A national group of sheriffs that claims the top law enforcers in American counties are not bound by federal law has successfully spread its doctrine to dozens of states in recent years.
A national group of sheriffs that claims the top law enforcers in American counties are not bound by federal law has successfully spread its doctrine to dozens of states in recent years.
That is not how the rule of law works at all.
Yeah, this is where “law and order” is diametrically opposed to “rule of law”. These people feel like they can do whatever in their fiefdoms, free of the law applying to them. I’m not comfortable with the “ACAB” slogans, but when I encounter LEO like this that are getting too big for their britches, it makes it hard not to believe that there is something fundamentally wrong with the institution of policing.
“law and order” is and always has been a euphemism for “beat up black people”
Or those damn poors! Sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference through all that grime …