01/04/2012 23:15Josef Biesenberger

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   01/01/2012 19:14Kentoine Johnson

Comment by: Elittl8120

I have read most of your character letters that you sent to the judge and looked at the signatures that were obtained for this former sheriff in an attempt to keep him out of prison. Like all police officers, when we are sent to different calls we have to remember one thing. We are POLICE OFFICERS. WE ARE NOT ABOVE THE LAW. POLICE OFFICERS ARE SUPPOSE TO SET THE EXAMPLE, THINK ON YOUR FEET. I know that things can happen at the blink of an eye, but Harrington was down and handcuffed and then Dollar was called. Why did the bail bondsman call Dollar. Why didn't the bail bondsman Watford was at a party with Dollar when Dollar received a call from the bail bondsman that Harrington had been caught. They did not have to go. Maybe the alcohol that they were drinking talked too much for them and told them to go and kick some butt. So they decided to go. Let's not forget the former Phenix City police officer who testified that she saw Watford hit Harrington. Watford said that Harrington had spat blood on him and that's why he slapped him or hit him with a closed fist. Police Officers are suppose to be thick skinned. Harrington should have has an additional charge that's called ASSAULT ON A POLICE OFFICER, that is if Watford was there officially as a Police Officer/Sheriff of just Assault if he was there as a . civilian. Let the courts handle it as they are handling your case. You wouldn't be in that position if you could think on your feetIf I was your normal Joe and hit someone then I would be taken to jail. If Watford was not acting in the capacity of a Police Officer or even if he was his training should have kicked in and told him,"MAYBE I SHOULD NOT DO THAT, I COULD GO TO JAIL. And that is what's happening now. This should be a wake up call for all Police Officers. Commit a crime, you go to jail and this is a crime. The example should be set by this case for all of us Police Officers ( that's right I am one) to make sure that you think before you act. Watford should be sent to prison and put in general population.Watford struck Harrington “with a closed fist.”Read more here: http://www.ledger-enquirer.com... Watford struck Harrington “with a closed fist.”Read more here: http://www.ledger-enquirer.com...Handcuffed and lying on the groundRead more here: http://www.ledger-enquirer.com...
Handcuffed and lying on the groundRead more here: http://www.ledger-enquirer.com...

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