Just Another Crooked Lawman
The true story of shady Tennessee sheriff Buford Pusser and his "ambushed" wife.
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My late mother-in-law was a wonderful woman, and I loved her very much. But her dog, Colby, was terrible. I love dogs, but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t love that dog. He was stinky, he shed like crazy, and he bit me once. He also bit a cop, though, so he had his good qualities. Despite being neutered, he had a serious humping problem and a giant swinging dick. He would literally hump until he puked. He once got his dick stuck in a crocheted blanket and had to go to the vet to get the blanket removed.
At some point, I decided that Colby’s voice sounded like Mike Ehrmantraut, the cop-turned-criminal enforcer on Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. Whenever I saw Colby, I would launch into Mike’s monologue about bad guys and righteous criminals:
"I've known good criminals and bad cops, bad priests, honorable thieves. You can be on one side of the law or the other. But if you make a deal with somebody, you keep your word.”
A criminal is someone who breaks the law, but not all criminals are morally bankrupt bad guys.
Sheriff Buford Pusser was a bad guy, a bad criminal, and a bad cop. Mike Ehrmantraut and Colby the blanket-fucking, cop-biting dog would agree.
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