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Navarrette – Sheriff Joe runs off the rails

Common Sense Essays, Guest Bloggers on October 23rd, 2009 No Comments

Joe Arpaio, who calls himself “America’s toughest sheriff,” has gone rogue. Consumed by ego, accused of racial profiling, and running roughshod over the federal government, this incurable media hound is flirting with another title: “outlaw.”
The Obama administration recently reined in Arpaio over his alleged abuse of a controversial program that allows more local law enforcement [...]

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Thousand march in Phoenix in opposition to Sheriff Joe Arpaio

Featured on February 28th, 2009 Comments Off

This is incredible!
Thousands of opponents of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s illegal-immigration policies held their “March to Stop the Hate” in downtown Phoenix on this morning.
As of 1:30 p.m., the speeches were still being made at the march’s destination, the federal building. According to initial reports, the march was peaceful, with no major incidents as of [...]

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Arpaio allows inmate serving life sentence to escape while deputies used elsewhere harassing valley Latinos

Featured on February 20th, 2009 Comments Off

The incompetence of Sheriff Joe Arpaio was again evident in Maricopa County on Tuesday with the brazen escape of inmate Adrian Gonzalez Cruz, who was serving a life sentence for child rape.
Inmates have escaped Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office custody a handful of times in the past five years, and they were frequently captured within days [...]

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Judiciary Committee Members Call for Investigation of Sheriff Arpaio’s Disregard for Rights of Hispanic Residents

Featured on February 14th, 2009 1 Comment

WASHINGTON – House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), and Immigration Subcommittee Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Constitution Subcommittee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), and Crime Subcommittee Chairman Bobby Scott (D-Va.) called on Attorney General Eric Holder and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to investigate allegations of misconduct by Maricopa County (Arizona) Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
Sheriff Arpaio [...]

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