Oh, look, everyone, Alyssa Milano has a new cause.
This is the attorney general of the United States of America. Jeff Sessions should be fired immediately. https://t.co/jhFhxk3rrq
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) February 12, 2018
Never mind what else Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in his address to the National Sheriffs Association winter meeting because the press had already decided how this one’s going to play out by picking out the quote it knows will stir up the hornets’ nest.
"The office of sheriff is a critical part of the Anglo American heritage of law enforcement," Attorney General Jeff Sessions said to law enforcement officials in Washington. "We must never erode this historic office." pic.twitter.com/H2pBEsbkEQ
— POLITICO (@politico) February 12, 2018
CNN, Newsweek, Politico and other outlets already have posted pieces about Sessions calling the sheriff’s office “a critical part of the Anglo-American heritage of law enforcement.”
Genuinely laughing out loud at people who think this means “white.” https://t.co/oTxQfeAgnH
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) February 12, 2018
Well, that would include Tariq Nasheed, so yes, laughing would be the appropriate response.
Jeff Sessions did a speech and said "the office of Sheriff is a critical part of the Anglo-American heritage of law enforcement." He wanted to go on record with the ANGLO-AMERICAN description. He went full white supremacy, and every Black and non-white sheriff should be insulted pic.twitter.com/F0PYS5j7es
— Tariq Nasheed ?? (@tariqnasheed) February 12, 2018
https://twitter.com/JayesGreenJ/status/963120709298991104
https://twitter.com/JayesGreenJ/status/963122276014096387
https://twitter.com/JayesGreenJ/status/963124847898447878
If anyone is still confused this is the reason why we kneel. #ColinKaepernick #TakeAKnee #SessionsMustGo pic.twitter.com/673VKPAUke
— DrEvans1784 (@DrEvans1784) February 12, 2018
Can we pause for a moment to give some credit to CNN, which actually explained in its piece that “the concept of the office of sheriff — being an independent, elected law enforcement entity — originates in Anglo-Saxon England.” In other words, the heritage of the sheriff’s office very literally is Anglo-American … not “white.”
Hey, Google it:
“As most law students learn in the first week of their first year, Anglo-American law — also known as the common law — is a shared legal heritage between England and America. The sheriff is unique to that shared legal heritage. Before reporters sloppily imply nefarious meaning behind the term, we would suggest that they read any number of the Supreme Court opinions that use the term. Or they could simply put ‘Anglo-American law’ into Google,” [DOJ spokesman Ian] Prior said.
But by all means, let’s go with the “full white supremacist” angle.
OMG!! Jeff Sessions really removes the white hood this time- he just said “The office of sheriff is a critical part of the Anglo-American heritage" https://t.co/x4EdaVklbH
— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) February 12, 2018
https://twitter.com/CharlotteAlter/status/963079671826010112
OMG he actually said this. Attorney Genl #JeffSessions is a racialist. Probably works in his home, Alabama.
“The office of sheriff is a critical part of the Anglo-American heritage of law enforcement."
Is the KKK of the "Anglo-American heritage," too, Sir?https://t.co/Eda3s1HRde— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) February 12, 2018
OK, settle down everyone.
This might come as a surprise to some, but did you know that the United States was formed from a collection of British colonies, and that much of our legal system and common law stems from centuries of British tradition?
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) February 12, 2018
And did you know (because you wouldn't, if you go just by the CNN tweet), that Jeff Sessions was talking specifically about the position of "sheriff" in a speech to an organization of sheriffs? And that "sheriffs" only exist in countries that were once run by the British?
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) February 12, 2018
Reminder that Jeff Sessions is 100% correct about the Anglo heritage of the Sheriff's office, and the left is once again proving how historically illiterate they all are https://t.co/xfHX8Ee0PX
— Witch Hammer (@Witch_Hammer) February 12, 2018
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