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Idaho sheriff attempts to justify pulling a gun on church youth group who had dropped a Thanksgiving card at his home by saying he feared they were 'drunk Indians' from nearby reservation
 [Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] - Bingham County Sheriff Craig Rowland, 62, is being pressured to resign after threatening a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints youth group with a gun
- The group of girls, aged 12 to 16, had dropped an anonymous Thanksgiving thank-you note off at his front door prior to the threat
- After the group left the note, Rowland stopped their car from driving away, pulled the adult chaperone out of the vehicle - who he had known for 30 years
- He grabbed the unidentified supervisor by her hair and pointed his handgun at her head, yelling profanities at her, such as 'get the f**k out of the car'
- The sheriff reportedly told the woman and young girls to never come back to his property again, before letting them off the hook
- Rowland agreed to take a leave of absence shortly after the allegations arose in November, but returned to the job several weeks ago
- The incident attracted nationwide attention after Rowland told investigators he was worried that the group might have been 'drunk Indians'
- The local Shoshone-Bannock tribes' community leaders and elected officials slammed the sheriff for his 'racist slurs'
Posted by: Skidmark 2021-12-26 |
