There's a New Sheriff in Town: and he just fired 27 white cops and promises to replace them all with black officers.

On his first day on the job, the new sheriff called 27 employees into his office, stripped them of their badges, fired them, and had rooftop snipers stand guard as they were escorted out the door.

The move Monday by Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill provoked an angry reaction and prompted a judge to order him to rehire the employees.

The fired employees included four of the highest-ranking officers, all of them white. Hill told the newspaper their replacements would be black.