DON'T PILE ON HEGE

I've been reading about this situation involving Davidson County
Sheriff Gerald Hege .

Everyone is saying that Hege is a hypocrite. How? Did he traffic any
drugs? Did he produce false search warrants? Did he get caught with
money or drugs? Has the FBI pointed at him?

So he wears black "commando" pants. The K-9 unit from a local
department wears the same BDU's and military style combat boots. My
fiance is an officer and days he has to train, he wears the same
BDU's. Those pants are pretty standard issue.

So what if he painted his jail cells pink? The people inside are
prisoners and the last time I checked, they had very little rights.
If they don't like the pink walls, don't commit a crime.

I am so sick of people ragging the law enforcement officers. They put
their lives on the line every day to keep others safe, they get
minimal pay and yet the people they protect treat them like this.
There are corrupt officers in almost every department, but that
doesn't mean that the sheriff was in the middle of it, too.

- -Kelsey Kidd,

Hendersonville