There is a connection between bumblefuck sheriffs and the Sovereign Citizen movement. They have this bizarre legal voodoo under which sheriffs are the highest civil authority.

Christopher is up to his ears in that nonsense along with his head cheerleader Don Ayotte. There isn't a crack of daylight between these folks and the militia/oathkeepers/sovcits.

Sussex gets a pretty good deal from the Delaware State Police for local police work, and Chritopher's bizarre crusade makes as little economic sense as empowering this very disturbed little dictator wannabe.

I know newspaper subscriptions are way down these days, let alone newspaper reading! And our 'small wonder' state is just too small to have it's own real news network. But this is evidently part of some national group - a convention? really? - and it should be getting some national attention if they keep up the type of rhetoric noted in that article!

There are a lot of DU threads concerning the miitarization of the nation's police. I believe that's true because I've seen articles about states and cities getting training from Blackwater/Xe/Academie or whatever they've changed their name to these days. I suppose they all used their 'homeland security' money from the Bush administration to buy that training plus all the riot gear they have these days that they're using on Occupy protesters.

But to have this 'attitude' at the local sheriff's level was a bit of a surprise for me. Heaven help us all if this holier than thou, 'it's my right to control you because I believe I'm in the right' system continues to spread.

Every crackpot in the world is full of confidence now.

I was astounded when I read that part. If it was truly not within his authority to do these things why hasn't he been suspended or removed from the position? Is there no detailed job description for the position of sheriff?

http://www.delawarepolitics.net/will-sussex-countys-sheriff-gain-full-police-enforcement-status/