DISGUSTING!!!!!!!!

FROM VARIOUS NEWS REPORTS:
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Randy Walker swears he would have died
from his diabetes after Hurricane Katrina had a sheriff not seized
two FEMA trucks filled with ice and distributed it to residents,
many of whom had to keep their insulin cold.
Now, that sheriff could be prosecuted on charges of interfering
with a federal operation.
Forrest County Sheriff Billy McGee commandeered two 18-wheelers
full of ice from Camp Shelby, a Federal Emergency Management Agency
staging area, after five days passed with little relief for
residents living without electricity in the wake of the deadly
storm.
"Man, I was wanting to hug Brother Billy when I saw that ice.
We were glad somebody was there to help us," Walker, who would not
give his age, said Wednesday.
McGee had worked out a deal to plead guilty to a misdemeanor
charge of interfering, intimidating and impeding a federal officer,
but U.S. Attorney Dunn Lampton withdrew from the case without
explanation and the Justice Department sent it to federal
prosecutors in Louisiana.
U.S. Attorney David R. Dugas in Baton Rogue, La., said he has
not decided whether to prosecute McGee.
McGee and his attorney declined a request for an interview.
The ice trucks had been sitting idle at Camp Shelby, a National
Guard base just south of Hattiesburg, before the sheriff ordered
them sent to the towns of Petal and Brooklyn on Sept. 4. McGee has
said his deputies detained a National Guard soldier who tried to
interfere.
Residents of Forrest County have circulated a petition in
support of McGee, who has been in office since 1991, and some have
collected money for his defense.
"If it hadn't been for him, I'd be dead right now and I know
that," Walker said. "I'll go to court for him or whatever it
takes. I don't want to let him down as much as he has done for
me."
Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., a critic of the federal
government's response to Katrina, has urged the Justice Department
not to pursue the case.
The congressman said he is "convinced that there's not a jury
in the state of Mississippi that would convict the sheriff for
doing what he did under the circumstances."
Even though Forrest County is some 60 miles inland, the
hurricane downed trees and destroyed roofs, and the power was out
for weeks in much of the area.
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Are you F-ing kidding me? the guy moved ICE that was SITTING UNUSED.. and now they are going to prosecute him???
Wouldn't his being the sherrif give him some sort of authority to do so.. it isn't like a private citizen commandeered the truck.. I APPLAUDE billy.. and am now going to send this on to others... perhaps some attention will get this ridiculous charge dismissed.