It’s a traffic stop that’s divided the city of South Pittsburg. A police officer was fired after responding to that traffic stop – involving a city administrator.
Now we have more clues about what happened that night.
South Pittsburg Police claim Sammy Burrows was driving 72 in a 35. But he’s not the one facing backlash. Burrows gets to keep his job as a city administrator, while Sergeant Paul West – lost his. The move left many people in South Pittsburg with unanswered questions. Some of which, can be answered with the video recording from that night. We do want to warn you, there is strong language in this video.
Sergeant Paul West’s body cam video begins recording after the traffic stop, when he handcuffs City Administrator Sammy Burrows. From the beginning of the recording, their exchange is heated.
What are you going to do? Fight us? 72 miles an hour. Don’t you ever mistreat one of my officers. You understand me? Never. I’m not going to listen to another thing you say right now cause you haven’t let me talk, says Sgt. West to Burrows.
Soon after, Sgt. West puts Burrows in the back of a police car. Fast forward about 10 minutes to their arrival at the Marion County Jail where Burrows is booked.
You disappoint me. Don’t ever interfere with me or my officers okay? I ain’t chewing y
