Gay Sherrif ain't Smiling Now

Hennepin County Minnesota, which is largley Minneapolis, elected a new Sherrif to replace the establishment type guy in the midst of the anti law enforcement frenzy following the George Floyd incident

The new top law enforcement guy is a fat gay MetroTransit cop.

So he goes to law enforcement convention across state. He heads back, drunk (.13 Blood Alcohol) rolls a county owned vehicle, while carrying a pistol. He is now facing four charges from the State Patrol including driving and carrying under the influence.

As an elected official, as such can't be fired or disciplined like an employee would be.

Funny thing is due to his liberal profile, there is hardly a peep even from the local media

Move along..
Nothing happened...

Doesn't matter whether he's elected or not. He can be fired and charged with several violations including malfeasance in office which in many cases is a felony.

No sir he cannot be fired. Recalled, maybe. As for the rest of it....With Keith Ellison as the Attorney General, I doubt it as well.

Terminology. Removed from office sound better? . . . keep us updated :-)

our Attorney General did this about a decade ago , little came of it

It is a lot more than wording. A firing is a simple one person, or small council executive decision. This guy needs a majority of voters to get the boot.

Realistically, at one time we might have expected him to voluntarily retire. We'll see. Maybe, we really need a Sheriff that can't drive or carry a gun in our new woke society.

Can he be impeached?

Jim

James, aka . . . Misconduct in office. This is quite often applied to LEOs. . . you should know that?

We have a Metropolitan Council. What their authority is, I ain't got much of a clue. As far as i know he answers to the voters.

Why should I know that? You think I made my living going after misconduct in office?

Jim

I guess like me, he'd figured it would have been something gone over in law school?

My apologies, I have assumed via many of your previous posts that you had a Law Degree / background. Again, sorry.
PS, I should have thought about the "analogy" of the word "assumed" is . . . my bad :-)

I'm supposed to recall what I learned in law school forty years ago?

All I know is that voters or the legislature or assembly can usually impeach elected officials guilty of malfeasance in office.

Jim

Anyway, it's a matter of local or state law.

I went to school in Ohio, and learned Ohio law. We didn't study Minnesota's impeachment procedures.

Jim

Hutch
Supposedly in Minnesota first time offenders seldom lose job or do jail time.

Just keep us updated. It'll be an interesting outcome :-)

Send him to the russian front-he sounds like a sergeant Schultz.

Interesting comment. I mean, I remember most, if not all, of what I learned in college 20 years ago. When did you begin to forget the things you learned in college? Should I expect everything I learned to start fading from my memory shortly?

Is losing your knowledge a normal thing to have happen before something like dementia riddles your mind?

Love Schultz. . . . he was the pre-war owner of a toy manufacturing company. Watch Hogan's Heros often. :-)

You must have missed the post where I said I'd never studied MN law.

Anyway, if you have that good a memory and intellect, you should have made something of yourself.

Jim

Yotetrapper30, you have a lot to learn about forgetfulness, lol. See my signature at the end of my posts.

Maybe he did all this intentionally with hopes of going to jail to make new "friends".

“You haven’t heard about jail Oscar, Oh you would love jail” lmao

It's Hennepin county. There's literally zero consequences for car jackers, armed robbers, drug dealers (high and low end) murderers and anyone that wants to burn the city . Now we are upset that nothing will happen to a guy who got drunk and rolled is ride? Yeah, good one! Sheese, the lead county attorney fell off the wagon not too long ago (drunk in a car) and had to go to spin dry. Not a peep. So this surprisedsanyone? It's Hennepin county (Minneapolis) for good grief.

I can tell you from lots of experience there. The corruption is at the TOP and poo runs down hill. All you have to do it look at city council.

It's like being mad at the devil for running hades. Duh!

Why? So I can donate 1/3 of my money to those too lazy to work or the criminals flooding over the border? No thanks. I was well on my way towards becoming a career woman when I decided I enjoyed life too much to squander it in pursuit of wealth. I guess you can just call me John Galt. I MUCH prefer selling tomatoes for $8/hr than working 9-5 every day for 6 figures.

I wondered when the tomato goddess would return

Some would say "To whom much is given, much is required." We all make our own choices in life, but squandering a talent because others might gain from its use seems selfish to me. I prefer to view gaining wealth from using talent to it's fullest as a side benefit to making a contribution to society, not a sole reason for doing it.

When your dying, if you have time/ability to reflect, I am sure we will all have some regrets. I am also sure I wont regret the time I spent living rather than chasing dollars.

Maybe he did all this intentionally with hopes of going to jail to make new "friends"



HEHEHE

T Rex Are any of the charges felonies? He and Smollet would be good cellmates!

Danny, for sure there can be a balance.

There are very few to any John Galt types left. The system has corrupted everyone in some sense.

Nope. misdemeanors.

This guy is the top law enforcement officer in the most populous county in the state. I don't think the standard legal ramifications fit the situation. in this case, it is all about image. Why would anyone follow the laws if the enforcers don't.

BTW, he is a regular visitor to the Hennepin County jail.

Selfish? Who decides what is selfish and what's not? Was it selfish of me to go to work for a Marine veteran farmer/preacher and his wife when they needed help on their farm and couldn't find anyone? By the time I took out taxes and gas I was making less than $100 a week but I felt good that I was helping them. It's selfish of me to want to spend as much time as I can with my husband since I am able to do so without working 40+ hours a week? I'm sure I will again work full time but I will NEVER work more than I need to work to get by. I have no children to leave money to, and I can't take it with me. If working for the sole purpose of subsistence is selfish, then okay, call me selfish... I'm fine with that.

The sheriff is in a protected class. Due to his sexual orientation. Also if he is a first time offender for DUI. He will claim he has an addiction problem. That protects him as well. He will can and should be charged with DUI, reckless operation of a motor vehicle, etc... As far as loosing his job. I highly doubt it. The city would open themselves up to a civil lawsuit. Like it or not. This is the world we are living in today.

Our AG killed a guy walking on the side of the road one night last year coming back from a meeting he thought he hit a deer he said. They found the body the next day, who hits a deer and does not confirm it’s dead? He got off with 2 minor charges and is still our AG after a failed impeachment attempt.

Due to our politics and his special status he will be untouchable.

You miss the point, Yote, which was not to tell you to go make big money. I'm talking about a job that challenges and interests you, one that is worthy of your towering intellect and memory.

If you remember most, if not all of what you were taught in college twenty years ago, that is an extraordinary achievement, unique in my experience. Most people will say that decades later they forgot most, if not all of what they learned in college. Unless what they learned has a direct bearing on their work.

I'm not telling you to get a high-paying job so you can pay taxes and help the poor, just one that will give you enough interesting work so that you don't look for amusement by harassing poor forgetful ex-lawyers on the internet. lol

Jim

Like James?

I hate to join the sidetracking crew, but, based upon my own life experience: I know I could never pass a small fraction of the tests i had excelled in decades ago.

I'm pretty sure anyone that claims they could is as delusional as "you know who". ( hint: Let's go Brandon.)

On the other end of the spectrum. I consider myself one heck of a lot wiser than way back then.

And there ya have it.JIMMY

He has a pulse.........that's all that's required.

Dang, I might have a problem with sexually deviant gays, but, not nearly what some of you folks have across the political spectrum. Get real!

Yup...

Get a few concussions and see how your memory goes. Pretty snarky comment to make, assuming that everyone should remember everything they were ever presented in school. I'd like to have my pre- combat life back, but that isn't going to happen either.

I remember 10%, if that, what I learned in college 40 years ago.

Frank and Charles are having coffee at Franks place on Monday morning. Charles asked Frank, hey who won the game last night ? Frank thought for a minute and asked Charles, hey what’s the name of the flower that has thorns ? Charles says you mean a Rose ? Frank says yea Rose , hey Rose honey who won the game last night ?

Golf ball
I could be Frank but instead of trying to remember my wife's name I call her babe or honey.

A lot of things I learned in college were forgotten as soon as the test was taken. I do remember the things I was interested in and could apply later in life.

I can't remember what was for dinner.

I hate to say it, but most things learned in college are useless in real life situations. And I have three college degrees.

This is a good question for Biden.

I never heard anything about it. Nothing from our local liberal media.

MN AG Ellison has a suspected history of abuse with women which the msm in MN kept rather quiet when he was running for office. With his history, he would probably be sympathetic toward the man.

Front page in the star and tribune for a couple of days.

People still get newspapers? Dang, I might have to check that out.

I haven't read the Star Tribune in at least 10 years; way too liberal for my tastes.

I rely more on TV news instead.

I had to take and pass 4 tests for my job I’ve had for 23 years. Nothing major, basic electricity, basic electronics, digital concepts, and the normal you aren’t a complete idiot test. If they made me retake and pass all those tests again to keep my job, I’m hoping I’d at least pass I’m not a complete idiot, lol. I think I’ve forgotten way more than I remember. Unless it’s about a deer or turkey I’ve killed. I can tell you every detail to the point I get the “fever” all over again.

Ben Dover, or whatever our Sherriff's name is, has decided he ain't goin' peacefully.

Sherriff,Ben Dover ain't leavin' peacfully

He cant even drink like a man-his blood alcohol content was only 1.3.

LOL,and he rolled a car with that blood alcohol.

I don't remember a single thing from college, but then again,I never attended one.
Did help build a couple buildings in a couple different colleges though.

Update:
The county commissioners want him to resign.

"Nope", he says "no politicians are going to force me out. I am an elected official." Not only that but "I am running for re-election in November"

He was convicted of a misdemeanor DWI, sentenced to two year's probation and a whopping $625 fine. Charge of carrying pistol while intoxicated dropped. No action was initiated for lying to EMT's that he was not behind the wheel at the time.

High profile people are starting to call for his resignation.

• Governor Walz
• Lt Governor Flannigan
• former long term sheriff of the county in which it happened.

He is elected so cannot be fired. Supposedly he could be recalled, but according to the experts that process is nearly impossible.

Some more information is starting to come out.

• He was going at least 126mph at at least one point.
• He repeatedly denied he was behind the wheel.
• body or dash cam video was taken, but, cannot be released without his permission.

Poor guy! It wasn't his fault. it was the disease of alcohol. I just know he will be cured in a year or two. He is running for re-election, so, should be healthy by the end of his second term.

Do ya know what a gay man's best pick-up line is? "I think I'm getting drunk!"
Originally a blonde's best pick-up line...

I understand they released the video. Showed all sorts of incriminating things, weapons, open bottle, his uniform etc.

Well, good ol' Pudgy Wudgy decided not to seek reelection. He ain't resigning, but at least gone after his term.
Hutchinson not seeking reelection

He got paroled for his actions. If the average citizen would have done something like that, they would have locked them up and threw away the key.

Exactly

They dropped all the sex charges against our ex governor Cuomo here too.Same old two sets of justice,,one for us and a different one for them.Nothing new,,but realy getting old.