Anti-lockdown sheriffs call on constituent power to push back on coronavirus restrictions
After weeks of closures due to the coronavirus pandemic, New Mexico governor Michelle Lujan Grisham said last week that retailers and churches in the state may open at partial capacity, but that gyms and salons must stay closed, and that residents must wear face masks in public.
But the 65,000 residents of Chaves County have little to fear should they violate these orders.
“My department will not be out citing anyone for not wearing a mask,” Mike Herrington, the county sheriff, told The Marshall Project. “I will not be enforcing any of those orders.” Herrington has already allowed at least one gym, among other businesses, to reopen in recent weeks.
Chaves County—which has reported 30 positive diagnoses of COVID-19, and two related deaths—encompasses Roswell, the town famous for its association with a debunked-but-widely-believed UFO sighting in the 1940s. It’s also one of many rural communities hit hard by the recent economic shutdown; the cancellation of the annual UFO Festival this month potentially deprived local businesses of a million dollars in revenue, according to television station KRQE.
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We have a similar situation with the county sheriff where I live, Snohomish County in Washington State. Right now there are a couple of recall petitions to have him removed.
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