A sheriff is being retried on an assault charge for kicking a shackled detainee twice in the groin

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A sheriff is being retried on an ******** charge for kicking a shackled detainee twice in the groin

FILE – In this image taken from surveillance video provided by the Franklin County, Vt., sheriff’s office, then-Sheriff Department Capt. John Grismore, at center wearing shorts, apparently kicks a handcuffed and shackled detainee in the groin on Aug. 7, 2022, in St. Albans, Vt. Grismore. (Franklin Co., Vt. Sheriff’s Department via AP, File)

NORTH HERO, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont sheriff went on trial Monday for a second time on a charge of simple ******** for kicking a shackled detainee twice in the groin in 2022 when he was a captain after a judge

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in July.

A jury was selected on Monday and the trial began in the afternoon in the case of Franklin County Sheriff John Grismore.

This summer,

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telling the judge it could not reach a unanimous decision after four hours of deliberations.

After the mistrial, Grismore said he was disappointed that the jury did not acquit him. He said by email on Friday that he did not have a comment on his second trial.

Grismore

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in November 2022, a few months after he was fired from his position as a captain in the sheriff’s department after video surfaced of him kicking the shackled detainee. He pleaded not guilty to a simple ******** charge.

According to the

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, a man who’s handcuffed and shackled refused to stay seated on a bench while being detained at the sheriff’s office. Grismore, dressed in shorts and a T-shirt, kicked the man in the groin and then kicked him a second time when the man stood up again.

Grismore was the

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for sheriff after winning both the *********** and Democratic nominations in the Aug. 9, 2022, primary.

In December 2023, the Vermont ********* Justice Council found that he

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and voted 15-1 that he permanently lose his law enforcement certification, which means he is unable to enforce the law in Vermont.

Four months later, a special legislative committee

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of Grismore but said the sheriff is doing a disservice by remaining in office and should step down.

In response, Grismore said he was disappointed in the amount of time and money that he said had been wasted on this process. He said he wouldn’t resign and was pleased that Franklin County voters and residents who have supported him have been vindicated.

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