A search of the entire continental United States shows Monroe County TN Sheriff Tommy Jones' tactics after the death of Pastor Lester Isbill, are unlike any other.
In the recent Lester Isbill Homicide Investigation, there is no reported, documented case that exactly matches a query of, "A Sheriff publicly grills a Medical Examiner during a homicide investigation and then posts the recorded/quoted contents of that conversation on social media."
This WBIR link details the Q and A, but bear in mind it is a transcription, which can be be slanted or partially re-worded--not an audio recording.
What is documented or (closely related examples)
- Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez posted a graphic investigation photo (the body of 13-year old Madeline Soto) to Instagram; that led to state review, a civil citation and public criticism.
- In McCurtain County, OK, a local paper released audio of county officials (including the sheriff and others) saying inflammatory things; that recording was obtained/released by the paper, not posted by the sheriff himself. But again, it wasn't a sheriff posting a conversation with a Medical Examiner.
- There are examples of overlap (law enforcement sharing investigative material, and of clashes between sheriffs and medical examiners), but there is no other known case that contains "A recorded/quoted grilling of a medical examiner by a sheriff during an active homicide investigation."Misguided Leadership-"The Blind Leading the Blind" which illustrates the biblical saying from the Gospel of Matthew 15:14 "If the Blind lead the Blind, both will fall into the ditch."
