Online and in front of state lawmakers, Pierce County Sheriff Keith Swank has displayed defiance in response to a new law that prohibits law enforcement from hiding their identities with masks.
Swank on Jan. 15 told legislators on the Senate Committee on Law & Justice that he would encourage his deputies to wear masks to see what the state will do in response, and he has asked Gov. Bob Ferguson on X who will enforce the new legislation.
Swank has previously declared a new state law tightening firearm regulations “unconstitutional” and said that the Sheriff’s Office wouldn’t enforce it…