There was an altercation at the Whatever Wednesday party on the river involving Sheriff, Kevin Smouldernova. After some digging the name of the other party involved in the incident was discovered but will be withheld at this time. The incident seems to have begun with civilian swung upon the Sheriff to start a fight. I think it is important for it to be noted in this time of blaming the police for all of society's ills, I witnessed this fight myself and the Sheriff neither swung first nor used excessive force in dealing with his attacker. He did defend himself until the attacker indicated he was no longer a threat at which point instead of arresting the attacker, the Sheriff simply walked away. Now, we all know the Sheriff could have continued to beat upon the civilian or arrest him for assault on a police officer. That the Sheriff did none of these indicates a level of common sense and restraint I feel will serve this community well. Not everything needs to become a legal matter when it can be resolved between the persons in a civil fashion. Not that fighting is civil, but there was no need to further degrade the situation and the Sheriff showed the common sense to know this. I am sure there is much more to this story but for now, as gathering facts has been an adventure, I have chosen to just leave it here.
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