CNN Interviews Trooper At Center Of Palin’s “Troopergate” Controversy
A good interview from CNN which you would hope would put most of this controversy away:
Note that he concedes to tasering his son (with the caveat that he electrocuted him with a test set up instead of an actual field taser) and to shooting a moose illegally (with the lame excuse that, despite being a wildlife officer, he didn’t know that shooting the moose was illegal). The segment also states that a state investigation into Wooten concluded that he’d driven his patrol car while drinking alcohol.
Given all of that, the only shocking part of this controversy is that Wooten is still employed by the Alaska State Troopers. Not that Sarah Palin tried to get him fired, which frankly would have been a just outcome for this mess.
If I were a taxpayer in Alaska I certainly wouldn’t take kindly to the idea that a liability like Wooten was still wearing a badge.
