That sheriff, if not involved in the plot, is clearly a sympathizer and enabler of white terrorist groups.

Remember in LA where the sheriff's department was a white supremacist gang?

An excerpt from the Brennan Center's "Hidden in Plain Sight: Racism, White Supremacy, and Far-Right Militancy in Law Enforcement"

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/hidden-plain-sight-racism-white-supremacy-and-far-right-militancy-law

"Recent reporting suggests this overtly racist gang activity within the sheriff’s department continues. footnote6 In 2019, Los Angeles County paid $7 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit against two sheriff’s deputies for shooting an unarmed Black man after testimony revealed that they were part of a group of deputies with matching tattoos in the tradition of earlier deputy gangs. A pending lawsuit accuses the same two officers of beating an unarmed Black man while yelling racial epithets. footnote7

A Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors investigation revealed that almost 60 lawsuits against alleged members of deputy gangs have cost the county about $55 million, which includes $21 million in cases over the last 10 years. These deputy gangs pose a threat to their fellow law enforcement officers as well, according to two recently filed lawsuits. In one, a deputy alleges he had been bullied by deputy gang members for five years, and finally viciously beaten by the gang’s enforcer. footnote8

In another, a deputy who witnessed the attack alleged he suffered threats and retaliation from deputy gang members after reporting it to an internal affairs tip line. footnote9 In 2019, the FBI reportedly initiated a civil rights investigation regarding gang activity at the sheriff’s department." footnote10


https://theappeal.org/claims-of-racism-brutality-dog-los-angeles-county-sheriff-deputy-gangs/

There are numerous LA Times links but they are behind paywall