'Constitutional Sheriff' Wayne Ivey says he's a patriot. Others see something more menacing."
(Florida of course)
On Jan. 18, 2021, just days before Joe Biden was sworn in as president and less than two weeks after the Capitol riot, Sheriff Wayne Ivey penned a column for Space Coast Daily in which he declared: "Serving as a Constitutional Sheriff means standing strong in defense of our citizens, our cops and our Constitution."
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But according to researchers and monitors of growing trends of right-wing extremism in America, Ivey's declaration harkens back to something far darker and more menacing than just a lawman asserting his noble intention to defend the supreme law of the United States. They see the rise of self-declared "Constitutional Sheriffs" and the organizations that recruit and purport to represent them as a potential threat to American democracy and the very document they claim to protect.
Ivey is one of at least five Florida sheriffs with overt ties to the Constitutional Sheriffs movement. A foundational belief of the movement is the notion that sheriffs stand above the courts, above the president of United States and other authorities in interpreting the meaning of the many provisions of the U.S. Constitution.
Simply put, they say, sheriffs are the ultimate authority on what is and what is not constitutional, allowing them to interpret and implement the law as they see fit.
(much more at link)
https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2021/07/22/constitutional-sheriff-wayne-ivey-right-wing-law-enforcement-ideology/5093231001/?utm_source=floridatoday-Daily%20Briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_briefing&utm_term=list_article_headline&utm_content=1028FT-E-NLETTER65
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