# Who shot the Deputy?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-shot-the-deputy/42995>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 28, 2000, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-shot-the-deputy/42995 "2000-11-28T06:26:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![JCThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dc4da7/32.png) [@JCThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JCThunder)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2000, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-shot-the-deputy/42995/1 "2000-11-28T06:26:49Z")

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In the Bob Marley song, ‘I Shot the Sheriff’, he claims, ‘but I didn’t shoot the deputy’. Who did?

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**Author:** ![Timothy\_Campbell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Timothy\_Campbell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timothy_Campbell)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2000, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-shot-the-deputy/42995/2 "2000-11-28T08:36:49Z")

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The same guy who asked why you drive on a parkway but don’t park on a driveway.

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**Author:** ![JCThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dc4da7/32.png) [@JCThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JCThunder)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2000, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-shot-the-deputy/42995/3 "2000-11-28T08:40:38Z")

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George Carlin???

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**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2000, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-shot-the-deputy/42995/4 "2000-11-28T08:59:21Z")

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I think the sherriff shot him, then Bob shot the sherriff.

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**Author:** ![VaHermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ed655f/32.png) [@VaHermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VaHermit)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2000, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-shot-the-deputy/42995/5 "2000-11-28T09:39:11Z")

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The song’s not clear (duh), but I’d cast my vote with Badtz, I always figured that Sheriff John Brown, seeing the lifelong object of his hatred about to make good on his “escape” as it were, finally lost it and killed the deputy hoping to frame the kid. But I guess we’ll never know for sure.

BTW, JC, welcome to the board.

\<looks around\>… pssst, leave now for God’s sake before it takes over your soul, don’t look back!

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**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2000, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-shot-the-deputy/42995/6 "2000-11-28T10:03:03Z")

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**I did!! I did!! _IT WAS ME ALL ALONG!!!_**

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_SNORT!_

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_Astro’s fingers are tired…_

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**Author:** ![VaHermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ed655f/32.png) [@VaHermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VaHermit)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2000, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-shot-the-deputy/42995/7 "2000-11-28T10:35:43Z")

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uh…yeah, thanks for making my point Astro.

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**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2000, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-shot-the-deputy/42995/8 "2000-11-28T10:37:27Z")

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no prob!

_Astro hopes no one notices his post-count padding!_