Lawmen from several Georgia and Alabama police departments confronted a tense crowd of up to 200 people Thursday night in a small Georgia town on the Alabama line.
The incident began as two Quitman County sheriff's deputies in Georgetown, Ga., conducted a drug investigation. Sheriff Steve Newton said six people in the town of 1,000 launched an attack on his deputies. The crowd swelled to about 200 as people summoned by cell phone calls lined a city street. Six people were arrested and two lawmen suffered minor injuries.
A similar confrontation occurred Monday in Marion, Alabama a small town in Perry County in western Alabama. A crowd described as ranging from 150 to 300 people fought local police in a street battle that ultimately brought in lawmen from up to eight police departments to restore order.
I wonder what’s behind all of these street and community brawls with local law enforcement agencies. People let’s come to our senses and let these people do their job, justice will prevail one day. We don’t need all this confusion in the streets, let’s be leaders and not followers of anything.
