A right-wing sheriffs group that challenges federal law is gaining acceptance around the country

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Against the background hum of the convention center, Dar Leaf settled into a club chair to explain the sacred mission of America’s sheriffs, his bright blue eyes and warm smile belying the intensity of the cause.

“The sheriff is supposed to be protecting the public from evil,” the chief law enforcement officer for Barry County, Michigan, said during a break in the National Sheriffs’ Association 2023 conference in June. “When your government is evil or out of line, that’s what the sheriff is there for, protecting them from that.”

Leaf is on the advisory board of the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, founded in 2011 by former Arizona sheriff Richard Mack. The group, known as CSPOA, teaches that elected sheriffs must “protect their citizens from the overreach of an out-of-control federal government” by refusing to enforce any law they deem unconstitutional or “unjust.”

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The sheriffs group has railed against gun control laws, COVID-19 mask mandates and public health restrictions, as well as alleged election fraud. It has also quietly spread its ideology across the country, seeking to become more mainstream in part by securing state approval for taxpayer-funded law enforcement training, the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism found.

https://apnews.com/article/constitutional-sheriffs-5568cd0b6b27680a28de8a098ed14210

[MOMFUDSKI]

1. Sheriffs have a huge

amounts of power. This is not good.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. JFC, this really IS Dystopia

[moonshinegnomie]

3. defund every sheriff that buys into this

have the state eliminate their office too

[brush]

6. Right, we are not in the days of yore, and they are not...

the sheriff of Nottingham defending the king's deer in Sherwood Forest from Robin and his merry band.

These guys are w-a-a-a-a-y too full of themselves and their so-called Constitution powers. If they try anything it won't end well for them.

[madinmaryland]

4. It appears the public needs to be protected from these rogue sheriffs.

[Recycle_Guru]

5. they will lose. power is in Washington and cities/suburbs --rural sheriffs will need to comply

just like sovereign citizen bullshit

[DFW]

7. This might be more serious than some think.

DOJ might consider a widespread, concerted action against any senior law enforcement officer deciding on his own that he can negate and alter laws at will. Feudal lords belong in the history books, not in Michigan. This cannot be allowed to become commonplace.

[bahboo]

8. yes sheriffs....by all means "deliver us from evil..."

what is this shit?