Palin Gets Trooper Wooten Assigned to Desk Job

By Eric on November 8, 2008

It looks like Sarah Palin may have succeeded in getting Alaska Trooper Mike Wooten off the streets. The comments Palin made to the media have made it unsafe for Wooten to do his job:

The Alaska state trooper who was the subject of harsh allegations by Gov. Sarah Palin was taken off patrols recently for his own safety, after her comments allegedly prompted a series of threatening phone calls, KIMO-TV in Anchorage reported Friday.
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In comments to the media and documents released to the public, Palin accused Wooten, her ex-brother-in-law, of making death threats against her family, drinking on duty, tasering his 10-year-old stepson and shooting a moose out of season, among other things.

“The trooper in question here did conduct dangerous and illegal activities,” Palin told ABC News’ Charlie Gibson Sept. 12, in her first nationally-televised interview after joining the GOP ticket as its vice presidential candidate. Wooten “threatened to kill my dad and. . . his threats were he was going to bring down the governor and the governor’s family,” she said.
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Following Palin’s comments about Wooten in the national media, “people with little or no knowledge of the situation call and make complaints, make threats, talk about what a danger he is,” explained John Cyr, head of the Alaska trooper’s union, to KIMO. “All it takes is one person to show up and do something stupid.” Sources at the Department of Public Safety confirmed Cyr’s account to KIMO, an ABC affiliate.

Wooten is now working a desk job, KIMO reported. The troopers’ union has expressed concern because the new position means he can no longer earn overtime pay. 

Congratulations to Sarah Palin! Her insane personal vendetta has made it unsafe for a police officer to do his job. What a horrible person she is.

Tags: Mike Wooten, Sarah Palin, Troopergate

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1. you seem happy to see this trooper treated like this is that true?

   —ed on December 23, 2008 at 2:12 am