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VIDEO.
A STUDENT AT HAZARD COMMUNITY
AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE ...
RECORDED A
CONFRONTATION BETWEEN HER ...
AND WHAT APPEARS TO BE PERRY
COUNTY CLERK ...
HAVEN KING.
ON APRIL 27TH OF 20-15 ... KALI
CALLIE
BENTLEY ... CLAIMS .... KING
FOLLOWED HER FROM THE
KNOTT-PERRY COUNTY LINE ... TO
H-C-
T-C'S CAMPUS IN HAZARD.
IT WAS IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE
COLLEGE ... WHERE BENTLEY
RECORDED A VIDEO.
A MAN COMES UP TO THE CAR WINDOW
... AND IDENTIFIES AS HIMSELF AS
THE PERRY COUNTY
CLERK.
HE THEN ASKED THE 18-YEAR-OLD
... WHY SHE WAS DRIVING A CAR
WITH A HANDICAP
STICKER ... AND EVENTUALLY TOLD
HER SHE WAS NOT ALLOWED TO.
AS IT TURNS OUT ... IT WAS HER
GRANDFATHER'S CAR ... AND BY LAW
... SHE
WAS ALLOWED TO DRIVE WITH THE
STICKER.
IN PERRY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT ON
MONDAY...
COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY JOHN
HANSEN ... CLAIMS KING .... CUT
OFF BENTLEY ... AND
THEN TAILGATED HER CAR TO
H-C-T-C ... AFTER SHE FLIPPED
HIM OFF. HANSEN SAYS BENTLEY WAS
"SCARED TO DEATH" ... WHEN KING
APPROACHED HER ...
AFTER THEY SAY ... HE BLOCKED
HER CAR INTO THE PARKING LOT.
PROSECUTORS SAY KING HAD "NO
LAWFUL PURPOSE" TO FOLLOW THE
WOMAN ... AND HE ONLY WANTED TO
USE HIS POWER AS AN OFFICIAL TO
"GET EVEN."
BUT ... THE DEFENSE ARGUES
THAT'S NOT EXACTLY WHAT
HAPPENED.
KING'S ATTORNEY ... JIM HAMPTON
... SAYS KING STARTED TO PULL
OUT IN FRONT OF THE WOMAN ...
BUT STOPPED ... WHEN SHE FLIPPED
HIM OFF.
HAMPTON ALSO SAYS ... KING KEPT
HIS DISTANCE ... BUT WAS CLOSE
ENOUGH TO SEE THE
DISABLED VETERAN STICKER ON HER
LICENSE PLATE.
THE DEFENSE SAYS KING'S WORK
WITH VETERANS AFFAIRS MADE HIM
SENSITIVE TO THE ISSUE.
HAMPTON ADMITTED ... KING WAS
WRONG WHEN HE TOLD THE WOMAN SHE
COULD NOT DRIVE
THE CAR.
HE SAYS THE CLERK IS EMBARASSED
BY THE WHOLE INCIDENT AND EVEN
APOLOGIZED TO
THE WOMAN'S FAMILY.
BUT KING STILL DENIES THE
CHARGES AGAINST HIM ... SAYING
HE NEVER MEANT TO SCARE ANYONE
... HE SIMPLY MADE A MISTAKE.
BOTH KING AND BENTLEY ARE
EXPECTED TO TESTIFY IN THE
TRIAL.
ANGELA
THE JURY WILL RETURN TO COURT AT
NINE TOMORROW MORNING.