#Wisconsin Supreme Court accepts case challenging sheriff authority to detain #immigrants
https://wisconsinexaminer.com/briefs/wisconsin-supreme-court-accepts-case-challenging-sheriff-authority-to-detain-immigrants/
The Wisconsin Supreme Court agreed to hear a lawsuit against the ability of county #sheriffs to detain migrants on behalf of #ICE.
"Lau, an award-winning former journalist with the Los Angeles Times sued the county after learning that the Los Angeles County #sheriffs Department spent three years criminally investigating her after she published an investigation uncovering a list of hundreds of sheriff’s deputies with histories of misconduct, including sexual assault, fabricating evidence, and using excessive force." https://www.rcfp.org/maya-lau-la-county-retaliatory-investigation/
"Lau, an award-winning former journalist with the Los Angeles Times sued the county after learning that the Los Angeles County #sheriffs Department spent three years criminally investigating her after she published an investigation uncovering a list of hundreds of sheriff’s deputies with histories of misconduct, including sexual assault, fabricating evidence, and using excessive force." https://www.rcfp.org/maya-lau-la-county-retaliatory-investigation/
Featured story, from Francesca D'Annunzio: Nearly 1.5M Texans now live in jurisdictions where sheriffs or #police chiefs have agreed to train some of their officers to act as #immigration agents in their communities. These agreements currently cover around 30 Texas law enforcement agencies. https://www.texasobserver.org/ice-task-force-galveston-beaumont-tyler/
#ICE #HumanRights #border #sheriffs #politics #USpol #Trump #news #GulfCoast
When will people learn. The shooting of African Americans by cops was the canary in the coal mine...
A new report reveals a sharp rise in lethal police shootings by rural sheriffs, who were involved in a third of all officer-caused deaths last year. The WSJ chronicles Otero County, N.M., where a deputy shot 17-year-old Elijah Hadley multiple times—even after he dropped a BB gun—leading to a first-degree murder charge. Critics say fear-based training and sparse mental-health resources fuel these shootings, while sheriffs insist they must act decisively. The tragedy has rattled residents and spotlighted disparities in rural policing. Want all the details? Read more here. #ruralamerica #police #lawenforcement #sheriffs #publicsafety #newmexico #news
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/police-killings-rise-rural-sheriffs-1663159a?st=f9Vhoa&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
#politics #immigration #brownshirts #sheriffs #Fascism #texas #alt
Texas Observer
“ …These task forces further empower local police to act as roving ICE agents in the streets—detaining, interrogating, and arresting based on immigration status….”
https://www.texasobserver.org/legislature-sheriffs-ice-cooperation-jails-streets/
#politics #texas #Fascism #sheriffs #brownshirts
Texas Observer
The Trump administration only recently revived the task force model, which had been terminated by the Obama administration in 2012 amid lawsuits and national controversy over racial profiling by sheriffs including the notorious Joe Arpaio in Arizona.
#politics #alt #fasicsm #hls #sheriffs #noncompliance #resistance #resist #alt
Heather Cox Richardson 6/1/2025
Homeland Security Releases Names of “noncompliant” Sheriffs. National Sheriff’s Association Demands Apology
“He lost himself in what the untold years had done, the ablation of molecules and lives, layers and layers ground to fine dust.”
#ablation #ApocalypticDystopian #book #civilization #done #dystopianFiction #fiction #fineDust #ground #HughHowey #IntraterrestresRomansNouvellesEtc #layers #lives #lostHimself #molecules #mystery #PopularFiction #postApocalypticScienceFiction #quote #revolutions #RevolutionsFiction #ReVolutionsRomansNouvellesEtc #ScienceFiction #ScienceFictionAdventures #Sheriffs #SheriffsFiction #ShérifsRomansNouvellesEtc #Silo #subterranean #SubterraneanFiction #ThrillersCrime #UndergroundAreas #UndergroundAreasFiction #untoldYears #ZonesSouterrainesRomansNouvellesEtc
Sacramento County Jail Death Leads to Accusations of Neglect
More wacky and wild real call logs from Nevada County!
"Another federal program, called 287(g), grants sheriff deputies permission to act as immigration agents themselves, questioning arrestees about their nationality and transferring them to ICE’s custody."
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/how-sheriffs-might-power-trumps-deportation-machine
“The Highest Law in the Land: How the Unchecked Power of Sheriffs Threatens #Democracy.”, is a new book taking a look at the roles of #Sheriffs , and the free ranging #RWNJ political stance being mobilized on the far right fringes. where the impunity with which sheriffs #police communities is potentially a very dangerous powder keg.
Author Jessica Pishko discussed with daily #Lawfare #podcast the roots of the #constitutional sheriffs movement, breaks down several myths and realities of the office, and explains the immense appeal that sheriffs hold in the far-right western world view.
Far-Right #Sheriffs Want to Carry Out Donald Trump's #MassDeportations. That’s Not Possible
Across the US, sheriffs say they’re willing to do whatever they can to help Donald Trump’s “border czar,” Tom Homan, expel millions of #immigrants. Legally, that isn’t much.
#farright #deportation #donaldtrump #Trump
https://www.wired.com/story/far-right-sheriffs-donald-trump-mass-deportations-constitutional/
Meet the Far-Right #Constitutional #Sheriffs Ready to Assert Control if #Trump Loses
There are hundreds of #ConstitutionalSheriffs around the country who believe they are the ultimate legal power in their county. We break down how they have coalesced with the election denial movement.
#ElectionDenial #election #election2024 #djt #donaldtrump #maga
https://www.wired.com/story/constitutional-sheriffs-election-denial/
'Take Back the States': The Far-Right #Sheriffs Ready to Disrupt the #Election
#ConstitutionalSheriffs are duly elected lawmen who believe they answer only to god. They've spent the last six months preparing to stop a "stolen" election—by any means necessary.
#election2024 #farright
https://www.wired.com/story/constitutional-sheriffs-disrupt-election/
How #sheriffs define #lawandorder for their #counties depends on their #views, with most being #white #Republican #men.
With exceptions, #sheriffs often use their #power to keep an unequal balance in society along #racial and #class lines.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Ohio #Police #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Racism #Transphobia #WhiteSupremacy #Xenophobia #ThePartyOfHate
MAGA Sheriff Faces Consequences for Threatening Own Constituents
Portage County, Ohio, Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski asked his constituents to report local Kamala Harris supporters
https://newrepublic.com/post/186241/sheriff-election-duty-donald-trump-kamala-harris
#sheriffs #MAGAsheriff #Ohio # BruceZuchowski #authoritarianism #GOP #Trumpism #EnablingFascism #MAGA #xenophobia #ElectoralFraud #VoterSuppression
We can't have voter intimidation at polling places. Aren't these the "free speech" people? Why are they targeting people for their yard signs?
MAGA Sheriff’s Post About Kamala Harris Yard Signs Gets Department Booted From Election Duties
https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-sheriffs-post-about-kamala-harris-yard-signs-gets-department-booted-from-election-duties
#voterintimidation #sheriffs #ConstitutionalSheriffs #maga #freespeech #fascism #electionsecurity
