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A right-wing sheriffs group that challenges federal law is gaining acceptance around the country
Associated Press ^ | August 21, 2023 | BY TJ L’HEUREUX, ADRIENNE WASHINGTON, ALBERT SERNA JR., ANISA SHABIR, ISAAC STONE SIMONELLI

Posted on 08/23/2023 6:08:08 AM PDT by artichokegrower

Against the background hum of the convention center, Dar Leaf settled into a club chair to explain the sacred mission of America’s sheriffs, his bright blue eyes and warm smile belying the intensity of the cause.

“The sheriff is supposed to be protecting the public from evil,” the chief law enforcement officer for Barry County, Michigan, said during a break in the National Sheriffs’ Association 2023 conference in June. “When your government is evil or out of line, that’s what the sheriff is there for, protecting them from that.”

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


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The public-facing image of the sheriffs group, which is led by white men, prominently features the American flag


White men and the American flag. Must be evil.

1 posted on 08/23/2023 6:08:08 AM PDT by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower

You just know the FBI is all over this group


2 posted on 08/23/2023 6:10:33 AM PDT by PGR88
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“which is led by white men, prominently features the American flag…”

The horror off of it all.

L


3 posted on 08/23/2023 6:12:16 AM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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Right Wing, extremest, Skin head, far right…you are all these if you’re white, male and love America.


4 posted on 08/23/2023 6:17:46 AM PDT by albie
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The sheriff is supposed to be protecting the public from evil,


That is a proper job description.


5 posted on 08/23/2023 6:18:54 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: Lurker
The horror off of it all.

This is what pops into the minds eye of the AP. Crazy, off the rails white guy.


6 posted on 08/23/2023 6:22:47 AM PDT by Bounced2X (Boomer - I survived childhood with no bike helmet.)
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To: artichokegrower

This article was posted yesterday on FAr:
...lots of comments and info:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4176816/posts


7 posted on 08/23/2023 6:25:29 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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It’s a bit off-topic, but it took five people to write that article. Why so many?
Could it be that every possible group must now be represented in every article?

If so, the Associated Press should proudly use abbreviations to help identify each group. As in, Jane Smith (GLVB).

GLVB = Gay Latina Vegetarian Buddhist.


8 posted on 08/23/2023 6:25:50 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real. )
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Mary McCordcin the article is the same one who took notes at this FBI ass-covering meeting on March 6, 2017:

...But things took a sudden and dramatic turn on March 4, 2017, when Trump said on Twitter that he knew that Obama had wiretapped Trump Tower, a very public claim of spying that set off alarm bells with both FBI and DOJ leadership. Trump’s tweet so alarmed these DOJ and FBI officials that the topic dominated a meeting two days later that included FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe and the acting U.S. attorney general, Dana Boente.


9 posted on 08/23/2023 6:26:51 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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It takes a collaborative effort to write that poorly?

It would seem incongruous perhaps then to point out that “Federal Law” isn’t particularly sacrosanct whatsoever amongst the left when it applies to any number of black letter Federal laws.

Thousands of them. Weird.


10 posted on 08/23/2023 6:36:27 AM PDT by Freedom4US
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To: artichokegrower

I wonder if the AP stands for ACTIVIST PROPAGANDA?

Do you suppose the AP runs articles exposing how the immigration and border patrol agencies are forced from the top down not to enforce immigration laws and border security?


11 posted on 08/23/2023 6:36:32 AM PDT by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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A left-wing sheriffs group that supports equity of outcomes in policing is gaining acceptance around the country. That will be their next story and headline. /s


12 posted on 08/23/2023 6:40:28 AM PDT by pas
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We had to evacuate due to the Rocky J fire near Ft Hood. Deputy told me the County Judge signed a mandatory evacuation order for our area. Then he advises me that I am not bound by law to comply with it, he understands my desire to remain on my property, as he would his in the same circumstances and that until I posed a threat to Fire Fighters or LEOs that I could stay.

THIS is the LEO that will stand with us against Feral Gubbmint Tyranny when TSHTF.

13 posted on 08/23/2023 6:44:42 AM PDT by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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Around the world of "media," it seems "right wing" and "extremist" verbiage is being amplified more and more. and demonized in many "still secular" ways, as if to prop up a mythology.

As the National Socialists were anti-capitalist and self-avowed "Aryan socialists", they were NEVER anything other than one flavor of socialism. Therefore to assign some socialism to the "Right" and other socialism to the "Left" has been a trick foisted on the public since WW2's end.

If all socialists in all flavors are clustered together on a "Left" in the model, then being anti-socialist is a badge of honor. Right.

The inverse, in terms of word games, is also true.

No matter the terms, "liberty" stands against "submission,"

With others in our extended family and friends, I have eschewed the Right and Left model, and used the term "anti-socialist" because it so clarifies.

This has been the language game of the worldwide socialists for decades. But they have no real place to hide, when one aligns with all anti-socialists.

At that point, the Left falls over its own word games and language tricks, rhetoric, nudging and messaging. Socialists REQUIRE confusion in order to masquerade as other than they are.

14 posted on 08/23/2023 6:51:35 AM PDT by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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Right wing law enforcement group, as is Asinine Press biased description or properly “Law & Order” law enforcement group?!!! CWII


15 posted on 08/23/2023 6:59:09 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (BOYCOTT Anheuser Busch, the NFL, MLB, NBA, NASCAR & Faux Snooze! Molon Labe! Oathkeeper! )
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"The sheriff is supposed to be protecting the public from evil,..."

and guess what, the Sheriff is elected not appointed like most judges by some politician.

16 posted on 08/23/2023 7:01:15 AM PDT by mosaicwolf
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To: artichokegrower

Just summarized the article...


17 posted on 08/23/2023 7:10:56 AM PDT by L,TOWM (An upraised middle finger is my virtue signal.)
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I’ve had lunch with Dar Leaf, the man who made that quote. He’s the real deal.

The Governess of Michigan, Gruppenfuehrer Whitmer is scared of him.


18 posted on 08/23/2023 7:17:05 AM PDT by cyclotic (The real problem with racism in America today is that demand far outstrips supply)
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Where were these sheriffs during election fraud?


19 posted on 08/23/2023 7:22:15 AM PDT by roving (👌⚓Listless Vessel)
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I heard a man speaking about this last night, but he was from a different group. He said the Sheriff can block mask mandates and other dictates from three-letter Federal agencies. He had some interesting stories about how they are protecting their citizens from the Feds.


20 posted on 08/23/2023 7:22:42 AM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn’t become your biography, what good is it?)
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