Ex-VT sheriff's deputy who was fired for kicking prisoner defends actions
foxnews.comA fired Vermont deputy sheriff who is the only candidate on the November ballot to become sheriff is continuing to insist he did nothing wrong when he was recorded on surveillance video kicking a handcuffed and shackled prisoner.
John Grismore won the nomination of both Franklin County's Republican and Democratic parties to have his name on the November ballot, but after the video became public in August he was suspended and then fired.
Now his bid to become sheriff has lost the support of both parties, which have thrown their support to a write-in candidate.
Grismore says the kicks were needed to protect himself and two other deputies from the prisoner who had been spitting at them. "We were horrified by the video of John Grismore brutalizing a handcuffed detainee," Franklin County Democratic chair Zach Sheffler said in an email. "Grismore has since been fired, condemned by both parties, and remains under criminal investigation.
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