Four years ago, George Floyd’s murder and the resulting months of demonstrations brought unprecedented scrutiny to the deeply problematic practices of American policing. Yet one key figure — the ...

Sheriffs associated with the anti-democratic “constitutional sheriff” movement — which falsely asserts that sheriffs represent the highest law of the land — have used their positions to investigate ...

Rural sheriffs from Oregon and across the country are defying President Obama, saying they won’t go along with new gun laws. It’s part of a rich tradition of constitutional showdowns in our country ...

Klickitat County Sheriff Bob Songer talks in his office in Goldendale, Washi., on July 5, 2023. Songer is an advisory board member of the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association. (Isaac ...

In an expected move, the leading organization of the far-right “constitutional sheriffs” movement has endorsed the incoming Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda. In a press release this week ...

A few months after Election Day 2020, a sheriff’s deputy and a second man walked into the office of the Rutland Charter Township clerk in southwest Michigan. Clad in dress clothes, the man identified ...

Despite decades of efforts to reform policing in the United States and the massive anti-brutality demonstrations of 2020, police officers continue to avoid prosecution for murder charges and police ...