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In May, two men showed up at a town council meeting in East Germantown, a small town in western Wayne County. They had a goal of leaving the meeting having been sworn in as town marshals, hoping to start their own police department.
The Henry County sheriff is bringing to the attention of state leaders that there are people in Indiana who are enforcing the law who may not be qualified to do so.
There are at least 30 privately owned and unmarked police cars in Henry County, according to Henry County Sheriff John Sproles.
Kristopher Bilbrey, a political commentator and podcast host, filed the civil lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana Indianapolis Division earlier this month. He claims Henry County Sheriff John Sproles posted an edited video on his professional sheriff's Facebook page and after Bilbrey commented on the video, Sproles deleted his comment and blocked him from the page.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana has filed a federal lawsuit against the sheriff in Henry County, alleging he violated a man’s First Amendment rights by deleting his comment on Facebook and then blocking him.