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Irate sheriff calls for backup after Burger King messes up his order, and squad cars show up with sirens blaring

He wanted it his way.

A Georgia sheriff was so ticked off when Burger King botched his order that he called for backup.

Cobb County Sheriff Craig Owens’ Whopper-size beef with the fast food eatery was caught on newly released bodycam footage — which shows the top cop sending his deputies to the restaurant after the staff allegedly got his order wrong, according to a report by WSB-TV News.

Three deputies were dispatched to the scene — with lights flashing and sirens blaring.

“Hey, do me a favor,” Owens tells a deputy while sitting in his truck in the parking lot of a local fast food outlet. “I need to get, all I need is the owner name of whoever owns this damn facility, or manager.

“I wanted [to get his female passenger] a Whopper, no mayo, cut in half, right?” he said. “I don’t need no damn money back no more. I just need to find out who owns this place so I can do an official complaint.”

The deputies are seen approaching the restaurant, where freaked-out Burger King employees had locked the door and had to be coaxed to let the cops in.

“Nobody is in trouble. We just want to get some names,” one deputy tells the assistant manager. “That guy out there, he’s just going to file a complaint for his food.”

The incident happened on March 4, 2023, but bubbled up last week in the midst of Owens’ re-election bid — the sheriff’s challenger for the job, David Cavender, posted the three bodycam videos online on Friday.

“I think it’s an abuse of power,” Cavender spokesman Mike Dondelinger told WSB.

“I’m shocked the sheriff feels so flippant about this issue that he would have deputies run lights and sirens, placing citizens at risk and his deputies at risk, just so he could get information from a business owner that clearly could have been followed up on another day,” Dondelinger added.

Meanwhile, Owens told the outlet it was just a business dispute.



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Not many douche behaviors lower than when authorities abuse their power especially when you're the leader and is held to a much higher standard IMO:




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Not only lose his post but should also receive real consequences so it can deter others in his position to not be like that:

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Former Texas Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Sentenced for Using Excessive Force

A former Van Zandt County, Texas, Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy was sentenced today to 44 months in prison for violating an arrestee’s civil rights by using excessive force against him.

According to court documents, Steven “Craig” Shelton, 62, previously pleaded guilty and admitted that on or about Sept. 21, 2021, while acting as the Chief Deputy and second-in-command of the Van Zandt County Sheriff’s Office, he repeatedly struck a handcuffed and compliant arrestee in the face. Shelton admitted that his acts, which occurred in front of several other officers in the Rolling Oaks area of Wills Point, Texas, caused bodily injury to the arrestee. Shelton admitted that he hit the arrestee because Shelton was frustrated, even though Shelton knew that there was no legitimate, law enforcement need to use force against the arrestee.

“This defendant abused his authority as a law enforcement officer by violently assaulting and injuring a handcuffed arrestee, violating the victim’s civil rights and the public’s trust,” said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. “The Justice Department will continue to hold accountable those officers who abuse their authority, wherever such abuses occur.”

“It is an unacceptable abuse of authority for a police officer to strike a handcuffed arrestee who poses no threat,” said U.S. Attorney Damien M. Diggs for the Eastern District of Texas. “Public trust in law enforcement is eroded when officers do not follow the laws they are sworn to enforce. While recognizing that a vast majority of law enforcement officers protect the constitutional rights of individuals on a daily basis, the U.S. Attorney’s Office remains committed to protecting the public from officers who violate those rights.”

“The FBI regards the protection of civil rights as one of our most solemn responsibiliti es,” said Assistant Director Luis Quesada of the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division. “We will continue to investigate any law enforcement officer who violates these rights, and pursue justice for victims.”

The FBI Dallas Field Office investigated the case.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Tracey Batson for the Eastern District of Texas and Special Litigation Counsel Kathryn E. Gilbert and Trial Attorney Matthew Tannenbaum of the Civil Rights Division’s Criminal Section prosecuted the case.



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