Texas Sheriff Getting Threats After Saying He'd Investigate DeSantis

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Texas Sheriff Getting Threats After Saying He’d Investigate DeSantis

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Texas Sheriff Getting Threats After Saying He’d Investigate DeSantis
After the Florida governor sent dozens of people seeking asylum from Texas to Martha's Vineyard, a local sheriff says he believes laws were broken.
10:43 AM · Sep 21, 2022

https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjkzn7/texas-sheriff-javier-salazar-threats-desantis

A Texas sheriff announced Monday that he would investigate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration flying Venezuelan migrants from San Antonio to Martha’s Vineyard last week.

And now, his office says, it’s received “numerous threats.”

Sheriff Javier Salazar of Bexar County, where the flight last week originated, announced Monday that he was opening an investigation into the flight. The sheriff told reporters that he believes the migrants were “lured” to Martha’s Vineyard under “false pretenses” for a “photo-op and stranded,” and that both county and federal laws were broken.

On Tuesday, a spokesperson from the Bexar County Sheriff’s office told VICE News in an email that “there have been numerous threats, an influx of calls to our dispatch and administrative offices, along with hateful emails received” since the investigation was announced.

“Additionally, as in any instance when our office receives threats precautionary measures will be made for safety of all personnel,” the spokesperson said.

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[AZSkiffyGeek]

1. Making threats against cops doesn't seem like a good idea... nt

[tanyev]

2. Seems like a special kind of stupid to send them threatening emails or leave voice messages.

[magicarpet]

3. Law & Order,..

And...

Blue Lives Matter,

Except when I am in a nasty cranky Fascist mood.

[sakabatou]

4. Yup

[sdfernando]

5. For MAGATs its

Back the blue....oh....wait!

[Bayard]

6. I saw his press conference yesterday

And was impressed. Hope he and his office don't back down, and stay safe.

[OldBaldy1701E]

7. Round them up, lock them up!

Always a great time when the people who scream about wanting law and order applied to certain people suddenly find out that it applies to everyone, including those who have been doing the screaming.

[J_William_Ryan]

8. "Making threats against cops doesn't seem like a good idea..."

True.

But it's what conservatives do.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

9. MAGAts are pretty simple in philosophy: fascism -- good; anti-fasicm -- target.

[GReedDiamond]

10. KnR - This Post could be an OP of its own...nt

[Hermit-The-Prog]

11. Oops. Sorry I forgot to make that "clicky". Here's a link to the OP and artist...

Soph0571: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217119608