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Wyoming Gets Its First Black Sheriff After Years Of Unrest by : Julia Banim on : 16 Feb 2021 18:42 Ibany County Sheriff s Office/Facebook/PA Images After years of unrest, Wyoming has now appointed its very first Black sheriff. Aaron Appelhans, 39, was appointed Wyoming’s first Black sheriff just months after anger over systematic racism in the US police force ignited protests across American cities. Advert 10 Appelhans’ turf includes one of the last Democratic strongholds in Wyoming, however the state is known to be very conservative overall, with a majority white population. lbany County Sheriff s Office/Facebook The new sheriff, who has significant experience in leadership positions, detective work and crime prevention, faces various challenges ahead, and has already faced a racist remark from a lawmaker. ....
By Rod Miller, Cowboy State Daily columnist Wyoming has a racist past, there’s just no way around it. Historical examples are rife…don’t make me repeat them here. And, because Wyoming fetishizes its past (the good parts and the bad parts), its no wonder that systemic racism is an unresolved social issue in the Equality State. You’ve all heard about Representative Cyrus Western’s response to the first black Sheriff in Albany County taking office. I won’t repeat that here, either. What I’d like you to think about is the reaction statewide to this event. Social media is all a-tremble with folks calling for Western to resign, to be forced from office, to be tarred and feathered and run out of town on a rail or otherwise removed from public life. This vigilante mentality is also a relic from the part of Wyoming’s past that is unfortunate, to put if kindly. ....