Weld County Sheriff John Cooke said the SPLC just lists groups its officials disagree with politically as “hate groups.”
Weld County has a land area greater than that of Delaware, Rhode Island and the District of Columbia combined. It’s one of few counties in the state that has no long- term debt.
Cooke said his department does not lend any credence to the information in the SPLC reports.
“We don’t pay any attention to it at all. If you’re not left wing, you’re a hate group according to them,” he said....