California sheriff refuses to enforce unconstitutional stay-at-home orders

  While the governor of California, Gavin Newson, is rounding people up, separating them from their families, and forcibly locking them up with an army of “contact tracers”we have a story of at least one California sheriff who refuses to make criminals out of Californians who simply want to exercise their Constitutionally guaranteed rights. Here is more:

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco reaffirmed his stance on not enforcing stringent stay-at-home orders, telling the Riverside County Board of Supervisors this week that he refuses to “make criminals out of business owners, single moms, and otherwise healthy individuals for exercising their constitutional rights.”

Government “ordered residents into their homes, closed their businesses, made them wear masks, forbid them from going to church, and eliminated constitutional freedoms put in place over 200 years ago,” he explained.

“In the name of a public health crisis, our civil liberties and constitutional protections were placed on hold,” he continued.

Bianco said he did not enforce the stay-at-home order from the beginning, partly because he “trusted our residents’ ability to do the right thing without fear of being arrested” and emphasized that he continues to hold that position:

I knew they could be trusted to act as responsible adults, and I was correct. As we continue, I will reinforce my position. Not only do we not have the resources to enforce unreasonable orders, I refuse to make criminals out of business owners, single moms, and otherwise healthy individuals for exercising their constitutional rights. I believe Riverside County residents are responsible enough to proceed cautiously.

  He went on to say there cannot be a new normal, a term that sends shivers down my spine:

“There cannot be a new normal,” he warned, citing the country’s “fundamental freedoms of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

“Any new normal is a direct attack on the basic rights, which set us apart and make us the greatest country in the world,” he added.

  Personally I thought the time for civil disobedience was two months ago but at least we are finally starting to see people push back against these tyrannical orders and now we have a sheriff in California who is refusing to go against an unconstitutional order. Things might finally be headed in the right direction after two months of “voluntary compliance.”

malo periculosam libertatem quam quietum servitium