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RENO, Nev. Douglas County, Nevada Sheriff Dan Coverley has a message for his county's library: Don't bother calling 911 for help anymore and good luck dealing with lewd visitors and disturbances on your own.
His outburst, which he posted in an open letter on the sheriff's office website, follows an aborted plan by the Board of Library Trustees to consider a statement of diversity and inclusion at a public meeting that was canceled today.
The draft statement denounces "all acts of violence, racism and disregard for human rights." It reads in part: "We support #BlackLivesMatter. We resolutely assert and believe that all forms of racism, hatred, inequality and injustice don't belong in our society."
That line prompted Coverley to write a statement of his own.
"Due to your support of Black Lives Matter and the obvious lack of support or trust with the Douglas County Sheriff's Office, please do not feel the need to call 911 for help," Coverley wrote. "I wish you good luck with disturbances and lewd behavior, since those are just some of the recent calls my office has assisted you with in the past."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/nevada-sheriff-library-support-black-235957092.html
coti
(4,612 posts)Demovictory9
(32,475 posts)thucythucy
(8,086 posts)all along.
Demovictory9
(32,475 posts)Phoenix61
(17,019 posts)Talk about a bunch of whiney little brats. If youre friends with Tommy I wont be your friend anymore. Sheesh! I swear my special ed elementary school kids were more mature.
ret5hd
(20,523 posts)yet YOU are gonna tell US whether or not you perform your job function?
In what other employer/employee universe does this EVER happen without the now ex employee kicking rocks?
FakeNoose
(32,777 posts)What a fool!
blm
(113,098 posts)Black Lives Matter means. Make them form thoughts into words.
tulipsandroses
(5,127 posts)supports the notion - make you not want to do the job you were hired to do? Unless you think that policing is synonymous with brutalizing and murder and you are incapable of doing your job if you will be held accountable for such.
crickets
(25,983 posts)I am amazed at the things people publicly put in writing these days, and not in a good way.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)uponit7771
(90,364 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)county by population. Total deep red county. Remember Danny Tarkainan,well he is running for the County Commission in Douglas even though he lives in Henderson Nevada. Gunning for the House District 1 Seat held by Amodei.
cagefreesoylentgreen
(838 posts)Douglas has a lot of population spillover from Washoe. Esmerelda County has just under 800 people.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Esmerelda is the smallest.
cagefreesoylentgreen
(838 posts)Both are beautiful country but like anywhere that isnt urbanized Nevada, kinda scary too. I always tell my visitors Nevada is a different planet once they get out of the Vegas city limits.
rollin74
(1,990 posts)and becoming more liberal by the week as growth from the California influx continues at rapid pace
but, yes, the outlying areas are republican dominated political hellholes for the most part
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)The local Power Brokers think otherwise,but,change is good.
rollin74
(1,990 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)once you leave the Vegas Valley,it is eight hours of the same Scenery all the way to Fallon or Yerington. For us,we do not mind,we will stop and grab a rock hammer just to check for minerals. Others crab all the way to Fallon or Yerington until the Scenery changes..
Lars39
(26,116 posts)Forewarning in writing to boot.
Tanuki
(14,922 posts)not to mention the First Amendment.
NutmegYankee
(16,201 posts)The sheriff should either resign or be imprisoned.
oasis
(49,410 posts)JI7
(89,275 posts)to be right
ProfessorGAC
(65,207 posts)Someone needs to tell him what his job entails.
What is not in his job description is getting to decide which crimes deserve a response and which don't.
What it does include is upholding the codified laws.