Will Fox News-Loving Sheriff's Oath Keeper Ties Cost Him His Job?

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Chad Bianco, the outspoken sheriff of Riverside County who has railed against COVID-19 safety measures, was revealed to have ties to a far-right militia group

Will Fox News-Loving Sheriff’s Oath Keeper Ties Cost Him His Job?
Chad Bianco, the outspoken sheriff of Riverside County who has railed against COVID-19 safety measures, was revealed to have ties to a far-right militia group.
thedailybeast.com
9:00 PM · Oct 15, 2021

https://www.thedailybeast.com/will-fox-news-loving-sheriff-chad-biancos-oath-keeper-ties-cost-him-his-job

When Chad Bianco—the outspoken Sheriff of Riverside County who has drawn criticism for his ties to a far-right militia group and his opposition to public-health rules—was first elected in 2018, he was unknown but seemed like an improvement from the previous sheriff.

“He was seen as an opportunity to do better,” Megan Beaman-Jacinto, a city councilwoman in Coachella and a civil rights attorney, told The Daily Beast. “Or like it couldn’t get any worse.”

But over the last three years, the Fox News-loving Bianco has been accused of prioritizing a right-wing political identity above the needs of the more than 2 million residents he serves, and Beaman-Jacinto and other elected officials are calling for his ouster.

Like others, Beaman-Jacinto pointed to instances where Bianco has voiced opposition to public-health orders, vaccine mandates and efforts to reduce prison populations during the pandemic. Organizations like the ACLU have also called for investigations into how his Sheriff’s Department used COVID-19 relief funds, its use of force against residents of color, and its treatment of inmates at the county jail.

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1. Why do some cops deny their responsibilty for public health? Is that...

not part of public safety?