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JFC. 🗣wtf al.com/news/2019/06/a…
The records Walls did leave behind revealed that in the months following his electoral loss, he was wired tens of thousands of dollars from the sheriff’s office’s general fund, and more than $30,000 was missing from its commissary fund. 
In fact, his predicament is just one example of a dubious but little-known tradition of Alabama sheriffs hobbling those who defeat them at the polls. ➡️ 9 of 10.
Outgoing sheriffs pocketed public money, fudged financial reports, wasted sheriff’s office funds and destroyed or stole public property. ➡️ 7 backed by internal records
sheriffs answer to no one but the voters who elect them. State legislators and other county officials are typically unwilling to cross them.
Piece goes on. And on. 🤬
