A Michigan sheriff is receiving national attention after questioning the governor’s lockdown orders and saying his office doesn’t have the resources to enforce restrictions on non-essential businesses and citizens leaving their homes.
The comments by Shiawassee County Sheriff Brian BeGole, made in a press release but also posted on Facebook, have gone viral – especially in light of a barbershop in his county that is defying orders of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer by opening.
Sheriffs’ offices in at least six Michigan counties have said they won’t enforce Whitmer’s orders, the Detroit News reported.
“The women and men of the Shiawassee County Sheriff’s Office have taken an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States of America and the Constitution of the State of Michigan,” BeGole said. “Through this period of uncertainty, I continue to remind myself that we derive our authority from the consent of the governed, the great people of Michigan.”
The legality of Whitmer’s orders, he said, is a “judicial branch determination.” The state legislature, he said, “did not extend the state of emergency beyond April 30 as required by law.”
“I have decided, within my authority, that our office cannot and will not divert our primary resources and efforts toward enforcement of Gov. Whitmer’s executive orders,” BeGole said. “I want…
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