Jeff Sessions: " Anglo-American heritage"

[iceaura]

we can say that it is factual that Sessions made the statement that “the office of Sheriff is a critical part of the Anglo-American heritage of law enforcement” and that “Anglo-American” is a way to reference to the common law legal heritage the United States sheriff’s system shares with Europe.

Not at the same time. Much of the racist aspect of US sheriff behavior is not shared with Europe, for example.

Sessions was referring to the history of the American legal system, and more specifically to the origins of the modern day sheriff.

Sessions was referring to the 250 year heritage of law enforcement by the sheriffs in the US.

“Since our founding, the independently elected sheriff has been seen as the people’s protector, who keeps law enforcement close to and amenable to the people,”

That's not a reference to the origins, but to the past and continuing nature.

The same terminology might not have caused such a stir if invoked by someone else.

And to someone else, and about something else - such as habeas corpus, or the US legal system, instead of sheriffs.

That's because it would have meant something else.

 

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Take it up with all those sources.

 

[iceaura]

Take it up with all those sources.

They aren't here making dumbass attempts at misreading themselves. I've no quarrel with them.

 

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Then show how they've been misread, other than your subjective and partisan insinuations.