Other SoCal Sheriffs Who Deserve Mention
Overall, the sheriffs of Southern California seem to have decided to aggressively opposing health orders from the governor’s office is a good idea. Not only that, but they have been public and misleading about the science of COVID-19, generally contributing to the toxic spill of misinformation that sheriffs all over the country seem determined to make the pinnacle of their political careers. (Campaigning for 2022?)
In Riverside County, Sheriff Chad Bianco has aggressively attacked physicians on Twitter for their medical expertise on coronavirus, released a YouTube video where he declared political war on the people of California (while claiming that the science is “mixed” on mask-wearing), and now claims that a judge is holding him in contempt because of “political reasons.” Bianco also cast unnecessary aspersions on the coronavirus vaccine for no apparent reason.
In Orange County, Sheriff Don Barnes was ordered to release people housed in his jails in order to reduce the population by half to allow for social distancing and prevent deaths from COVID-19. Sheriff Barnes then went on a television tour fit for a right-wing martyr, bemoaning how unfair the decision was and blaming Governor Newsom.
And, in San Diego County, a group of medical professionals working in the jail wrote an op-ed excoriating Sheriff William Gore for shifting responsibility for jail medical care. The San Diego jails are incredibly dangerous with many deaths, both by suicide and neglectful medical care. Gore has been remarkably non-responsive to community input and the press.
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