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Tuesday, June 04, 2024

County sheriffs wield lethal power, face little accountability: "A failure of democracy"

County sheriff's officers are three times more lethal than city police, a CBS News investigation has found. 

More people were killed by U.S. law enforcement in 2023 than any other year in the past decade, outpacing population growth eightfold. But despite a focus on urban areas, fatal police violence is increasingly happening in small town America at the hands of sheriffs, the top law enforcement officials in counties nationwide.
-WiscoDave

24 comments:

  1. Well yeah, there may be no back up and more people carry firearms. Who wants to deal with a crackhead with a gun by themselves? Easier to just shoot the idiot.

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  2. Yes, we should all trust our DOJ instead

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    1. Yes I'm' sure ATF and FBI are having banner years, even when you don't count pets.

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  3. The sheriff can purge invaders and deputize to accomplish the purge when the Fed won't.
    This is war.

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    1. Ya think CBS is insinuating Sheriffs should be disarmed "for the safety of our Democracy"?

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    2. more likely Sheriffs should be replaced by, or deputized in to, a National Police Force.

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  4. Should this surprise me?
    Well it doesn't and I can't say why it just doesn't

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  5. Oh. Almost forgot.
    Fuck CBS "News".

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  6. A failure of democracy? I do not think that word means what you think it means. The election of county sheriffs is the purest form of democracy in the US - only the people affected get to vote.

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  7. I think some of the difference could be that in a county that has city and/or county police, the Sheriffs Dept. serves most of the arrest warrants. Those tend to devolve into gunfire more than most day to day interactions with the city popo. Some of this could be cherry picking statistics or just general ignorance of how things work, sort of like asking for more gun laws that duplicate what is already on the books.

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    1. That was my first thought. Serving warrants and forcing evictions...

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  8. Color revolution on sherrifs incoming. Nothing to do with destroying the last constitution barrier between us kulaks and the wealth the marxist elites seek to steal. You know, for the children.

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  9. our county LEO's are the only thing standing between us and the crooked FBI the ATF and the DOJ. the local sheriff depts have more say than either of the first two .the feds have to get permission from the county Sherriff as how to proceed with an investigation, vote wisely, they are the only thing between us and the gov. and unless they are corrupt they will protect us, if the feds show up at your house without a county Marshall with them they they are in violation of your constitutional rights.. few people know this.

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    1. “the feds have to get permission from the county Sherriff as how to proceed with an investigation, vote wisely, they are the only thing between us and the gov.”
      Keep believing that…I’m sure you won’t be disappointed. 🤣🤣

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  10. I'd much rather deal with a sheriff than a city cop. By a lot!

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  11. Please come to my central Idaho county and do stupid shit that in the blue hives would earn you a BLM Medal of Honor. Here you will assume room temperature in short order. Oh and the pedo list here, yeah we know who they are and we watch like like a fookin hawk. We voted for our man, we support our man, and I fookin hate orcs. Our sharif is one of us and we support him and he supports us.
    Oh yeah, fuck CBS.
    Saber 7

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  12. WestcoastDeplorableJune 4, 2024 at 9:08 PM

    Here in Riverside County, CA we're fortunate to have what I think is the best sheriff in America, Chad Bianco. He recently cut a youtube video saying it's high time we elected a felon as President..Donald Trump! He gets the job done and doesn't take shit from Newsom!

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    1. Living in California requires huge amounts of copium.

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  13. Maybe they’re just better shots

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  14. Sounds like cbs noticed the possibility of local sheriff's ability to go after feds.

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  15. Rose Kennedy (JFKs mom), said that if you can't be President, be the County Sheriff, where most of what you do directly affects the people who voted for you.
    If I could advise Americas' sheriff's, I would tell them to stay out of Federal enforcement actions, and realize that if the S does HTF, that they will be the core around which civilization will re-form, by supporting their citizens.
    John in Indy

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  16. Most city Police try to be employed by the Sheriff's office.
    Less political BS, Better trained, better leadership and very responsive.

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