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I literally started compiling this list last week.Laws trump has broken or has expressed an interest in breaking (although in most cases, he’s already violated them)The 1st AmendmentCongress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.Trump’s Grotesque Violation of the First Amendment4th AmendmentThe right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.Carrying Out Trump's "When the Looting Starts, the Shooting Starts" Order Would Violate 4th Amendment, Warn Legal Experts5th AmendmentNo person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.Border Wall Land Grabs Accelerate as Owners Shelter From Pandemic8th AmendmentExcessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.Donald Trump signs executive order authorising up to 10 years in prison for damaging federal property after Washington protesters try to tear down statue - World News , Firstpost10th AmendmentThe powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.Trump Falsely Claims ‘Ultimate Authority’ to Override States’ Virus Measures14th AmendmentAll persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.Trump Wants to Abolish Birthright Citizenship. Can He Do That?Title 5 Code 7323 (The Hatch Act)(a)Subject to the provisions of subsection (b), an employee may take an active part in political management or in political campaigns, except an employee may not—(1)use his official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the result of an election.What Is the Hatch Act? Is Trump Violating It at the R.N.C.?Article 1 section 9 clause 8No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.Profiting off the Presidency: Trump's Violations of the Emoluments Clauses | ACSTitle 18 code 610It shall be unlawful for any person to intimidate, threaten, command, or coerce, or attempt to intimidate, threaten, command, or coerce, any employee of the Federal Government as defined in section 7322(1) of title 5, United States Code, to engage in, or not to engage in, any political activity, including, but not limited to, voting or refusing to vote for any candidate or measure in any election, making or refusing to make any political contribution, or working or refusing to work on behalf of any candidate. Any person who violates this section shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.The Actual Laws Trump Has Broken Amount to 10 Years in PrisonTitle 18 Code 700Whoever knowingly mutilates, defaces, physically defiles, burns, maintains on the floor or ground, or tramples upon any flag of the United States shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.(2)This subsection does not prohibit any conduct consisting of the disposal of a flag when it has become worn or soiled.Title 18 code 872Whoever, being an officer, or employee of the United States or any department or agency thereof, or representing himself to be or assuming to act as such, under color or pretense of office or employment commits or attempts an act of extortion, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both; but if the amount so extorted or demanded does not exceed $1,000, he shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.The Actual Laws Trump Has Broken Amount to 10 Years in PrisonTitle 18 code 1701Obstruction of mails generally. Whoever knowingly and willfully obstructs or retards the passage of the mail, or any carrier or conveyance carrying the mail, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.Trump admits he's blocking postal cash to stop mail-in votesTitle 18 code 2071Whoever willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, or destroys, or attempts to do so, or, with intent to do so takes and carries away any record, proceeding, map, book, paper, document, or other thing, filed or deposited with any clerk or officer of any court of the United States, or in any public office, or with any judicial or public officer of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.Meet the guys who tape Trump's papers back togetherTitle 18 code 2074Whoever knowingly issues or publishes any counterfeit weather forecast or warning of weather conditions falsely representing such forecast or warning to have been issued or published by the Weather Bureau, United States Signal Service, or other branch of the Government service, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ninety days, or both.Trump may have broken federal law by altering Hurricane Dorian's path on a map to validate his false claim that it could hit AlabamaTitle 18 Code 2101(a)Whoever travels in interstate or foreign commerce or uses any facility of interstate or foreign commerce, including, but not limited to, the mail, telegraph, telephone, radio, or television, with intent—(1)to incite a riot; or(2)to organize, promote, encourage, participate in, or carry on a riot; or(3)to commit any act of violence in furtherance of a riot; or(4)to aid or abet any person in inciting or participating in or carrying on a riot or committing any act of violence in furtherance of a riot;and who either during the course of any such travel or use or thereafter performs or attempts to perform any other overt act for any purpose specified in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of this paragraph— [1]Shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.'We won this election, and we won it by a landslide''We will stop the steal''We will never give up. We will never concede. It doesn't happen''If you don't fight like hell you're not going to have a country anymore''Peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard''We are going to the Capitol'The speech is 70 minutes long - you’ve been warned.Can I just 5 days 14 hours and 47 more minutes? Wait, here’s one more:18 U.S. Code § 2383 - Rebellion or insurrectionWhoever incites, sets on foot, assists, or engages in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States or the laws thereof, or gives aid or comfort thereto, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.And guess how this law came to be?Capitol Rioters Could Serve Up to 10 Years in Prison Under an Executive Order from TrumpSo with 5 days left, his law could screw over his own supporters.Title 52 Code 10307Whoever votes more than once in an election referred to in paragraph (2) shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.Trump doubles down on encouraging supporters to vote twice, which is illegal52 USC 20511§20511. Criminal penaltiesA person, including an election official, who in any election for Federal office-(1) knowingly and willfully intimidates, threatens, or coerces, or attempts to intimidate, threaten, or coerce, any person for-(A) registering to vote, or voting, or attempting to register or vote; (B) urging or aiding any person to register to vote, to vote, or to attempt to register or vote; or (C) exercising any right under this chapter; or (2) knowingly and willfully deprives, defrauds, or attempts to deprive or defraud the residents of a State of a fair and impartially conducted election process, by- (A) the procurement or submission of voter registration applications that are known by the person to be materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent under the laws of the State in which the election is held; or (B) the procurement, casting, or tabulation of ballots that are known by the person to be materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent under the laws of the State in which the election is held, shall be fined in accordance with title 18 (which fines shall be paid into the general fund of the Treasury, miscellaneous receipts (pursuant to section 3302 of title 31), notwithstanding any other law), or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.Trump's Call To Georgia Election Officials Sparks Debate Over Legality, EthicsI had to force myself to stop thinking, “OK, how could he do something worse than this?” because he keeps answering.EDIT: I just added citations because that’s what progressives do. We cite our sources and provide evidence. We don’t just make wild claims.EDIT2: Here we go. There’s going to be a lot of edits to this answer because the fucker keeps breaking more laws. The Hatch Act has been added.EDIT3: Here we go again. Added Title 52 Code 10307EDIT4: almost forgot. Added 18 U.S. Code § 2071.Concealment, removal, or mutilation generallyEDIT5: once more, into the breach. 06JAN21EDIT6: OK I’m getting tired of coming back here to add more violations. By trying to intimidate the Secretary of the state of Georgia, he just violated Title 52 code 20511.FINAL EDIT: Can we also hold some of the enabling Congresspeople accountable? I’m looking at you McConnell,Graham, Taylor-Greene, Hawley, Boebert (how’d she even get there), FecklessCruz, Rand, and Rubio! Fuck all you clowns.Thank all the gods of man I can finally stop adding to this answer.UGH! Final final EDIT: Remember folks, this is just the FEDERAL laws I could scrape up. There are multiple state-level lawsuits that are rearing their heads as I type this (28FEB2021). I don’t know what the SDNY is putting together, the Georgia AG, or the Florida AG - who should LITERALLY be looking into the leader of the republican party who is illegally living in a country club, but I hope they’re busy getting some rock-solid cases together. Seriously, I never want to edit this answer again!: )Stay safe. Wear your mask. Excelsior!

As noted by Mike Freeman, the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor (EGA) is the USMC emblem, and has been since 1868 (with a single modification in 1955).The Eagle, Globe, and Anchor, as the emblem and insignia representing the US Marine Corps, cannot be worn — in uniform — by any other Uniformed Service’s members. (Sailors who are “green-side” qualified and assigned to USMC units may end up wearing either uniform items or equipment bearing the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor…but they remain Sailors and have their own Service identity, emblems, and insignia.)However, as I have noted in other Answers and Comments, once a servicemember has earned something, such as an award, or a job specialty, it is theirs to keep, personally.The distinction is that not all awards, emblems, insignias, job specialties, etc., transfer seamlessly from one Service to another — i.e., they may not always “recognize” each other’s badges, awards, etc.Which is not the same thing as “taking it away from you…”So, a Marine who earned their Eagle, Globe, and Anchor at the end of the Crucible during Marine Corps boot camp may keep it, and any awards and MOS’s for which they qualify, generally forever (although there are some instances where an MOS or award may be officially revoked…but those are very rare events so we won’t dwell on them). Perhaps they not only earn the title “U.S. Marine,” and their Eagle, Globe, and Anchor insignia, but the MOS 0311, Rifleman. And perhaps they serve during combat and earn the Marine Corps’ Combat Action Ribbon. (Image courtesy of: Combat Action Ribbon - Wikipedia)Later, they serve in the Alabama Air National Guard. While in the Air Guard, they must possess and wear their uniforms, insignia, awards, badges, etc., only as authorized by the regulations of the Alabama Air National Guard (and the US Air Force, especially Air Force Instruction (AFI) 36–2903, DRESS AND PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF AIR FORCE PERSONNEL (https://static.e-publishing.af.mil/production/1/af_a1/publication/afi36-2903/afi36-2903.pdf), and AFI 36-2803, The Air Force Awards and Decorations Program.Perhaps in their home, they have US Marine uniforms, badges, awards, and Eagle, Globe, and Anchor insignias in their various commendations, “shadow boxes,” on their “I Love Me” walls, in their closets, basements, attics, etc…But, unless the Alabama Air National Guard (and US Air Force) regulations permit the wear of various uniform articles, insignias, badges, awards, ribbons, medals, etc., then the former Marine who is now an Alabama Air National Guardsman cannot wear those items (or generally possess them while in the uniform and duty status of the Alabama Air National Guard or the US Air Force when serving pursuant to Federal duty status).When they first joined the Alabama Air National Guard, they should have provided all necessary documentation (DD-214 separation documents, awards citations, training certificates, school diplomas, etc.) to their new AL AFNG unit’s personnel officers, so that an accurate Air National Guard service record can be constructed, using both proper Alabama Air National Guard and US Air Force methodology, as required by the various regulations.Thus, their Alabama Air National Guard service record should indeed show their prior service as a US Marine, and all their prior awards, MOSs, schools completed, marksmanship badges, etc., as well as all their subsequent Alabama Air National Guard administrivia.They may be, or become, eligible for State of Alabama awards, ribbons, and medals, that under the Air National Guard and US Air Force regulations cannot be worn on their uniforms when serving pursuant to Federal duty status, i.e., Title 10, not State Active Duty or Title 32, and in those cases, they still have earned those awards, badges, etc….they just can’t always wear them.Those items also get to go home, get put into shadow boxes, on I Love Me walls, in the closets, basements, and attics, or shown in the living room, along with their USMC memorabilia…because once earned, you get to keep it!You just might not be allowed to wear various combinations of those items on the Air National Guard uniform.It doesn’t mean it all shouldn’t be shown properly in their Alabama Air National Guard service records, or that their final, retirement or separation shadow box cannot display all those USMC, AL AFNGUS, USAF, etc., awards, badges, ribbons, medals, etc.11.5.44.9. Wear only those decoration and ribbons awarded by federal agencies and earned while in military service(See especially Chapter 11 of AFI 36–2903: https://static.e-publishing.af.mil/production/1/af_a1/publication/afi36-2903/afi36-2903.pdf)But, an award issued by the State of Alabama is still an award, and the recipient gets to keep it — personally — even if they leave the Alabama National Guard, or transfer to the USAF Reserve or another State’s National Guard…or decide to retire or separate entirely from all military service. See: https://al.ng.mil/ALABAMA/pages/StateAwards.aspx.Alabama[edit]Alabama National Guard State Awards:[1]Alabama Distinguished Service MedalAlabama Commendation MedalAlabama Phenix City Civil Disturbance MedalAlabama Operation Desert Storm RibbonAlabama Veterans Service MedalAlabama National Emergency Service MedalAlabama Special Service MedalAlabama Faithful Service MedalAlabama Recruiting RibbonAlabama Active Duty Basic Training Medal(See: Awards and decorations of the National Guard - Wikipedia)As a final example, the USMC Combat Action Ribbon (CAR) might or might not be authorized for wear on the Air National Guard uniform. But the USAF has an equivalent award, the USAF Combat Action Medal, and the Airman may wish to convert their CAR to the USAF CAM. (If for no other reason than to have the cool AFCAM suspension medal version shown below with 10 gold diagonal stripes — the ONLY US military decoration constructed this way! — as well as the AFCAM ribbon version with 5 gold diagonal stripes, because the CAR is ONLY available as a ribbon. No suspension medal version (either full size or miniature) for the CAR…some people care about these things…)…Personnel who earned the Combat Infantryman Badge, Combat Action Badge, Combat Medical Badge, or Combat Action Ribbon while assigned with the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps may submit a copy of that award, along with other documentation required in this message, to the COMAFFOR for consideration for award of the AFCAM. (See: Air Force Combat Action Medal)But, the former Marine may carefully check the regulations, and inquire of their chain of command, and find that indeed they can still wear the CAR rather than the AFCAM, and they choose to do so, rather than “switch” over by asking the USAF to grant authority to wear the AFCAM (in which case, once granted AFCAM authority, the Airman can no longer wear the CAR ribbon…at all…as long as they remain subject to USAF award and uniform regulations…but they get to keep their CAR back home because once earned nobody can take it away [again, subject to the authority to revoke an award because of unfaithful service, which is rarely invoked these days…and even then, nobody is going to come to the home of the former Marine or former Airman and demand they surrender up all their CAR or AFCAM ribbons and medals…not going to happen.]).However, even in this hypothetical case, the airman (formerly served as a Marine) still has earned the Navy/Marine Corps CAR…it doesn’t go away…they can still keep their CAR ribbon, display it with their other awards and memorabilia…they just can’t then wear it on their USAF (or AL Air Guard) uniform because they have elected to “switch over” to the USAF version of the same award.When the time comes for them to make up a “shadow box” showing all their earned badges, ribbons, medals, rank and service insignias, doo-hickies, doo-dads, name tags/tapes, dog tags, whatever strikes their fancy, whether State, Federal, any Service or non-Military Agency, or even foreign awards, they may do so, mixing and matching all the way to show their total service…Of course, they will want to display the medals/ribbons in a consistent fashion, using the precedence established for all of them, see: Awards and decorations of the United States Armed Forces - WikipediaOrder of precedence[edit]While each service has its own order of precedence, the following general rules typically apply to all services:U.S. military personal decorationsU.S. military unit awards [1a][1b]U.S. non-military personal decorations (in order of receipt; if two or more from the same agency, the applicable agency precedence listing should be consulted)[2]Presidential awards (i.e., Presidential Medal of Freedom, Presidential Citizen’s Medal)National Medals (i.e., National Security Medal, National Science Medal, Gold Lifesaving Medal, Silver Lifesaving Medal)DoD and JCS Distinguished Service awardsAgency-specific Distinguished Service awardsAgency-specific Superior Service awardsAgency-specific Meritorious (or Exceptional) Service awardsAgency-specific Commendation awardsAgency-specific Achievement awardsCivilian unit awardsCivilian service awardsU.S. non-military unit awards[3]U.S. military campaign and service medalsU.S. military service and training awards (ribbon-only awards)[4][3a]U.S. Merchant Marine awards and non-military service awardsForeign military personal decorations (in order of receipt; if two or more from the same country, the applicable country precedence listing should be consulted)Foreign military unit awards[1]Non-U.S. service awards (e.g., United Nations, NATO, etc.)Foreign military service awards[4]Marksmanship awards (Air Force,[3a] Navy & Coast Guard)[3b]Awards of U.S. military societies and other organizations6a 6bState awards of the National Guard (Army & Air Force onlySHADOW BOXES, COURTESY OF: military retirement shadow box ideas:

Hahahahahahahaha, thanks for the A2A.For reasons that should be obvious (see my Bio), I’ve always had a connection to this book. It is an American literary classic for good reason. It is both a historical portrait of the American South and a compelling tale of fear, hatred, and injustice that is by no means applicable only to its country of origin. At its core, it is an examination of Humanity. I firmly believe that everyone should give it a good read.But everyone knows that it's about racism. If you only know one thing about it, you know that. I would like to point out a couple of less discussed aspects. I am assuming that the reader has already read the book, seen the film, or is at least familiar with the plot. If you're not, this won't make a ton of sense.One of my favorite parts is in Chapter 15. After Sheriff Tate warns Atticus that Tom Robinson is being moved to the County Jail and that a lynch mob should be expected, Atticus goes to guard the jailhouse door himself. Jem, Scout, and Dill sneak out after him. They witness four dusty cars pull up and see a group of men get out and order Atticus to move and let them go inside. It is at this moment that Scout decides to surprise her father by coming out and making her presence known. She recognizes one of the men in the lynch mob as the father of her classmate, Walter Cunningham.“Don’t you remember me, Mr. Cunningham? I’m Jean Louise Finch. You brought us some hickory nuts one time, remember?” I began to sense the futility one feels when unacknowledged by a chance acquaintance.“I go to school with Walter,” I began again. “He’s your boy, ain’t he? Ain’t he, sir?”Mr. Cunningham was moved to a faint nod. He did know me, after all.“He’s in my grade,” I said, “and he does right well. He’s a good boy,” I added, “a real nice boy. We brought him home for dinner one time. Maybe he told you about me, I beat him up one time but he was real nice about it. Tell him hey for me, won’t you?”Scout continually fails to recognize the gravity of the situation and keeps trying to make polite conversation with Mr Cunningham despite the fact that he is trying his best to ignore her. It is this, in the end, that saves the lives of both Tom Robinson (temporarily) and her father.Atticus said nothing. I looked around and up at Mr. Cunningham, whose face was equally impassive. Then he did a peculiar thing. He squatted down and took me by both shoulders.“I’ll tell him you said hey, little lady,” he said.Then he straightened up and waved a big paw. “Let’s clear out,” he called. “Let’s get going, boys.”As they had come, in ones and twos the men shuffled back to their ramshackle cars. Doors slammed, engines coughed, and they were gone.This gets to the heart of many of the problems that arise from the anonymity that the Internet provides us today. It shows the reason why I think Quora’s Real Name Policy is important. People have a much harder time being evil when they know that their name and reputation in the greater community is at stake. Oscar Wilde said “give a man a mask and he will show you his true face”, but I think that is a bit of an idealistic way of thinking today. I have witnessed first hand that giving a person a mask can sometimes encourage them to experiment with kinds of evil that they never would have touched otherwise. Maybe Wilde was right and the true faces of humanity are just far more hideous than we like to imagine, but I am personally hesitant to lose my faith in the species.Or at least I want to be.I also find a great sadness and despair attached to the book now that I am aware just how little has changed in the very place it describes.Maycomb County, Alabama, where the narrative is set, may be fictional but it is based upon the real Monroe County, Alabama, where Harper Lee was born and raised. Her home town of Monroeville was also where the film version of To Kill a Mockingbird was filmed and the book is the city’s greatest pride.The city of Monroeville is also the place where Walter McMillian was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to Death Row decades after the book earned the town the title, “Literary Capital of Alabama”. The similarities between the case of Walter McMillian and Tom Robinson are shocking and stand as a testament to just how little most people learn from literature. It is heavily documented in the book Just Mercy, by Bryan Stevenson, who works for the Equal Justice Initiative and whose services as a lawyer led to the exoneration of an innocent man who was almost executed.Everyone should read that book. It is amazing. I’ll do my best to accurately summarize the case here. All of the following information is factual.Walter McMillian was a black man who made a good living in the pulpwood industry, enough to make him one of the more financially independent residents of the very poor Monroe County. In the 1980s, he had an affair with a married white woman named Karen Kelly. When her husband found out that she had been unfaithful-and with a black man no less-he publicly divorced and disgraced her. She eventually turned to drugs and crime. It was at this point in her life that she met Ralph Myers, a habitual criminal and fellow social outcast whose face had been severely burned in a childhood fire and left him scarred, ugly, and deeply pyrophobic.But that's just the background. The case in question focused on the murder of Ronda Morrison on November 1, 1986.Ronda Morrison was shot to death while working at Jackson Dry Cleaners in the middle of town on a busy Saturday morning. The county sheriff, Tom Tate (yes the Monroe county sheriff is actually named Tate, just like in the book-I told you the similarities were shocking) had only recently been elected to the position and found himself under a great deal of pressure to find a suspect for the murder, as people were unwilling to accept that a daylight murder in the center of town could be unsolvable, but no leads presented themselves.Eventually the police found their way to Ralph Myers who, for reasons that are very difficult to understand, said that he knew who had killed her. The first person he named turned out to have been in a jail cell at the time of the murder. The second person he named was a high ranking member of the police force of a neighboring county and it quickly became clear that the charges wouldn't stick. Running out of options and with the pressure mounting on him, Myers said that it had been the black man with whom Karen Kelly had been intimate. The police had the suspect they wanted.At the time that the murder took place, Walter McMillian was hosting a church fish fry at his house. He had literally dozens of witnesses who could confirm that he was there, one of whom was a police officer who had made note of the occasion in his official records. Sheriff Tate knew that it would be hard to make an arrest for murder without any concrete evidence, so they looked again to Myers for any other charges that could be grounds for arrest. Myers threw a new twist into his ever changing story and said that Walter had also raped him. Sodomy, even when consensual, was illegal in Alabama until 2014 and the Monroe County police were able to arrest Walter McMillian, helped by the fact that Mr McMillian was initially unable to deny the charges as he didn't know what sodomy meant.Once the investigation of Walter McMillian began, several inmates already serving prison terms were given the opportunity to reduce their sentences if they would testify that Walter was the killer. Several men jumped at the opportunity and the case was built, but with a sudden hitch. Ralph Myers recanted his testimony, saying he was unwilling to participate in the conviction of an innocent man. Both he and McMillian, who had still not been tried, were put on Death Row, a move never before done to a pre-trial suspect. Myers’ cell was close enough to the execution chamber that the man who had a deep fear of fire since childhood could smell the burning flesh of the executed. Sheriff Tate gave Myers a simple choice: either testify against McMillian, who Tate knew to be innocent, or be executed for the crime himself. After days of extreme depression and fits of shaking and under extreme duress, Ralph Myers agreed to falsely accuse him of murder.The trial of Walter McMillian lasted only a day and a half. The jury that convicted him recommended a sentence of life in prison but, as allowed by Alabama State Law, judge Robert E Lee Key Jr chose to ignore the jury recommendation and sentenced him to death. Walter McMillian appealed his sentence several times without success until the Equal Justice Initiative successfully brought about his legal exoneration in 1993, after Walter McMillian had spent more than six years of his life on Death Row awaiting execution.Okay, are you ready for the worst part?As of the writing of this answer (December 10, 2016), Thomas Tate, who knowingly falsified evidence and used his position as sheriff to secure, through intimidation, false testimony with the aim of executing a man he KNEW to be innocent in order to save his own personal reputation, IS STILL THE SHERIFF OF MONROE COUNTY, ALABAMA.Monroe County - Alabama Sheriffs Association - AlabamaSince reading Mr Stevenson’s excellent book, I cannot read To Kill a Mockingbird the same way. Do not make the mistake of believing that it is a picture of a past America that no longer exists. The portrait it paints of society is like that of Dorian Gray: it can be a mask that we use to hide the true hideous face of our society while patting ourselves on the back for the progressive nature of our literature.Racism is still alive and well in America. We need people of Atticus Finch’s character now more than ever.Thank you for reading. I hope I’ve given this book a little bit of added perspective.