Body camera footage from Idaho reveals a sheriff hunting for a YA book he could use for a political stunt.

Cochran tells him about another library, where there is a “big glass room to put all those noisy teenagers in” that has a bookshelf in front of it with books she doesn’t like: “So what do you call that, sheriff? Enticing?” “Promoting,” he responds. “It’s like the old fashioned guy in the van with a bowl of candy trying to entice. I have goosebumps even saying it, it’s so disgusting.”

  • @ItsAFake@lemmus.orgEnglish
    25•10 months ago

    Cop: mmmmm yeah I’m gonna find some really filthy books… Mmmmmmmm then they’ll know why I… They shouldn’t be allowed to be around children.

  • Masterblaster
    8•10 months ago

    and just like that - the network kicks into high gear, teams do the research, get addresses, plan the route, post lookouts, etc. within 24 hours, a van with competent operatives rolls out, armed with a high powered rifle and scope. they are set up within a reliable range of the sheriff’s whereabouts as the story goes viral. by the time it’s yesterday’s news on reddit, the next headline is hitting social media:

    “sheriff in northern idaho from viral video is found dead, authorities are baffled.”

    that’s how you make them think twice.

    • @Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10•10 months ago

      In reality it’s many times more likely that the library and every other library in the area will be victims of credible threats if not outright violence from the fascist domestic terrorist vigilantes.