We might have ‘stomach in, chest out’ here at home but over in the U.S. their law enforcement officials have a certain panache that is hard to match.

For the purpose of this post we’ll put the alarming lack of value they place on black lives to the side and focus on St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Lt. Clay Higgins. He has been dubbed ‘The Cajun John Wayne’ and after one look at this video above it isn’t hard to see why. Washington Post reports:

An Army veteran and hardened street cop who rarely cracks a smile, Higgins is the star of weekly Crime Stoppers segments that garnered a cult following earlier this year, but are quickly moving mainstream thanks to the lieutenant’s back-country drawl, made-for-TV one-liners and refreshing honesty.

The video has now racked up almost 1,5 million views on YouTube and has grabbed international attention, Jimmy Fallon jokingly asking if Higgins could run for president. So what does the man himself have to say about why the video has gone viral?

“I can’t quite put my finger on it,” he said. “It was a very folksy one, but I think it might have been the part about the cheeseburger.”

Do they come more American than this guy?

[source:washingtonpost]