Sheriff compares Georgia governor to ‘Lucifer’ for bail plan
ATLANTA (AP) – A Georgia sheriff compared the governor to the devil over a plan to loosen bail demands.
Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills made the disparaging remarks in an email sent to the Georgia Sheriffs’ Association trying to rally opposition to Republican Gov. Nathan Deal’s plan, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
In his email, the Republican sheriff said that Deal’s administration “coddled” criminal elements.
“This governor has done more for those who perpetrate crime than Lucifer and his demons combined, and every piece of his criminal justice reform that has been passed into law has complicated or burdened our duties and/or endangered the citizenry of our state,” Sills wrote.