Rape is about power.
Not quite as earth shattering as the title insinuated, but the powers that be/media have trickled out(or at least new to me) a little more info:
- Mention that Steins was in on the courthouse sex slavery as a bailiff
- Quite a bit more video footage including showing the sheriff asking several people to leave the room prior to the phone review
A couple of things from the commentary, when Steins was a bailiff, Steins’ boss would have been who ever was the Letcher county sheriff, not the judge.
Kentucky sheriffs(unlike most other states) do not operate jails, that function is via a separately elected jailer, so Steins’ request to get in the Letcher County jail wasn’t getting him in a facility with his handpicked employees.
That’s the way it is supposed to be and for the most part the way it is run. However; we have a local Judge who worked a traffic ticket for Methusala and although he is rather eccentric he is so in Like a “John Kennedy Crazy” and keep the place running and everyone on their toes.
I’m sure that Judges Ballif believes he works for the Judge and not the Sherriff..
I think the Ballif might have understood what was going on and said so to the Judge. Keeping that Hush Hush by covering it up will make you go from Balliff to Sherriff.
If you decide to keep it Hush Hush and insist the Judge Stop His Behavior, Evidently of course. the Judge continues and he has now exposed you as part of the ongoing conspiracy.
I wasn’t sure if non-fed court security was the same everywhere or not. I know a couple of KY positions such as a jailer to run county jails(handled by sheriffs most every where else) and county judge executive(county position similar in function to a mayor, not a judge) are somewhat bizarre concepts to folks not from KY.
Sheriff’s in Texas not only run the Jails and provide Court Room Security, but they are more than likely to be the biggest Law Enforcement Orgainization in your County.
I honestly believe the only Law Enforcemnt that can trump a Sheriff might be the Texas Rangers. Then you get in to a situation like Fort Hood where two Counties jurisdiction is split by a Federal Reservation.
The sheriff agency size is usually the complete opposite here in Kentucky. That might be the case even if jail staff is added to SO staff numbers. Not that sheriff’s are exactly persona liberty defenders, but the goal seems to be getting away from being able to directly vote on the head of any problem with a sheriff.
I thought there were 2 counties in KY without an actual city, but McCreary is the last one.
Whitley City is the county seat(where the court house and county offices are located, but it isn’t a “City”…no city government, mayor, etc.
At one time, at least in theory/per state law, the only person who could arrest the county sheriff was the county coroner.