Meet Erie County’s top sheriff Tim Howard. This past Saturday, April 1st, Tim was one of several elected local officials billed as keynote speakers at a pro-trump rally held in Niagara Square, in front of Buffalo’s City Hall. Headlined the “Spirit of America” rally, all three major local Buffalo TV networks, as well as The Buffalo News, conveniently ignored to mention the presence of at least three large confederate flags, or the admitted skinhead nazi sympathizers passing out “white lives matter” leaflets. None published pictures of our elected sheriff appearing, in full uniform, amongst this widely recognized symbol of treason and hatred. So thanks due here to Aaron Lowinger, the editor at The Public who covered the story in a professional and unbiased manner here: www.dailypublic.com/ Aaron was generous in entrusting this complete stranger with his excellent truth telling material. Additionally, credit to the cover photo goes to photographer Jay Burney.
When leaflet guy here in camo jacket, asked by a woman counter protesting alongside me on our side of the police line asked him if he was a nazi, he responded by bending at the waist and displaying the SS tattoo atop his skull.
SURJ Buffalo hastily organized a counter protest, and from reading off the names of those that’ve died at the Holding Center under Tim Howard’s watch while he spoke, to counting the days since speaker and local racist Buffalo School Board member Carl Paladino has been formally asked by the board to resign(90+ days), we clearly got the attention of both, as well as their scowling and none too pleased at hearing the truth comrades.
By the time Sunday morning rolled around, outraged local activists like SURJ Buffalo and WNY Stronger Together took to FB and other social media to express their outrage at the sight of their top cop mingling amongst nazi’s and colorful symbols of hate and treason flapping in the chilly air. All 3 local TV networks, the Buffalo News, and the Erie County Sheriff’s office were inundated with lively pissed off liberals demanding answers. How could this happen? In my city, way up here in the North? Welcome to 45’s Amerika, where top elected cops are emboldened enought to cavort publicly with self avowed white supremacists.
By mid-morning, the Chairman of the ECDC, Zeremy Zellner, has issued a public statement calling for the resignation of Tim Howard. Mr. Howard released a written statement of his own later in the day, defending his presence at the rally.
But controversy is something Mr. Howard seems to thrive on during his tenure. From multiple beatings at the Holding Center, some of which are under investigation, that’ve resulted in horrific injuries resulting in deaths where inmates were denied proper medical care buffalonews.com/... and buffalonews.com/...to the 18 suicides that occurred in the jail since 2002, 5 times the national average buffalochronicle.com/..., something’s gone horribly wrong up here in The City Of Good Neighbors.