This is the final piece in a series of three articles examining how disinformation, and those peddling it, are affecting the election process.
This is the final piece in a series of three articles examining how disinformation, and those peddling it, are affecting the election process.
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of three articles examining how disinformation, and those peddling it, are impacting the election.
The extremist Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association placed billboards on Iowa’s highways after signing a deal with Lamar Advertising. Constitutional Sheriffs leader Richard Mack then pitched a national billboard campaign to collaborators, including Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb. It was one of many times Mack reached out to Lamb for collaboration, according to emails Hatewatch obtained.
Constitutional Sheriffs leader Richard Mack emailed a video related to an investigation into his son’s alleged child abuse to Pinal County, Arizona, Sheriff Mark Lamb in 2021 to ask if law enforcement could investigate the child’s mother. The information came from public records Hatewatch obtained. This is the second known child abuse investigation into Rich Solon Mack, Richard Mack’s son. Rich Mack faces charges for alleged child abuse in Kentucky.
The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE) is no longer offering continuing education credit for the training courses taught by the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA).
Hard-right “constitutional sheriff” Charles “Chuck” Austin Jenkins of Frederick County, Maryland, was indicted by a federal grand jury this week for breaking federal gun laws.
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