Ex-Sheriff Clarke urges far-right followers to 'take to the streets,' defy coronavirus measures

Back when he was a regular on Fox News, then-Sheriff David Clarke’s main schtick involved vicious attacks on Black Lives Matter and the progressive movement, all of which led to Donald Trump very nearly naming him to a top seat in the Department of Home Security. Clarke, the onetime sheriff of Milwaukee County in Wisconsin, was denied that spot, for reasons—mainly related to his propensity to spout conspiracy theories and “constitutionalist” nonsense—that became all too apparent over the weekend, as Clarke (who has over 900,000 followers) took to Twitter to denounce measures to limit the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus as “government control” (nefariously manipulated by George Soros) and urging readers to “take the streets” in defiance of it.....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/3/16/1928016/-Ex-Sheriff-Clarke-urges-far-right-followers-to-take-to-the-streets-defy-coronavirus-measures

Twitter removes David Clarke’s tweets as he and other Trump allies sow coronavirus conspiracy theories and doubts - The Washington Post

It's not just that Trump is playing down the threat of coronavirus; it's that some of his top allies are taking it quite a bit further.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/03/16/twitter-takes-down-david-clarkes-tweets-he-other-trump-allies-seed-coronavius-conspiracy-theories-doubt/

Steve Bannon and Erik Prince among right-wing crew plotting out privatized border wall - Raw Story

What brings together the likes of the president's former chief strategist Steve Bannon; voter disenfranchiser Kris Kobach; notorious Blackwater founder Erik Prince; controversial former sheriff David Clarke; immigration hardliner and former Congressman Tom Tancredo; and offensive meme spewer and former baseball great Curt Schilling? A move to supplement President Donald Trump's proposed "wall" on the southern border with a privatized wall...
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/02/fresh-off-maga-field-trip-steve-bannon-erik-prince-among-right-wing-crew-plotting-privatized-border-wall/

Sheriff Clarke Was In Talks for a Trump White House Job—Then John Kelly Killed It -- The Daily Beast

Sheriff David A. Clarke just lost out on yet another Trump administration job—and he has the president's chief of staff to thank. ....
http://www.thedailybeast.com/sheriff-clarke-was-in-talks-for-a-trump-white-house-jobthen-john-kelly-killed-it

I Read Sheriff Clarke’s ‘Black Lies Matter’ Book So You Don’t Have To -- The Daily Beast

On Sunday, as America's fourth largest city was being drowning in Hurricane Harvey, President Trump was tweeting about a book that was released back in February. ....
http://www.thedailybeast.com/i-read-sheriff-clarkes-black-lies-matter-book-so-you-dont-have-to

Take It From Milwaukee: Beware of Sheriff David Clarke

When David A. Clarke Jr., the sheriff of Milwaukee County, announced last week that he’d been appointed to a senior position at the Homeland Security Department, Milwaukee residents like me felt two things: relief that we might finally rid ourselves of his disastrous leadership, and deep concern about what his reported new role will mean for the rest of the country....
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/opinion/take-it-from-milwaukee-beware-of-sheriff-david-clarke.html?em_pos=small&emc=edit_ty_20170524&nl=opinion-today&nl_art=8&nlid=78638145&ref=headline&te=1&_r=0

CNN accuses Sheriff Clarke of plagiarizing master’s thesis — then ‘America’s Sheriff’ hits back

Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, who recently said he accepted a position in President Donald Trump’s administration, allegedly plagiarized parts of his master’s thesis while at the Naval Postgraduate School in California.

According to CNN’s KFile, which first reported the news late Saturday, there are at least 47 instances in Clarke’s thesis on U.S. security where he failed to properly attribute a source that he directly quoted. The thesis, “Making U.S. security and privacy rights compatible,” was written for Clarke’s security studies master’s degree....
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/05/21/cnn-accuses-sheriff-clarke-of-plagiarizing-masters-thesis-then-americas-sheriff-hits-back/

Sheriff who likened Black Lives Matter to KKK to join Trump administration -- the guardian

David Clarke, who acted as surrogate for president during election campaign, says he will be link between federal government and local law enforcement ...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/17/sheriff-david-clarke-trump-administration-dhs

Meet David Clarke, Another Trump Appointee Who Doesn’t Support Religious Freedom

President Donald J. Trump is continuing his trend of appointing people with troubling records on religious freedom to positions of power and prominence.

The latest is Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, who said during a radio interview this week that he’ll be joining the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in June as the assistant secretary of the Office of Partnership and Engagement. The Washington Post reports the position acts as a liaison between DHS and local police departments – “likely pressuring them to enforce the Trump administration’s tough new crackdown on illegal immigration.”...
https://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/meet-david-clarke-another-trump-appointee-who-doesn-t-support-religious

Milwaukee Jail Death Shines Spotlight On Divisive Sheriff David Clarke

A lengthy inquest into the dehydration death of a Milwaukee inmate raised troubling questions about how Sheriff David Clarke manages the county jail, just as the White House is said to be considering the tough-talking lawman for a job....
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/milwaukee-kail-death-sheriff-david-clarke

'I'm alarmed': Congresswoman wants answers from Trump-backing Sheriff David Clarke on deaths at his jail (Business Insider)

As Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke's national profile has risen, a congresswoman has increasingly pressed him over the biggest controversy facing him: a string of deaths at the county jail his office is tasked with overseeing.

"I'm alarmed," Rep. Gwen Moore of Wisconsin told Business Insider in a recent phone interview. "Particularly when I continue to hear from staffers from President-elect Trump that they're still looking for a place to put Sheriff Clarke [in the administration] in an area of security. And this is very, very concerning."...
http://www.businessinsider.com/gwen-moore-david-clarke-milwaukee-jail-deaths-2017-1

Trump's potential Homeland Security chief wants to ship a million American citizens to Gitmo

It’s a good thing Fidel Castro is dead. I don’t say that just because of his political oppression and casual use of executions. I mean we're going to need the space.

[Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke] called for rounding up Americans who sympathize with terrorists and shipping them to an offshore prison. During a December 2015 segment of his show, The People's Sheriff, on Glenn Beck's TheBlaze radio network, Clarke suggested that any person who posts pro-terrorist sentiments on social media be arrested, deprived of the constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment (known as habeas corpus), and sent to Guantanamo Bay indefinitely. He estimated the number of people who could be imprisoned under his proposal could reach 1 million....
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/1605182

Potential Trump Pick for Homeland Security Wants to Send up to 1 Million People to Gitmo

Donald Trump was scheduled to meet Monday with Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke Jr., a Trump supporter and surrogate during the campaign who is now reportedly being considered to head the Department of Homeland Security. Clarke is known for his extreme views on policing—including his conviction that there is a war on cops but no police brutality—and for his attacks on Black Lives Matter. One of his most out-there positions: suspend the constitutional rights of up to a million people, and hold them indefinitely at the US prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Clarke's extremist approach to homeland security is no secret. In his upcoming memoir, Cop Under Fire: Moving Beyond Hashtags of Race, Crime and Politics for a Better America, he advocates treating American citizens suspected of terrorism as "enemy combatants," questioning them without an attorney, and holding them indefinitely, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. Their cases would be handled by a military tribunal rather than a traditional court....
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/11/sheriff-clarke-trump-terrorists-guantanamo-bay