Posted on 08/15/2017 11:57:06 AM PDT by Uncle Sam 911
When protesters, angry over the deadly incidents in Virginia this weekend, decided to take down a nearly century-old statue of a Confederate soldier in North Carolina on Monday, law enforcement stood back and watched.
At no time did officers with the Durham Police Department or deputies with the Durham County Sheriff’s Office intervene as activists brought a ladder up to the statue and used a rope to pull it down, according to multiple media reports.
No one was arrested Monday, however, a day later, Durham County Sheriff Mike Andrews announced investigators were working to identify the protesters and planned to bring criminal charges against them.
“We decided that restraint and public safety would be our priority,” Andrews said in a statement posted on his agency's website. “As the Sheriff, I am not blind to the offensive conduct of some demonstrators nor will I ignore their criminal conduct.”
Protesters celebrate after toppling a statue of a Confederate solder in Durham, N.C. Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. Activists on Monday evening used a rope to pull down the monument outside a Durham courthouse. The Durham protest was in response to a white nationalist rally held in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend. (Casey Toth/The Herald-Sun via AP)Expand / Collapse Protesters celebrate after toppling a statue of a Confederate solder in Durham, N.C. Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. (Casey Toth/The Herald-Sun via AP)
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The cops were there and watched, yet no arrests. The cops are sworn to uphold the Constitution and laws of the state etc. The sheriff should be charge with malfeasance, misfeasance and non-feasance.
There is a difference between city cops and the Sheriff’s dept.
The chief of police is a political appointment. It was their deputies that stood and watched and said “It was county property”.
The Sheriff is elected and is not responsible for the apathy and dereliction of duty but he city police.
I hope he catches them and prosecutes.
Some of them are, no doubt, but I think the great majority, especially those in command, are paralyzed by lack of political support and fear of the automatically leftist-sympathizing media.
It is county property and that’s the excuse the city cops made for not stopping the vandalism. The deputies just stood around with cameras rolling.
Doesn’t this pussy so called sheriff have an email where we can tell him what we think of him?
Wouldn't that have been easier?
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