Besides, you ought to take up your beef with the legions of FReepers who think that LEOs should exercise discretion in their positions.
I did not see the press conference nor am I interested in it or learning about the sheriff’s opinion on anything. I think using discretion is wise in most situations.
Certainly US soldiers who are not allowed to express political opinions about military policy use discretion in their behavior in action. Good grief, don’t you understand the diffeerence between discretion and opinion? It is just not the territory of the sheriff to offer opinion on the policy of the legislature UNLESS called to a hearing on some particular bill. Put another way it is above the pay grade of all law enforcement to question the law they take cash to uphold.