Calling him "Robin Hood," CNN said while his deputies were commandeering ice trucks to aid storm victims they handcuffed a national guardsman.

Supporters rally behind McGee

By Rachel Leifer

About 150 people gathered in support of Forrest County Sheriff Billy McGee on Sunday, outraged at federal charges against him stemming from a dispute over ice trucks in the days following Hurricane Katrina.

Most who convened at the McLaurin Community Center added their signatures to a petition, which asserts that McGee acted in the best interests of residents when he seized a pair of 18-wheelers full of ice from Camp Shelby without Federal Emergency Management Agency authorization on Sept. 4.

"We had diabetic people who hadn't been able to put their insulin on ice for three days," said Lee Behrens, 53, chief of the McLaurin Volunteer Fire Department.

"If it was up to FEMA, those trucks would still be at Camp Shelby."

McGee, 53, was scheduled to plead guilty Friday to a misdemeanor charge of interfering with, intimidating and impeding a federal officer, but the hearing was delayed indefinitely late Thursday. A new court date has not been scheduled.
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or at least a made-for-cable movie of the week.

"Restrained" capitalism kills too.

FAILED to do...HELP the citizens of the Gulf Coast.:sarcasm:
Can't be having any of THAT, now can we?

KATRINA LEFT A FEW SMALL DISPLAYS PATRIOTISM... here's a tiny example

Fema failed and were humiliated....Taking this guy to court is indicitive of poor judgement and poor leadership....


The state should be stepping in and defend him....

Sheriff a folk hero to many

By Reuben Mees and Janet Braswell

To federal officials, Billy McGee broke the law. But to many Hurricane Katrina victims, the Forrest County sheriff is a folk hero for trying to get ice to them a week after the Aug. 29 storm.

A petition in support of McGee is being circulated by Forrest County Agricultural High School students who are outraged that McGee faces a federal misdemeanor charge for commandeering an ice truck from Camp Shelby on Sept. 4.

"It's unbelievable that people want to prosecute him for helping our community," said student Megan Tucker, 17. Tucker was among a group of about 30 students and community members distributing water and waiting for ice on Sept. 4.

"He shouldn't get in no trouble for doing what he did," said classmate Shaughn Jones. "There had been people without water and ice for days."

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IS KING GEORGE AND HIS PARTY AS BAD AS THE HENCHMEN IN ROBIN HOOD?