On one side, Sheriff Robert Doyle, the unapologetic head of county law enforcement who proudly defends his department from criticism. On the other side, a mass of impassioned people of color and their allies, desperately pleading for the defunding of the sheriff’s office, an institution they call inherently racist. In the middle, the five-person Board of Supervisors, tasked with setting the budget for the next year.
This week’s budget hearings were the culmination of a…