It sounds like one of those only-in-San-Francisco tales: San Francisco's sheriff cannot carry a gun because he is on probation. "That doesn't handicap me from being a sheriff," Ross Mirkarimi told me. On New Year's Eve 2011, Mirkarimi and his wife, Eliana Lopez, a telenovela actress from Venezuela, got in a heated argument after the family headed out for a pizza lunch. Mirkarimi bruised his wife's arm. Anticipating a possible split and custody battle, Lopez had a neighbor videotape the bruise. The neighbor later called the police. The district attorney charged Mirkarimi with three misdemeanor counts of domestic violence. In a plea bargain, Mirkarimi pleaded guilty to misdemeanor forced imprisonment. The mayor then tried to fire the sheriff, but Mirkarimi fought back. Four of 11 supervisors provided the votes needed to reinstate him. He's still in office and preparing to run for re-election.
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