epmd's song is i shot the sheriff.
epmd's song is i shot the sheriff.
who's song is i shot the sheriff?
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i shot the sheriff









































"i shot the sheriff" is a song written by bob marley and released in 1973 by bob marley and the wailers.









































section::::bob marley and the wailers version.









































the narrator claims to have acted in self-defense when the sheriff tried to shoot him. the song was first released in 1973 on the wailers' album "burnin'". marley explained his intention as follows: "i want to say 'i shot the police' but the government would have made a fuss so i said 'i shot the sheriff' instead… but it's the same idea: justice."
i shot the sheriff
bradford county was a dangerous place for law enforcement officers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. the county lost three sheriffs and two deputies killed in the line of duty between 1885 and 1903. sheriff george epperson was shot and killed in the line of duty on december 25, 1885. his successor, and son, henry epperson, was shot and killed in the line of duty on january 20, 1890. the next sheriff, david alvarez, who been marshal in starke prior to being appointed sheriff, was shot and killed in the line of duty on may 30, 1891, while trying to arrest harmon murray, who had already killed a deputy sheriff in fernandina. deputy sheriff andrew kite was shot and killed in the line of duty on august 20, 1899. deputy sheriff henry richarde was shot and killed in the line of duty on november 19, 1903. in addition, jeff jones, acting night marshal in starke, was shot and killed in the line of duty on november 20, 1903, and everett johns, who had been sheriff in bradford county, was shot and killed in the line of duty while working as a deputy sheriff in nassau county on december 6, 1905.
bradford county, florida