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becoming irate” and threatened to whip him, take his stick away from him and beat him, inviting Thompson into the house. Then, according to Thompson, “Mrs. Atkins jumped in my face,” Atkins reached past her, grabbed the deputy’s night stick, struck him in the head with his hand and pulled him into the house with the stick.
Thompson said he'd carried his night stick because he’d anticipated trouble with the senior Atkins, finding him in past dealings to be emotional, eager to fight and flighty. During the scuffle over the stick, Thompson added, his glasses were knocked off and broken.
Thompson stated that he told Atkins he was under arrest after he was pulled a.
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