Ohio residents have lodged complaints to state Attorney General Dave Yost over Portage County Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski's Facebook post about Kamala Harris signs.

The letters obtained by the Akron Beacon Journal, part of the USA TODAY Network, show people’s concern over the tone of the Facebook post by Portage County Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski

At least 59 Ohio residents have complained to the state’s attorney general over posts made by an Ohio sheriff suggesting that people should keep track of homeowners who have signs supporting Democrat Kamala Harris for president.

Bruce Zuchowski, the sheriff for Portage County just southeast of Cleveland, posted the suggestion to his social media account on Sept. 13, when he talked about Harris’ campaign and border policies.

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Some people said they were angry, accusing Zuchowski of voter intimidation and racism. Others, including people who live in Portage County, said the sheriff’s post made them afraid.

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  • TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee
    254·
    3 months ago

    Hes a republican who called for people he doesn’t like to be targeted in a position of extreme local power.

    He should be immediately fired, and an interim sheriff put in place until the election.

    • EleventhHour@lemmy.world
      111·
      3 months ago

      Hes a republican FUCKING NAZI

      FTFY

      It would help everyone a lot more if you stopped getting those two things confused

      • paf0@lemmy.world
        17·
        3 months ago

        It would help if you didn’t exaggerate. He has invaded no country and installed no gas chambers. He is a racist fascist at best. That word shouldn’t be thrown around so easily.

        • Red_October@lemmy.world
          42·
          3 months ago

          If he doesn’t personally invade any countries, and calls for gun violence against “the undesirables” instead of gas chambers, does he still escape the Nazi label? I need to know what the line is exactly according to you, because he’s already trying to put political enemies on an intimidation list and time may be short.

          • BigMacHole@lemm.ee
            25·
            3 months ago

            Putting People on Political HIT LISTS ISNT Nazi! It’s ONLY Nazi if they PHYSICALLY Gas them!

          • paf0@lemmy.world
            2·
            3 months ago

            When did he call for violence? It sounded like he just wanted them to shelter illegals.

            • barsquid@lemmy.world
              31·
              3 months ago

              No, you’re right, he only said they should be forced to house incoming “locusts.” That’s nothing like a Nazi at all. Thanks for setting us straight.

              • paf0@lemmy.world
                3·
                3 months ago

                Awe did I get downvoted? Boohoo.

                The word is over used. This man is a racist piece of trash, but not a Nazi. Actual Nazis and White Supremacists exist.

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
          38·
          3 months ago

          You do know that the Nazis didn’t start building gas chambers and invading other countries on day one, right?

        • SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world
          8·
          3 months ago

          That word shouldn’t be thrown around so easily.

          You’re correct. it should be reserved for Don the con. aka Diaper Donny.

          AKA McChicken

      • WoahWoah@lemmy.world
        14·
        3 months ago

        There’s literally a Lemmy user trying to mark all Trump supporters on a map on a website. Nazi I assume?

        When you reach, stretch, and attempt to classify everyone who does awful things or that you disagree with politically a “nazi,” you make the word mean less, and you make people care about the term less.

        People like me, right now. Carry on, this thread is boring.

        Edit: this is handy, it’s like a self-selecting block list. Thanks yall!

        • TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee
          20·
          3 months ago

          How can the sheriff be removed from office?

          Sheriffs may be removed from office if found guilty of misconduct. Misconduct includes willful and flagrant exercises of “authority or power not authorized by law,” refusal or willful neglect “to enforce the law or to perform any official duty imposed . . . by law,” or “gross neglect of duty, gross immorality, drunkenness, misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance.”16 The governor or qualified voters may initiate removal proceedings by filing a complaint with the court of common pleas of the county where the sheriff resides. A voter’s complaint must outline the charge and include signatures of qualified voters making up at least 15 percent of total votes cast in the sheriff ’s county in the most recent election for governor. The removal proceedings are tried by a judge unless the sheriff demands a jury trial. The court may suspend the officer

          Sort of a firing?

          • TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee
            18·
            3 months ago

            I’d say this asshole is immensely guilty of misconduct. He caused literal neighbors to target and spy on people who voted differently, inviting violence upon them.

        • zabadoh@ani.social
          3·
          3 months ago

          That depends on state and county law.

          If a recall is possible, the same would dictate what the procedure for a recall is.