Sheriff upset by middle finger photo story

[Zephie]

JONESBORO, Ga., Feb. 17 (UPI) -- The sheriff of a Georgia county said a reporter invaded his privacy by friending him on Facebook to see a picture of him with his middle finger raised.

WGCL-TV, Atlanta, said a concerned citizen sent in a picture from Clayton County Sheriff Kem Kimbrough's Facebook page of him flipping the bird and reporter Wendy Saltzman sent Kimbrough a friend request so she could see the image as posted on the site.

"That's basically an invasion of my privacy, that's the way I look at it," Kimbrough told a WGCL news crew who asked him about the photo.

"Which is why I'm going to be making a complaint against Wendy Saltzman with your editor for sending me a friend request, under false pretenses. I mean, because that's what she did it for," Kimbrough said.

Read more: http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/02/17/Sheriff-upset-by-middle-finger-photo-story/UPI-99521297975810/#ixzz1EdD20REG

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Personally I don't know if it's really proper for a sheriff to be posting things like that. I know I try to keep it civil as best possible when my name is attached to things, and even when it's not there's still a very high risk of anything you say, do, or post on the internet being tracked back to you.

[City of Mills]

1. LOL

Come on, he uploaded the pic AND granted the reporter access to it. This sounds like it belongs in the courtroom of the honorable Judge Judy.

[gateley]

2. Isn't it kind of a given that what you post on the Internet is pretty

much out there for anyone to nab?

He's an idiot for doing that in his position.

[uppityperson]

3. Do not post pictures you do not want seen. Esp on facebook. What a fool.

and then don't complain when people see what you posted after you gave them permission to look.

[gratuitous]

4. Sheriff Nitwit

I'm trying to work up some sympathy for a law enforcement officer who in essences invites someone into his internet domicile, and then complains that his privacy has been violated. I wonder if this will cause Sheriff Kimbrough to review search warrants a little more closely, or if he doesn't see any parallel whatsoever.

[MineralMan]

5. Not too bright, this sheriff...

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. Um, sheriff, ya see it's like this.........

...you evidently aren't too bright. Nothin' personal, though.