Sheriffs across US drawing on right-wing fringe ideas to decide which laws to enforce

[DonViejo]

Sheriffs are increasingly refusing to enforce gun laws they have determined to be unconstitutional, reported News 21.

Although the U.S. Constitution does not mention sheriffs, the position is listed in state constitutions – and most of the nation’s 3,080 sheriffs are elected, and not appointed like state and city police officials.

The anti-government “Posse Comitatus” movement, which gave birth to sovereign citizens, believes government is illegitimate above the county, so county sheriffs are the highest legal authority in the U.S.

Right-wing groups such as the Oath Keepers and the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association have repackaged some of these ideas, while downplaying the Posse Comitatus movement’s overtly racist and anti-Semitic elements.

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/21/sheriffs-across-us-drawing-on-right-wing-fringe-ideas-to-decide-which-laws-to-enforce/

[WillyT]

1. K & R !!! - MUST READ !!!

[jwirr]

2. And in thanks to these sheriffs the sovereighn citizens are going after the police and other

government officials. As I watch the situation in Ferguson MO with their peaceful demonstration I kept thinking about the bundy ranch militia and the member of this bunch who shot the police officers in Las Vegas. Apparently the Sheriffs prefer the militias. It does not make sense.