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(NewsNation) — A Georgia sheriff up for reelection successful his county was seen connected assemblage camera videos asking his deputies for assistance aft Burger King got his bid wrong.
The footage from March 4, 2023, was obtained by WSB-TV past week and was besides posted connected Facebook by the sheriff's hostile successful the upcoming election, David Cavender. It shows deputies responding to a Burger King successful Mableton and approaching Cobb County Sheriff Craig Owens Sr., who is successful his truck.
“Hey, bash maine a favor," Owens told 1 lawman successful the video. "I request to get, each I request is the proprietor sanction of whoever owns this damn installation oregon the manager."
Referring to a rider successful the vehicle, Owens says, "I wanted her a Whopper, nary mayo, chopped successful half, right?” He past says helium doesn't request his wealth back, but to "find retired who owns this spot truthful I tin bash an authoritative complaint."
Employees locked themselves wrong the edifice but opened the doors for the 3 deputies. A lawman told the adjunct manager that "nobody is successful trouble. We conscionable privation to get immoderate names" and that determination wouldn't beryllium a study written. After getting the sanction of the manager and the institution that owns that Burger King location, the lawman brought this accusation to Owens.
Mike Dondelinger, who is moving for main lawman with Cavender, called Owens' actions an "abuse of power" arsenic good arsenic a discarded of resources.
“I’m shocked the sheriff feels truthful flippant astir this contented that helium would person deputies tally lights and sirens, placing citizens astatine hazard and his deputies astatine risk, conscionable truthful helium could get accusation from a concern proprietor that intelligibly could person been followed up connected different day,” Dondelinger said.
However, Owens characterized what happened successful the video arsenic a "business quality call."
"The benignant of telephone referenced successful the video is simply a concern quality call. This is simply a telephone that ANY national tin make, and instrumentality enforcement volition respond," Owens said Friday successful a statement posted to Facebook.
Owens said helium was not successful azygous during the incidental and went done the drive-thru arsenic a regular patron.
"At nary constituent did I bespeak my position, nor did I inquire the responders to bash thing that they would not, had not, oregon person not done for anyone other who makes a concern quality call," Owens said.
While Owens said the telephone is "being politicized" by Cavender to triumph votes, helium apologized.
"Whether arsenic a Command Sergeant Major, oregon a large successful the Cobb Police Department, oregon arsenic sheriff, I person ever worked to physique assurance and spot successful leadership," Owens said successful the statement.
