White, part-time Mississippi sheriff’s deputy sued for aiming assault rifle at black man during traffic stop
Published 7:35 am Saturday, August 17, 2019
- This photograph from a deputy’s body cam that is included in a federal lawsuit filed against Stephen Guido and Adams County Sheriff Travis Patten shows Guido allegedly pointing an assault rifle at the plaintiff Triand “Tron” McCoy.(submitted)
Patten said he believes he responded appropriately to the incident and maintains that he has stripped Guido of his reserve deputy position.
“We are waiting on the rest of this to come up to finish on out to protect both sides,” Patten said, “but I made it pretty clear I wasn’t happy with it and I voiced my opinion of it with the victim and I apologized to him for what had happened and I took action as a supervisor as well.”
Eichelberger said he is not only looking after his client’s rights but also standing up for proper law enforcement.
“We can’t stand for stuff like this,” Eichelberger said. “It is not OK. It is not ever OK for an officer to act that way. Citizens don’t need to be afraid of their law enforcement officers.”
