Randy Smith’s resignation was part of plea deal after attack on podcaster Bobby Couvillion at a Madisonville restaurant
A suburban New Orleans sheriff who had held one of his community’s most prominent political offices for a decade has retired shortly after pleading guilty to battering a podcaster who often criticized him.
Randy Smith, 61, also agreed to serve more than a year of probation after admitting to a late May beating at a steakhouse where he had bought 18 alcoholic beverages on his tab on a Friday afternoon – which all but halted his four-decade policing career.
Smith had been sworn in as the elected sheriff of St Tammany parish, Louisiana, on 1 July 2016, succeeding a predecessor who eventually pleaded guilty to federal bribery charges and was separately convicted of serial child sexual molestation.
Its really strange he retired.
Citing accounts from the victim and multiple eyewitnesses, Smith also reportedly punched and with his boots kicked a prone Couvillion in the face and body. “I’m going to kill you, you motherfucker,” Couvillion reported Smith saying. “You’re a dead motherfucker.”
Beside interviewing bystanders and securing surveillance video, LBI agents wrote in a sworn statement that Couvillion had been taken to a hospital. Medical records showed he had sustained a concussion and two displaced front teeth, the agents said
I wonder, if I attacked someone, unprovoked, while saying “You’re a dead motherfucker”, would I too get probation? Doubt.
I hope the podcaster just completely leans in on it now. He can just keep rehashing it all, knowing that Sherrif Snowflake is hate-listening to it.
He’s just asking questions, right? Isn’t that the thing that the fascists always say? What?? I’m just asking questions! Can a bird be a fly? Yes or no! Just asking questions!
Knowing cops, he’ll continue to have his buddies on the force harass him. If he doesn’t continue to do it himself.
Sims told reporters on Wednesday that Smith’s guilty plea was an important public reminder that “everyone will be held accountable for their actions, regardless of your title”.
“We didn’t want to have special treatment of the sheriff,” Sims said. “We treat him like we treat every other citizen that commits an act like that.”
But he did get special treatment.
If that’s how every citizen who commits an act like that gets treated, then how about someone choke-slams him from behind? All they’ll get is a slap on the wrist, right?
Oh, that?! That’s just the gaslighting, lol. Hey look over here, a shiny penny!!
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He shouldn’t be able to retire to a peaceful life. He should be ruined.
Things like this feed the idea that the justice system won’t produce justice, so if you want it you better get it yourself.
You say that as though the “idea” isn’t true.
Many people still do not believe it, though. Especially white people.
You’re not wrong, but that’s definitely changing.
he announced intention to kill the man, and he’s not on trial for attempted murder. cool.
Citing accounts from the victim and multiple eyewitnesses, Smith also reportedly punched and with his boots kicked a prone Couvillion in the face and body. “I’m going to kill you, you motherfucker,” Couvillion reported Smith saying. “You’re a dead motherfucker.”
There’s simply no way to know his intentions.
Does he still get his full pension? If so, definitely not a punishment to be forced to retire for being a fucking coward and assaulting someone when their back is turned.
Sounds more like a reward than a punishment.
Targeted political violence? A-ok
Does that mean that if someone beats up the ex-sheriff now they will also get to retire as a “punishment”?
Smith had been sworn in as the elected sheriff of St Tammany parish, Louisiana, on 1 July 2016, succeeding a predecessor who eventually pleaded guilty to federal bribery charges and was separately convicted of serial child sexual molestation.
Louisiana, ladies and gents.
Red voters love them some child rapists.
Absent that they can settle for some good ole corruption fueled alcoholics.
Pretty fuckin far from “just” Louisiana.
And at least they have gas station crawfish pistolettes 😎 (make no mistake, Louisiana is largely a hole, formed from hatred and poverty)
So, still a step up from his predecessor, you say?
I’m shocked these guys aren’t working for the current Trump administration, and I’m not looking it up because it wouldn’t shock me if they were.
What a fucking pussy. Sheriffs are the most corrupt arm of law enforcement. Every sheriff can suck my dick.
What exactly is a sheriff? We don’t have them here. Are they like State police?
They are like county level executive branch. Which is the level below state. In the case of Louisiana it’s parish instead of county. They basically have really high levels of authority in their jurisdiction. And it’s usually an elected position.
Sheriff’s typically handle the courts and transport of prisoners, whereas police handle law enforcement. In cities too small to have their own police force, the county sheriffs will fill the law enforcement role also.
Kinda, but they’re at the county/parish level
Well that’s just Louisiana.
Moved to the south in 1986. After a while you figure out the lay of the land.
Kentucky wasn’t that bad, very horse oriented.Alabama, don’t leave the city or you will hear banjos.
Louisiana and Mississippi you really need to watch what you say if you want to stay alive. If this happened in Mississippi that guy would be dead, and the body buried in the swamp.
Tennessee very tourist oriented, but stick to Nashville, Gatlinburg and the Parks.
Florida, if anything, the Florida man reputation is under exaggeration. These people are really into self harm.
Tennessee has a bigger Nazi problem.
Louisiana is ran like a third world country. Private schools are used for regular kids rather than bad kids because the school systems are horrific. Government is corrupt and everything is a scam.
Alabama still has slavery and should be avoided except for Huntsville and Birmingham. Probably just don’t go at all.
Unless you’re paying to live in Southern California, all warm states in the US are inhabited by illiterate fascists. Maybe New Mexico gets a pass.
No worries, he will move a county over and continue his policing career.
He put a guy in the hospital and he’s still on the streets? Guess they don’t have enough room for pedos and folks who violently assault people when they have to detain all those concerning immigrant children.
Oh nice. He gets to retire with no real consequences.
Probably even still gets to keep his pension.
A pension is something you pay into it through your career with deductions from your paycheck. Idk why people treat it like free money or something that is earned through merit. It’s the money of the employee taken and invested
Not all pensions work like that. Government pensions especially. Some work like you accumulate time in service and once you hit the threshold (typically 20-30 years) then they’ll pay you for the rest of your life. Often comes with healthcare too. Not sure how it works for NOLA police though.
What you’re describing sounds more like a retirement account.
Yeah it’s his pension. But we, the tax payer should take it away from him as punishment/compensation for his victims. I don’t know what we’re missing here.
For police, a pension should just be a security deposit that you get back at retirement/career change if you’ve been good and not behaved like an animal.
Then they should give his pension to the victim
And get a new job in the neighboring county.
Probably sue the guy for damaging his hands.
( Im not kidding this has actually happened before)
As long as we allow it.
