The sheriff’s department in Portage County, Ohio has been stripped of its election security duties after its MAGA sheriff said people displaying Kamala Harris signs in their yards should have their addresses recorded so illegal immigrants can be sent to their homes.
Portage County Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski, a Donald Trump-supporting Republican seeking re-election, likened migrants to “human locusts” and called Harris a “Flip-Flopping, Laughing Hyena” on his personal and campaign Facebook accounts earlier this month.
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The Ohio Secretary of State’s Office determined last week that Zuchowksi’s post didn’t break state election laws, but local citizens expressed their discomfort with having an immigrant-hating MAGA sheriff in charge of protecting the vote.
Over 100 people attended an emergency meeting called by the local NAACP chapter, the *Ravenna Record-Courier *reported. Frank Hairson, the communications chair of the NAACP chapter said people told him: “They’re afraid to vote. They’re afraid to put signs in their yard.”
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fire him and be done with it
Sheriffs are typically elected, which is a bit ironic considering the National Sheriff Association adopted a fasces for their symbol in 1932.
Why the fuck does he still have a fucking job?!?!?! My god I fucking hate how shit is run in this country. What a joke!
Any one of us would have been fired for FAR less.
Yet here we hate cheering that this piece of shit was slapped on the wrist.
Dude is doing his job. Cops are supposed to attack marginalized groups. Always been that way.
Democrats are not “a marginalized group” but otherwise sure
Sheriffs are usually voted in.
I understand how they’re hired. That’s not in question. What I don’t understand is why he wasn’t fired.
You can’t fire public officials but may be able to impeach them. Don’t doubt it: the majority want this guy.
Depending on the state- a governor has the authority to fire a sheriff. And yes- Ohio’s governor does have this authority.
Ergo…. The asshole should be fired.
Nice. Then that answers that question. I e nobody cares. Not really
I mean, if you live and work in Ohio, you probably won’t be fired for being an out and proud racist unless it gets picked up by the news. He’s allowed to do this because he’s protected by all the other bigots in his state, and Ohio is full of them.
local citizens expressed their discomfort with having an immigrant-hating MAGA sheriff in charge of protecting the vote.
They should, uh, also have discomfort with an immigrant-hating MAGA sheriff in charge of protecting the community. Vote him out when he’s up for re-election.
He’s up for re-election right now. Here’s his opponent’s campaign site.
Nice. Not sure what to make of his opponent based on the website. No major red flags come up, but I’m sure the people in Portage County probably know him and where he stands on things way better than I do.
OTOH, the website is largely boring and factual, so I’m assuming he may not be that bad? The MAGAts are usually running from similar scripts, and this doesn’t seem to fit that.
Is it normal to know anything at all about your local Sheriff?
I had to do three google searches and then scroll down for a while to even find my local one, then their bio was so dull when I looked it up it was difficult to pay attention to it.
…distinguished career in law enforcement includes experience with various law enforcement agencies serving the metropolitan area. … going on to serve with both the City and the County Police Departments. In 2008, applied that experience to the creation of the public safety office for the rapidly expanding College …became the Assistant Chief of Police and…
The only thing I know about my local sheriffs is that regardless of politics they are probably trash. Fucken San Bernardino.
Zuchowski followed up to his own Facebook post last week, saying his comments “may have been a little misinterpreted??”
Fucking how were your comments misinterpreted???
Well, when read by someone who isn’t currently waiting for the green light to kill all liberals, it was supposed to be interpreted as a joke.
Right up until he and his deputies showed up armed at their door making it clear it was no longer a joke.
Anyone know portage county’s policy on recall votes? Maybe they can help his term end early.
That dude ain’t protecting anything but Trump’s ego (and his own). Vote these clowns out.
If I lived near him, I would definitely plant a Kamala sign right in his yard.
I would recommend against that. Based on what I know about him, I believe that you would be shot dead if you approached his property.
This is a man that’s not only prepared for violence; he’s a man looking for a pretense to harm.
“Don’t be a fascist” police challenge (impossible)
