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Fired Chief May Go to Courts
(WSB Radio) The fired Jonesboro police chief wants to tell it to the judge.
The lawyer for ex-chief Brad Johnson says now that the city council has voted 4-2 against reinstating the chief, who was fired for wearing blue jeans to work, Johnson will appeal to Clayton County Superior Court.
Johnson's attorney Keith Martin says the chief's ouster stems from his clashing with Mayor Luther Maddox on a personnel issue and was not about the denim.
"This had nothing to do with blue jeans," Martin says. "Brad Johnson was sworn in as the chief of police in Jonesboro, Georgia, in December of 2008, wearing blue jeans, and I've got a picture of it."
Martin says he wasn't surprised by the council's vote adding they're not giving up.
"This is not over," he says. "We're going to explore every legal avenue and every legal remedy that Chief Johnson may have available to him."
What others are saying
- Can't Clayton Get IT Together????Who in their right mind would move to, or start a business in Clayton County?? First, the first school system in the US in decades to lose accreditation; their infamous Sheriff Walking Small; gangs and crime affecting both homes and businesses; and now the Lord Mayor of Jonesboro fires the Chief of Police of less than six months! HOW DID THEY LET THIS HAPPEN TO A ONCE THRIVING COMMUNITY?? The mayor should be ashamed of not handling this situation with a bit more professionalism and grace. Pictures of him remind me of 'Boss Hogg'!!
- Fired ChiefGood way to spend tax payer money. What is all this costing?
- What clownsJonesboro needs a sign to hang up so those entering the city can see it. It should say "Get clowned here!" These people have nothing better to do with their time than to politically assainate one another? And people wonder how clayton county became a cesspool.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
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