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Idaho Sheriff Wearing Badge and Hat Drags Constituent from Town Hall, Threatens Pepper Spray—Claims He Wasn’t Acting Officially (www.reddit.com)

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Sheriff Robert Norris attempts to drag one of his constituents out of a public town hall meeting, and threatens to pepper spray her if she does not comply. He claimed he wasn’t acting in his official capacity, but he was wearing a sheriff's hat and his badge on his belt

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

If he wasn't acting under his authority as a sheriff, from where does he think he derives any lawful authority to arrest someone for trepassing?

Anyone know if enforcing your own trespass warning is legal in Idaho? Will probably make a big difference to how this woman fares.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Dragging a constituent from a town hall meeting for disliking their public comment is obscene whether you're acting in an official sheriff capacity or not. Either way he's clearly demonstrated a gross misuse of his position. Sheriff Robert Norris apparently has a Wikipedia article detailing a list of controversial actions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Norris_(sheriff)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

I wasn't surprised at all when I read his wiki. Thanks for sharing.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

I'm not disputing the guy is a bastard, you had me at sheriff.

No where do I see what she was asked to leave for. You said because they didn't like her comment, but in the video the reporter said for disrupting the meeting. How do you know it was just for the content of her comment?