Sacramento County sheriff responds to efforts to defund his department

Rowena Shaddox reports

SCOTT JONES IS SPEAKING OUT ONTHAT EFFORT.

FOX FORTY'S GOINGTO SHOUT IX HAS MORE.WE ARE HERE TODAY BECAUSEMILLIONS OF DOLLARS CONTINUETO GET KIDS ON.

MILITARIZINGTHE STREETS OF SACRAMENTO CITYAND COUNTY PROTESTERSDEMONSTRATED OUTSIDE OF THEBOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETINGDEMANDING THE DEFUNDING OF THESACRAMENTO SHERIFF'S OFFICETALKING ABOUTBIG LION'STHAT THINKING THAT MAYBEMORE THAT THE LAWREPRESENTATIVES THAT WE PUTCONTINUE TO NOT TELL THEM NOTHROUGH A FACEBOOK POSTSACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFFSCOTT JONES SAID HE WASSPEAKING FOR THE MAJORITY OFTHOSE WHO HAVE NO VOICE BUTWANT TO PRESERVE FUNDING TOLAW ENFORCEMENT AND HE WANTEDTHOSE ON THE BOARD TO BE WHEREI WANT THEM TO HEAR VOICESFROM NORMAL TAXPAYING.GOING TO WORK PEOPLE WITHFAMILIES AND BUSINESSES ANDJOBS VOICES WHICH SCOTT SHOWEDTHROUGH HUNDREDS OF E-MAILSFROM LAW ENFORCEMENTSUPPORTERS TO THE BOARDSUPERVISOR PHIL SERNA TOLD FOX40 THAT OVER THE PAST COUPLEOF MONTHS HIS OFFICE HASRECEIVED SEVERAL 100 E-MAILSFROM CONSTITUENTS ALLADVOCATING FOR THE DEFUNDINGOF LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT BUTTHAT HE'S ALSO RECEIVEDE-MAILS FROM THOSE ASKING THEBOARD OF SUPERVISORS TOPRESERVE FUNDING FOR OFFICERS.THE SHERIFF SAYS HE BELIEVESTHERE IS A CLEAR DISTINCTIONBETWEEN THE BELIEF THAT BLACKLIVES MATTER AND THE BLACKLIVES MATTER MOVEMENT, THEWHOLE NATION AGREES WITH THESTATEMENT THE BLACK LIVESMATTER IT'S IT'S UNEQUIVOCALAND IT'S THIS THE GUARANTEE OFTHIS NATION.

IT'S IT'S.AND ANY ANY TIME WE'VEFALLEN SHORT OF THE NATION AREINDIVIDUALS FALL SHORT INHISTORY TODAY, IT'S OFFENSIVE.IT'S OFFENSIVE TO THE NATION'SOFFENSIVE TO GOD.

HE SAYS HE'SSPEAKING FOR THOSE WHO AGREETHAT BLACK LIVES MATTER BUTARE FEARFUL FOR REPERCUSSIONSFROM NOT SUPPORTING THEPOLITICAL MOVEMENT.