[redwitch]

Having raised a child that was horribly neglected and abused prior to my adopting her, I have great sympathy for Chief Tucker. To say that raising a child that was adopted other than as a newborn is difficult is putting it mildly -- sadly, for some of these kids' issues, there is no treatment that works. Sometimes, the best you can hope for is that your child doesn't get on drugs, doesn't go to jail, is still alive at 25. There are no easy answers and even those of us who have walked in his shoes cannot say what is right or wrong in his case. Should he have used force on his son? Of course not but that doesn't mean it isn't understandable and forgivable.

As to his resigning, I don't buy it. His attorney specifically said they were going to ask that Chief Tucker be reinstated. I think most of TV wanted Chief Tucker back -- he did a truly admirable job and, from what I have heard, deserved the accolades he received. His personal life was none of our business. This was something that should have been handled in family court with no publicity. However, since there was publicity and since Chief Tucker was first charged with felony child abuse, I'm sure that Ms. Tutt, et al., had some serious misgivings about reinstating Chief Tucker. I totally agree with TexaninVA.