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Postmanx Donating Member (524 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 03:00 PM
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Sheriff posts snipers after firings
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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.

The firings had a racial overtone. The county seat was the setting for the fictional plantation Tara in "Gone With The Wind."

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ogradda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 03:04 PM
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1. i smell a big fat lawsuit.
i'm sure the citizens will appreciate payng it.
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