Attorney for fired SRO says client was scapegoated, Atlanta ISD 'hired a pervert'

Attorney for fired SRO says client was scapegoated, Atlanta ISD 'hired a pervert'

ATLANTA, Texas. (KTAL/KMSS) — A former officer with the Atlanta Independent School District Police Department pleaded his case at a special Board of Trustee meeting, arguing that he was made into a scapegoat and wrongfully terminated. Hardy Sheppard said he was fired from his position at Atlanta ISD last year following the arrest and conviction of a former coach at the school, Taureaus Maxwell, for indecency with a child. Former Atlanta ISD…