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Sessions invokes 'Anglo-American heritage' of sheriff's office

By Maegan Vazquez, CNN
Updated 3:08 PM ET, Mon February 12, 2018

Washington (CNN)Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday brought up sheriffs' "Anglo-American heritage" during remarks to law enforcement officials in Washington.

"I want to thank every sheriff in America. Since our founding, the independently elected sheriff has been the people's protector, who keeps law enforcement close to and accountable to people through the elected process," Sessions said in remarks at the National Sheriffs Association winter meeting, adding, "The office of sheriff is a critical part of the Anglo-American heritage of law enforcement."

"We must never erode this historic office," Sessions continued.

Invoking "Anglo-American heritage" seems to have been an impromptu decision by the attorney general. A written version of the remarks says that Sessions was supposed to say: "The sheriff is a critical part of our legal heritage."

Ian Prior, a spokesperson for the DOJ, said in a statement that the term "Anglo-American law" is common parlance among lawyers and legal scholars, pointing to a number of opinions from the US Supreme Court.

"As most law students learn in the first week of their first year, Anglo-American law -- also known as the common law -- is a shared legal heritage between England and America. The sheriff is unique to that shared legal heritage. Before reporters sloppily imply nefarious meaning behind the term, we would suggest that they read any number of the Supreme Court opinions that use the term. Or they could simply put 'Anglo-American law' into Google," Prior said.

Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Bill Baer used the term in a speech in 2016.

The concept of the office of sheriff -- being an independent, elected law enforcement entity -- originates in Anglo-Saxon England. The word "sheriff" combines the Anglo-Saxon words "shire," meaning "county," and "reeve," meaning "guardian," Cato analyst David Kopel notes in The Washington Post.

This story has been updated.

CNN's Tal Kopan contributed to this report.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/12/politics/jeff-sessions-anglo-american-law-enforcement/index.html

smh

wow I can hear the call of racism now... I wonder which city will use it as an excuse to riot. Man he has to know he is gonna take some heat on this one lol

Uh, in case you haven't noticed, our Nation was founded by Anglo Americans. Yep, that is our heritage.

I did hear that Sessions once read a Dr.Suess book though!

interesting that he brings that up during black history month.

He's not wrong. Most police forces sprung from slave patrols in the south or Indian Constables in the north and west. Probably not a good thing to brag about.

What part of our nation? New York, Florida and the entire west was founded by others. In fact, New Amsterdam was the first colony in America to have a sheriff.


I found that here
https://www.sheriffs.org/publications-resources/resources/office-of-sheriff
A website so blue, they're pro-Arpaio. Also interesting fact: Ohio was the first State to call for elected Sheriffs.

The first 3 organized police forces in the country, according to the internet, were in Boston, New York City, and Albany.. Your notion that the heavily populated northeast didn't have police forces before the south and the west is just idiotic.

Very nice of CNN to tack this bit on the end showing that he is actually being factually correct in noting that the SHERIFFS office, to which he was speaking, was started and grown in England before coming here..

J/C

I put it into google as they said, and you wow, the results

Seems like a non story to post about. . . . .

40, add common law to the list of things racist now in 2018

I understand the terminology. I just thought that Jeff Sessions, who has often been accused of being racist, would choose to use those words when they were not part of his scripted speech.

BUT the scary part is the backlash. I do not want to see Sessions step down or be replaced because that would give Trump a way to fire Mueller.

North = Northeast... Should've been more clear about that, but with the original colonies+ you can only go north, south or west. It was not my intention to say that the north east didn't have police departments, especially as my second post says that the first Sheriff in the US originated out of New Amsterdam (Modern day Manhattan).

You know that sheriffs are not part of common law, right? In fact, they're pretty much the opposite. On one hand you have an informal system of rules and laws that assume legality over time. On the other you have an appointed/elected law enforcement officer who is supposed to enforce laws.

While Sheriffs have their roots in England and could be described as Anglo-American, they are not part of common law. Please do not conflate the issues.

Good save!

Please, if it wasn't for you Anglos thinking that you found the place I wouldn't even have to specify

Ahh, in case you hadn't notice, this country was run by American Indians before any Anglo showed his/her face here.

Jeff Sessions is a racist... no question, he's got a long long history of it.

This is just another brick in the wall for him. Honestly, he doesn't understand who he offends. It's like, if you aren't white and southern, he just doesn't care if you live or die.

But that's part of being the AG under Trump....Another Bigot

Stop drinking the koolaid being fed to you and try thinking for yourself.

1. Everyone is a Racist these days.

2. The United States of America was Founded by Anglo Americans while the Native Americans had Founded Tribes and Indian nations.

3. You on the Left are offended by everything these days.
Hell, you are even offended by Jobs Growth and Tax Cuts for
the working man.

Shame!

LOL,,, I won't until you stop eating what Trump and his Croonies are shoveling into you.

I'm not a racist,...

Yes and the Anglos stole everything from Natives..

HA HA,, ON the tax cuts... Have you watched your feckless Leader's actions lately. He's calling for almost 7 Trillion in spending.. He's taking away from the those that have the least.

But more important, did you see his Infrastructure deal, all he's doing is throwing all the costs back to the states... But when it comes to a states decision to either be a Sanctuary State, or for it to decide if it wants Medical Marijuana, he and his racist AG want to punish them for it.

You know, my info doesn't come from the talking heads in the media. I hear or read something, then do research. You, like Trump, hear it on FOX or Brietbart or InfoWars or Jeff Christi, AKA Rush Limbaugh and automatically think it's real

You have no room to tell me not to drink the kool aid.. I'd rather do that, then eat the poop that you are eating.

Wow.. that's a pretty giant leap.

again, its funny that he would say something like this with emphasis during black history month, and during a time when cop/minority relations has been at its worst since the civil rights movement.

but is anybody surprised? combine this with his support for the war on drugs, as well as the support of private prisons...BOTH of which seems to affect minorities the most in this country, and this would actually be expected from the likes of Sessions.

DC thinks is a giant leap, but to us non white dudes and a lot of other white americans who actually see it for what it is, its EXACTLY whats going on.

I am proud of our Anglo American Heritage.

Good and productive people doing a good and productive job.
Nation building.

We should have Anglo American month.

Great point LMFAO

Yeah darn it! A month with 31 days instead of the measly 28 or 29 that the African American's git.

Murica!

Next on the legislative agenda; pass a law where white folk can't speak during black history month

It's called March through January.

If that's the case then let's label them that way, fair enough?

Of course not. Anything with a label specifying 'white' is RACIST and DIVISIVE

I see we’re back to our stormfront talking points around here.

*Steve Urkel voice* "Why isn't there a White Entertainment Television?"

The guy who throws a hissy fit when people don't act politically correct is here to talk about being offended.

You got your German brushed up bro? 'Sieg Heil'...