By Matt Agorist Ignorantia juris non excusat – ignorance of the law excuses no one
Traverse City, MI — If the average citizen was caught running a racketeering scam to defraud the citizens of a town out of their hard earned money, they would go to jail. They would be arrested and thrown in a cage; even if they claimed they “didn’t know it was illegal.”
However, if you are the sheriff, the head honcho responsible for enforcing the law, you can and will avoid all accountability when you say, “I didn’t know it was illegal.”
Sheriff Tom Bensley of the Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s Department …read more