In December 2009, after a political rally, Spokane Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich was chatting with fellow Republicans, when a woman walked up and joined the conversation. She kept asking the sheriff if he was ready for Christmas.
âWell yeah, I think we got that taken care of,â the sheriff responded. But the woman continued to press the point â was he ready for Christmas?
âAnd I said, Ma am, why donât you fill me in. What are you actually talking about?ââ
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What she was actually talking about is part of a much larger threat that Sheriff Knezovich has long sounded the alarm on: extremism.