SOUTH PITTSBURG, Tenn. – South Pittsburg city leaders have opted to settle a lawsuit filed against the town by former police Sgt. Paul West.
In November 2013, West arrested City Administrator Sammy Burrows after he was pulled over by another officer for driving 72 mph in a 35 mph zone.
Burrows and the officers got into a shouting match that ended in a struggle to put handcuffs on Burrows, according to police reports.
Burrows admitted to speeding, but he said afterward he had put himself in “a bad position” and his arrest was due to “a little bit of an internal power struggle.”
“I have learned people will do what their power will let them, and there’s nothing you can do about that,” he said.