Off-duty cop pulls gun on pregnant woman in Wal-Mart, her Black husband is arrested for protecting her
Off-Duty Deputy Accused of Pulling Gun on Pregnant Couple
Kendall County Sheriff's Department has launched an internal investigation
By Lauren Jiggetts
| Friday, Feb 10, 2012 | Updated 1:23 PM CST
Kendall County Sheriff's Department has launched an internal investigation.
The Kendall County Sheriff's Department has launched an internal investigation into an alleged incident involving an off-duty deputy pulling a gun on a pregnant woman in a Walmart express lane.
Just one week from her due date, Nicole Thurmond said she feared for her life while checking out at a Walmart store in Oswego on a recent Sunday.
"I felt someone close behind me. He started being really rude and said, 'Don't you know how to count? You are holding up the whole store," Thurmond recalled.
Thurmond said she didn't know it at the time, but the man in plain clothes was off-duty deputy Craig French.
Thurmond's husband had been getting eggs at the time and said he could see his wife was upset when he returned to the checkout area.
"There was a guy in her face, yelling at her," said Jason Thurmond. "In an aggressive manner he steps toward me, and I just push him back to keep him away from my wife and myself, and before I knew it I just froze because he pulled out a gun."
Jason Thurmond said the man didn't show his badge, was "waving a gun in a store," and at one point asked them if they were on welfare.
"At one point I turned by back to him, because I was afraid if it did go off, at least it hits my backside and not in the front where my baby is," said Nicole Thurmond.
The couple said that only after he waved the gun did the man identify himself as a sheriff's deputy.
Jason Thurmond was arrested and charged with misdemeanor battery for the shove he admits he gave the deputy. The Thurmonds have since filed a formal complaint with the department.
"I'm a big believer in karma. Someday he'll be the one who can't move very fast. He'll see," said the expectant mother.
The Kendall County Sheriff's Department said in a statement the incident is under an internal investigation to determine if the deputy’s actions "are consistent with the rules and regulations of the Sheriff’s Office."
The investigation is sep
Source: http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/oswego-walmart-express-lane-sheriff-139067454.html#ixzz1mWZ9W0u2
It seems and feels like all Republics turn to empires.
It's really shitty this happened to them, but why does the title of the post make a point to state that the husband is black? How is it relevant to the story other than to make an issue of race for the sake of sensationalism?
Quoting acrogodess:
Omg. He's lucky all that man did was push him. My god! If someone in the Bronx had pulled their gun on me while I was pregnant with either of my kids, I think I'd have killed them. This has me livid. That man better lose his job if he actually thinks his badge gives him the right to harass people on a grocery line
Yeah, my DH would have knocked him out cold and probably smashed his face in while he was passed out (he's a little rough around the edges).
Based on what was posted, that deputy should be ashamed of himself.
Quoting IhaveHisjoy:
I'll reserve judgement until I hear the whole story..not just their side.
I was thinking this too, however, I'm having a really hard time trying to think of a reason an officer would pull out a gun in a grocery store. Asking them if they're on welfare!!?? How is that any of his business?
Quoting jehosoba84:
I don't know if those things really happened.. that's why I'm waiting on more info.
I hate when police think their above the law. I hop he gets fired.
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