Big difference between a police force with riot gear and the para-military forces of Federal Departments which shouldn’t even have a law enforcement branch.
Big difference between a police force with riot gear and the para-military forces of Federal Departments which shouldn’t even have a law enforcement branch.
If I’m on the ground with a boot on my neck, it doesn’t make much difference whether it’s a Fed, State, or local patch on the uniform.
You are right to consider the potential danger the federal government posed to the citizens. The sheriff departments across the land are a safety valve to political police departments (a reason Maryland is trying to eliminate them). Sheriffs, voted in by the people, are not beholding to immediate political whim.