PHOENIX β Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery will get the last word on whether to charge the president of the state Board of Education with assaulting schools chief Diane Douglas.
A final report released this week by the Department of Public Safety of the Aug. 24 incident found conflicting statements from witnesses as to whether Greg Miller touched or grabbed Douglas. Miller said he did not but acknowledged there may have been βincidentalβ contact while he was trying to get Douglas to stop speaking.
The incident occurred when Douglas, who is a member of the board, was attempting to speak at a board meeting. Miller repeatedly told her she was out of order and said he was attempting to move the microphone from in front of her face.
Douglas said Miller, sitting to her left, grabbed her arm and demanded that he release her.
Several board members who were interviewed said they did not see Miller touch Douglas. But Charles Schmidt, who sat three chairs to the right of Douglas, said he did.
