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2 witnesses say Douglas County probate judge should not have been arrested
By WSBTV.com News Staff,
9 days ago
A local probate judge was arrested early Thursday after she was accused of punching an Atlanta police officer during a scuffle at a Buckhead bar .
Channel 2′s Tom Jones spoke with a pair of witnesses, who said the judge did nothing wrong.
The witnesses say they were at the Red Martini Bar early this morning when Douglas County Probate Judge Christina Peterson accidentally hit the officer.
The witnesses told Channel 2 Action News that Peterson was trying to defend one of them from a vicious attack.
“I mean I’m getting emotional because I don’t want to see her get in trouble,” Madison Shannon Kelly told Channel 2.
She says the judge was a peacemaker...and shouldn’t face charges
Peterson faces simple battery on a police officer and felony obstruction of an officer.
Officers say Peterson hit the officer with a closed fist as he investigated an altercation between two parties at the Red Martini Bar in Buckhead around 3 a.m. on Thursday.
Alexandria Love says the dispute started when a couple accused her of jumping the food truck line, something she strongly denies.
Love said the man who accused her of cutting in started to fight her. She said in the ensuing tussle, the judge accidentally hit the officer.
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