Exonerated citizens: Damien Graves, Jerry Land, Josh Huston and Jessica Walker
Questions abound amidst criminal cases thrown out by judges, financial payouts to settle civil rights violations cases, and disturbing footage and photos of autistic and elderly citizens detained or arrested:
- How many incidents will it take before changes are made at Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office?
- How much money will have to be paid out to those wrongfully arrested?
- If SRSO established a program to help those with autism, why can’t procudures to protect our vulnerable seniors be implemented?
On Monday, County Judge Robert Hilliard tossed out a case against longtime little league coach Jerry Land, a grandfather who had coached for decades but now says he will never coach again after SRSO pursued a warrant for his arrest for disturbing the peace, following a verbal argument with an umpire.
Recently a financial settlement was paid out to Milton resident Zander Cash after SRSO Deputy Zachary MacPherson received a three-day suspension for “conduct unbecoming law enforcement” after pulling the 20-year-old autistic man from his home, slinging him to the ground, then cuffing him while profanely yelling at a neighbor who was videotaping and questioning the incident from across the street…