If the sheriff getting iced wasn't shocking, I'm not sure what is. From Wikipedia (yeah yeah I know, but it's an easy source):
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Shock value is the potential of an action (as a public execution), image, text, or other form of communication to provoke a reaction of sharp disgust, shock, anger, fear, or similar negative emotions.
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You're right in that "it had to be done" based on the plot ideas and themes that Sutter has gone with in SOA. However, it would've been nice if they produced another source of conflict instead of someone getting offed, and the subsequent revenge. How about Gemma on the run from both police and her own son. Or Jax trying to come to terms with his own mother killing his wife. Yeah sure he'll find out eventually, but the same "lie until you're lie gets discovered" theme is getting pretty old. But, here we are at what appears to be the final season next year. I'll watch it to see how it ends, but to me at least it looks like Sutter is running out of ideas.
The show has a knack for introducing characters that either do nothing, or get thrown away left and right. An example from this season was Collette and Robocop. Yes they did
stuff in the season, but imo they didn't contribute to the "endgame" of the season. They were just filler. At least the sheriff had a pretty extensive history with the club. And they just appeared to throw that away on a whim.
And Jax won't need an alibi. The bullets pulled from the sherrif won't match Jax's gun, which also wasn't fired.