NAKED SHERIFF DID HIMSELF PROUD IN PHOTO BY COVERING UP HIS DICK WITH ONLY A FACEBOOK STICKER

Oregon sheriff apologizes for leaked photo that showed him naked from the waist down, with only a 'Lit Saturday' sticker covering his genitals

Daily Mail
April 13, 2018

An Oregon sheriff who made headlines when he appeared to support a Sandy Hook conspiracy theory is now apologizing for an inappropriate photo of him that emerged online.

A photo obtained by The News-Review shows Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin thrusting his pelvis towards the camera while wearing nothing but a white shirt.

Only a Facebook sticker that says 'Lit Saturday' covers his genitals.

Hanlin told the local news outlet the photo was likely posted by his ex-girlfriend to a website that posed as his own Facebook page.

He said he took the photo privately at his home and did not authorize its release on any platform.

'[This is] a very private, personal matter and I intend to deal with it in a private manner,' Hanlin said in an email to The News-Review.

'I apologize for this distraction.'

Hanlin came in the national spotlight when a shooter killed nine people at Umpqua Community College in 2015. He notoriously refused to say the shooter's name and asked the media to do the same.

Shortly after the shooting it emerged that Hanlin, a vocal supporter of the Second Amendment, had shared a video on Facebook about a Sandy Hook conspiracy theory.

The video suggested that, in an attempt to disarm the public, the U.S. government may have staged the tragedy in which 26 elementary school students and staff were murdered in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012.

The post also called the dead children's parents 'crisis actors'.

'This makes me wonder who we can trust anymore,' the sheriff, who later said he didn't actually believe the theory, wrote at the time.

Hanlin has served as the sheriff for Douglas County since 2009.

The sheriff's office told The News-Review this is a personal matter for Hanlin and they aren't involved.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Hmmm, I wonder if his opponent in the next election will use that photo as campaign material. It might contain this slogan: “Are you so stupid as to vote for a guy who displays his concealed weapon like this?”