it is reasons like this which confirm my feelings. I think that law enforcement attacks mentally unstable and very damaged people who actually have savior complexes and/or hide their own twisted fantasies by hunting down those who do exactly what they themselves would love to be doing (and in this care are doing!)
When caught of course, the cult like “brotherhood” covers up and protects each other. The ramifications are very rarely as severe as those a normal citizen faces. Pathetic
Boy,they sure seem have a problem with picking sheriffs in Dekalb. LOL
He needs to take a state imposed probation and lifetime registration. See how he likes that.
Um…here is an idea – how about handling it the way the law dictates it should be handled???? So now certain people get to choose the outcome and punishment if they break the law?? WTH??
Wow. I have commented on every Atl news site i can find about this. Yeah, I am totally up in arms, but it looks like not many are and the story dated May 7th, has already gone quiet. Several Georgia State agencies including the Governor are doing an investigation, however. Is there a strong organization in Georgia? It’s cases like this that can wake people up to our cause. He’s got his lawyer telling the public that what he did didn’t break any laws, just an Atlanta “ordinance.” Yeah, glad i took my medication to day… this is crazy!
No, no, no, no…..the same law applies to all. Someone in DeKalb County needs to scream their ass off. This guy is a sex offender. No passes just because he has a badge…..or even if he is the boss. He’s a sex offender on the registry for life!!!!
The law has disparity! I guess the sheriff has the likelihood of not reoffending. As a proponent of fair sex offender laws, why the good old boys escape the evils of the registry
How ‘valiant’ of the sheriff! Is he also going to put himself on a ‘temporary’ sex offender registry and pretend like he’s going to prison? I surely hope that this is a joke because in reality it would never apply to a citizen. I got 20 years of ‘real’ probation just for saying ‘good morning’ to my neighbor’s son on a neighborhood sidewalk in broad daylight with both the boy’s and his parent’s approval. The neighborhood ‘biddy’ reported it. Fortunately, I am now on speaking terms with that ‘biddy’. Why couldn’t I just have given myself some ‘practice probation’? I would have reported to myself and given myself $350 a month to monitor myself. I’m sure that this sheriff would say that this would not be reasonable and all I could say in return to him is “DITTO”!
We/EVERYONE should petition the DA to file charges !! , The Sheriff already admitted to the crime !! Anyone and I mean ANYONE else would be charged and Locked Up !! BADGES DONT GRANT RELIEF FROM CRIMES !!. This is absurd that a SHERIFF that admits to this crime, Can just GET AWAY WITH IT !!!! NO NO NO !!!!.
Why does his job give him a pass? This is incredulous! He KNOWS the law and has sworn an oath to uphold the law. If the law is unfair to him it is unfair to everyone subjected to the law.
There should be a huge outcry by the rso community for his arrest.