Father Of Cop Who Killed Baby Donkey Arrested For Attack On Reporter

Video at the scene shows Chad Garner smashing a microphone out of a reporter's hand and throwing it at him.
By Ed Scarce — September 13, 2026

As noted below, Chad Garner has a history of violence and uttering threats. "Don't be a Chad and attack people for zero reason" is good advice. "The acorn doesn't fall far from the tree," and all that.

A million-dollar lawsuit has now been launched in response to the lack of bodycam footage being released. Cedartown (population 10,514) has a major problem on its hands.

Source: WSBTV

CEDARTOWN, Ga. — Conflict erupted during a rally for the slain miniature donkey HeeHaw in Cedartown on Friday.

The altercation comes on the same day the lawyer of HeeHaw’s owner announced a demand for $1 million from Cedartown and filed a lawsuit against Trenton Ryan Garner, the officer who shot the donkey.

Channel 2 Action News earlier told you about the death of the donkey, killed in a pasture along Grady Road in Polk County while police were searching for a missing 12-year-old girl.

Video from Eye On Cherokee, a local news media outlet, shows a man confront and break a microphone belonging to one of its reporters, Sal Insinga, at the rally for HeeHaw.

Eye On Cherokee told Channel 2 Action News their reporter was interviewing people gathered at the rally “when a group of counter protestors were yelling and carrying on.”

When Insinga went over to get a statement, he was attacked, the news media outlet said.

The video shows a man break the microphone and throw part of it at the reporter.

The video above is by Eye on Cherokee.

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