This shocking moment at a GOP town hall in Idaho is a foreboding sign
This shocking moment at a GOP town hall in Idaho is a foreboding sign
Private, unidentified security personnel dragged a woman out of the event. It raises questions not just about tolerance for dissent but about who gets deputized to do what.
Summary
A GOP town hall in Idaho turned violent when private security, LEAR Asset Management, forcibly removed Teresa Borrenpohl for speaking out.
The incident escalated after Borrenpohl questioned a panelist’s anti-abortion stance, leading to her being dragged out by unmarked security. Sheriff Norris, present but in plainclothes, did not intervene initially.
LEAR, known for aggressive tactics, was revealed to have been hired by the town hall organizers. Police later revoked LEAR’s city license and clarified that removing someone for speaking out is unlawful.
The incident shows rising tensions and the blurring lines between political events and private security enforcement in conservative areas.
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The unmarked security force were from a private security firm called LEAR Asset Management, the Press reported, but Sheriff Norris “claimed no knowledge of the security personnel or who hired them.”
Wait, so the sheriff, admits that he just watched three unidentified men assault a woman in front of him, and that he has no knowledge of who they are or who hired them, and he took no action at all. If he knows nothing about them or who hired them, how would he know that they were providing security? This is brown shirts in action and the sheriff is clearly one of them. Terrifying.
Not just watched, he's the one in the video telling her she needs to leave and then had the "private security" remove her.
But he doesn't know who hired them? Who was in charge of security for the event. How would the local sheriff no know that?
Does their lawsuit shield come off them when their badge comes off?
Not saying he isn't complicit, but security I think is usually handled by event organizers. That'd be the state GOP or the representative's campaign. It probably wouldn't be handled by the shariff and they likely don't know who's handling security for most events in the area.
With that said, it's my understanding that a lot of private security are off-duty cops, so he probably knows them. In addition to being there so clearly having an interest in the event, he should have been more aware at minimum. Best case, this is incompetence.
So he gave the illegal order to remove her to vigilantes he didn't know as law enforcement, and he's not in trouble?
He didn't just watch; he was the first to make contact with her, then commanded the private security himself 'boys get her'.
Remember, the police in the US have no duty to protect
or to be truthful in their interactions.
And except for when you're driving, you have no responsibility to talk with them unless you're in a stop and identify state: Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Utah, and Wisconsin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_and_identify_statutes
You're not required to identify yourself or talk with them unless you are formally being detained, which is about the only thing they have to tell the truth about. They are not worth talking to in any situatuion, and they are never "off duty" So they are never worth talking to after work either. They should always be ignored and interacted with as little as possible.
Police in America exist to protect the wealthy. You can trace back their origins to the bounty hunters who caught and returned escaped slaves to their masters.
If you are not wealthy, the police are not your friends.
Sheriffs are known for being gangsters, probably just another day in the park for him
I mean, it seems pretty clear he knew exactly who they were, and he decided to look the other way, which is just as bad.
Wasn't he the guy who mocked and belittled her as she was assaulted? The only who called her a little girl?
According to the article that was the moderator of the town hall who said that. Some website developer named, Ed Bejarana. No clue if he was involved with security, but he certainly seemed to be getting off on watching a woman get abused.