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(Talking Points Memo) Obvious America's Toughest Sheriff (TM) fostered "culture of bias", "discriminated against Latinos", says DOJ investigator Rick Romero   (tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com) divider line 58
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2011-12-15 01:39:00 PM
Among the alleged Civil Rights violations:

Hispanics were routinely targeted for traffic stops without reasonable cause, and subsequently charged with immigration-related crimes. Legal residents were sometimes treated as if they were illegal immigrants and even jailed.

Latino inmates with poor or no English proficiency were frequently punished for not understanding English, were required to fill out forms in a language they did not understand or were denied critical services available to English-speaking inmates.

Community activists and critics who spoke out against the Sheriff's Office's treatment of Hispanics were themselves targeted for retaliation.

The Justice Department also found that the Sheriff's Office did not adequately train or supervise its personnel to avoid civil rights violations and, in fact, permitted the specialized units to engage in unconstitutional behavior.


This is just a little snippet from the link.

The Sheriff's Office has until Jan. 4 to decide whether to voluntarily cooperate with federal officials. If so, the Justice Department will work with Sheriff Joe Arpaio to correct violations in the next 60 days. If the sheriff declines to cooperate or fails to reach agreement, the Justice Department said it would file a civil action to force compliance with federal law.

NO WAY will my sheriff cooperate. He's so drunk on his power. He'll drag this shiat out til he can retire on his own. I want him in pink undies and stripes in tent city so badly.
 
2011-12-15 01:40:00 PM
Romero? Sounds foreign. Arrest him, arrest him hard in the kidneys.
 
2011-12-15 01:48:36 PM
Nadie_AZ: NO WAY will my sheriff cooperate. He's so drunk on his power. He'll drag this shiat out til he can retire on his own. I want him in pink undies and stripes in tent city so badly.

I'm so sorry he's your sheriff.

How exactly is it that he is not being charged?
 
2011-12-15 01:51:31 PM
"discriminated against Latinos"

It's funny, because that's what keeps on getting him re-elected!

I hope he finally goes down; between this obvious and longstanding attitude, along with botching and flat-out ignoring sex abuse cases (new window), he needs to go.
 
2011-12-15 02:01:56 PM
Gig103: "discriminated against Latinos"

It's funny, because that's what keeps on getting him re-elected!

I hope he finally goes down; between this obvious and longstanding attitude, along with botching and flat-out ignoring sex abuse cases (new window), he needs to go.


And all the money he's had to pay out due to law suits from treatment of prisoners (not convicted, just being held). And his bullsh*t with Candy Andy in chasing after the County Board of Supervisors. And his tank. And the bus he bought without approval. And a whole slew of other things.

Old people reelect him. Oh and those mormon conservatives. The same ones who kept electing Russel Pearce.

Pearce. Gone.
Arpaio. Going?
Brewer. Next.

I hope.
 
2011-12-15 02:03:26 PM
How did that possibly require an investigation to prove?
 
2011-12-15 02:04:07 PM
Gig103: between this obvious and longstanding attitude, along with botching and flat-out ignoring sex abuse cases (new window), he needs to go.

don't forget the estimated FORTY THOUSAND UNSERVED FELONY ARREST WARRANTS.

by some estimates, 70-80 thousand unserved warrants total (as of 2010) but.....Felony arrest warrants believed to be in the system.


Over/under on days until Nickel Bag Joe's response to this report is to raid a freaking Burger King to arrest 5 illegals: 3.5.

/also....how does an employee with a relatively small federal pension and an appreciable salary, but still a public employee, amass perhaps 5-8 luxury homes in Paradise Valley, then seal the method of payment and -- if any -- mortgage deeds?

//he also pulled a Joe Paterno a few months ago (actually prior to Paterno); he transferred title to various real estate holdings to an LLC owned by his wife.
 
2011-12-15 02:09:30 PM
rickythepenguin: Over/under on days until Nickel Bag Joe's response to this report is to raid a freaking Burger King to arrest 5 illegals: 3.5.

That long? I figured he would do one today.
 
2011-12-15 02:12:52 PM
rickythepenguin: Gig103: between this obvious and longstanding attitude, along with botching and flat-out ignoring sex abuse cases (new window), he needs to go.

don't forget the estimated FORTY THOUSAND UNSERVED FELONY ARREST WARRANTS.


And forcing women to give birth chained to a bed. We shouldn't forget about that one.
 
2011-12-15 02:20:28 PM
This man is no hero. Conservatives only like the image he presents. Sorry to inform you all that the PR image he is so good at presenting is nothing like the reality.
 
2011-12-15 02:24:02 PM
This man is a racista asshole. Of course Conservatives love him.
 
2011-12-15 02:25:58 PM
GWLush: This man is a racista asshole. Of course Conservatives love him.

Not sure where that "a" came from in racist. Let's just call it spanish shall we? That way the sherrif will hate it and arrest it.
 
2011-12-15 02:33:59 PM
Nadie_AZ: This man is no hero. Conservatives only like the image he presents. Sorry to inform you all that the PR image he is so good at presenting is nothing like the reality.

It's really amazing how they romanticize this jackass as some sort of modern John Wayne cowboy-like figure. That's really all it's about at the end of the day.
 
2011-12-15 03:10:47 PM
Nadie_AZ: I want him in pink undies and stripes in tent city so badly.

Uh.. you might want to rephrase that. ....NTTAWWT.
 
2011-12-15 03:36:22 PM
rickythepenguin: /also....how does an employee with a relatively small federal pension and an appreciable salary, but still a public employee, amass perhaps 5-8 luxury homes in Paradise Valley, then seal the method of payment and -- if any -- mortgage deeds?

Yeah, the list goes on and on with him. His antics with tent city and the crappy food even bug me. Sure, I don't think they should be getting prime rib, but those people in JAIL are waiting trial, and the constitution says they are innocent until proven guilty.
 
2011-12-15 03:44:37 PM
Corrupt, racist piece of shiat.

So, of course, he's a big hero in the GOP...
 
2011-12-15 03:49:38 PM
So ... who did he endorse for President?
 
2011-12-15 03:50:31 PM
make me some tea: some sort of modern John Wayne cowboy-like figure

Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio worships John Wayne (new window)

FTA: " just crude, ethnically derogatory language about Latinos." In one instance, Arpaio dubbed a letter asking him to "round-up" of people with "dark skin" on a corner in Phoenix as "intelligence" and asked a member of his command staff to have "someone handle this."
The investigation also found that MCSO detention officers calls Latinos "wetbacks," "Mexican biatches," "farking Mexicans" and "stupid Mexicans."

Racist behavior from jail/ street cops in Arizona? the hell you say!

/que nuevas
 
2011-12-15 04:04:25 PM
Godscrack: make me some tea: some sort of modern John Wayne cowboy-like figure

Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio worships John Wayne (new window)


John Wayne the serial killer? That doesn't sound like a wise choice for a sheriff...
 
2011-12-15 04:38:44 PM
Oh my. This just came over the wire.

DHS Cuts Off Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Access To ICE Programs (new window)
 
2011-12-15 04:49:56 PM
make me some tea: Oh my. This just came over the wire.

DHS Cuts Off Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Access To ICE Programs (new window)


Ah Janet. You left us when we needed you the most. While this is good, I am still pretty pissed at you. I blame her for Brewer's ascent and Russel Pearce's batshiat craziness.
 
2011-12-15 04:55:13 PM
make me some tea: Oh my. This just came over the wire.

DHS Cuts Off Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Access To ICE Programs (new window)


Bwahahahahahaa!!!

/I mean, "That's a shame."
 
2011-12-15 05:22:16 PM
I can't farking wait for this assclown to get his comeuppance.

/Maricopa refugee
 
2011-12-15 05:22:39 PM
make me some tea: Oh my. This just came over the wire.

DHS Cuts Off Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Access To ICE Programs (new window)


Fark yeah.
 
2011-12-15 05:25:09 PM
Nadie_AZ: Gig103: "discriminated against Latinos"

It's funny, because that's what keeps on getting him re-elected!

I hope he finally goes down; between this obvious and longstanding attitude, along with botching and flat-out ignoring sex abuse cases (new window), he needs to go.

And all the money he's had to pay out due to law suits from treatment of prisoners (not convicted, just being held). And his bullsh*t with Candy Andy in chasing after the County Board of Supervisors. And his tank. And the bus he bought without approval. And a whole slew of other things.

Old people reelect him. Oh and those mormon conservatives. The same ones who kept electing Russel Pearce.

Pearce. Gone.
Arpaio. Going?
Brewer. Next.

I hope.


This times over 9000
 
2011-12-15 05:26:46 PM
 
2011-12-15 05:31:54 PM
Godscrack: make me some tea: some sort of modern John Wayne cowboy-like figure

Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio worships John Wayne (new window)


i78.photobucket.com

/He was too, you boys.
 
2011-12-15 05:32:08 PM
make me some tea: Oh my. This just came over the wire.

DHS Cuts Off Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Access To ICE Programs (new window)

The restrictions on Maricopa County's Sheriff's Office means that when the office sends data into the FBI after they book someone they wouldn't get any data back about their immigration status back.


That's excellent, but I'm sure it won't change Arpaio's attitude a whole lot. I'm very eager to see the results of the criminal investigation.
 
2011-12-15 05:33:02 PM
It's Ric Romero, subby! Oh god, please modmins edit it or I will go insane!!!

/ fix the name...please...
 
2011-12-15 05:33:30 PM
Nadie_AZ: make me some tea: Oh my. This just came over the wire.

DHS Cuts Off Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Access To ICE Programs (new window)

Ah Janet. You left us when we needed you the most. While this is good, I am still pretty pissed at you. I blame her for Brewer's ascent and Russel Pearce's batshiat craziness.


Things really have declined since she left office, the budgets are the worst, as far as actual consequences go. They can be summoned up as "Build more prisons, cut everything else."

She gets a lot of campaign money from the private prison industry, of course.
 
2011-12-15 05:42:15 PM
When you think of Republicans, think of Arpaio, because that's essentially what they are: ugly, fat, stupid, ignorant, and only useful as fertilizer or in chains.
 
2011-12-15 05:45:31 PM
Nadie_AZ: This man is no hero. Conservatives only like the image he presents. Sorry to inform you all that the PR image he is so good at presenting is nothing like the reality.

A very large number of the conservatives I knew in Arizona did not like him, but understood that it was people like Sun City residents who kept him in power. :\
 
2011-12-15 05:46:49 PM
make me some tea: Oh my. This just came over the wire.

DHS Cuts Off Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Access To ICE Programs (new window)


I believe that's what a metaphorical guillotine being sharpened sounds like.

G'bye, Joe. Your days of wackadoo racist BS can't end soon enough.
 
2011-12-15 06:05:01 PM
sprawl15: make me some tea: Oh my. This just came over the wire.

DHS Cuts Off Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Access To ICE Programs (new window)

Fark yeah.


Sherriff Joe got iced:

i2.cdn.turner.com
 
2011-12-15 06:05:48 PM
Joe's natural response is an illegal immigration sweep in Guadalupe. Now that has been taken away.

Who knows what he will do to try to sway public opinion back in his favor?

Perhaps he will begin arresting the county board of supervisors again
 
2011-12-15 06:07:21 PM
I'd love to see that man mixed in with the general prison population.
 
2011-12-15 06:11:23 PM
So how much in bribes does the republican party pay to keep 'OmarSheriff Joe' from being interned in federal prison?

/Including payments to keep Jan Brewer and her consorts out of prisons too.
 
2011-12-15 06:12:00 PM
ratagorda: Joe's natural response is an illegal immigration sweep in Guadalupe. Now that has been taken away.

Who knows what he will do to try to sway public opinion back in his favor?

Perhaps he will begin arresting the county board of supervisors again


I'm sure he could find some kind of large vehicle to transport them in, a bus possibly.
 
2011-12-15 06:16:06 PM
metametameta
I'd love to see that man mixed in with the general prison population.

Pretty sure that would be considered cruel and unusual punishment

/for the other inmates :)
 
2011-12-15 06:17:02 PM
GWLush: GWLush: This man is a racista asshole. Of course Conservatives love him.

Not sure where that "a" came from in racist. Let's just call it spanish shall we? That way the sherrif will hate it and arrest it.


I just read it with an Italian accent.

/yes, that is'a spicy meatball
 
2011-12-15 06:36:01 PM
Nadie_AZ: Brewer. Next.

i.imgur.com

R.I.P. JIM BREUER
 
2011-12-15 06:52:52 PM
metametameta: I'd love to see that man mixed in with the general prison population.

epicponyz.files.wordpress.com


I'm not locked up in here with you YOU'RE locked up in here with me
 
2011-12-15 07:12:06 PM
GAT_00: How did that possibly require an investigation to prove?

they're just crossing the 'T' and dotting the 'i'.
 
2011-12-15 07:18:06 PM
Just arrest the jackass.
 
2011-12-15 07:24:07 PM
Fat-D: Just arrest the jackass.

No. Let the investigation play out. I want this farker nailed, and I want the case to be airtight. No weaseling out on a technicality because the DOJ didn't investigate or prosecute properly. Let's do this by the book. That's why we are better than Sheriff Joe and the people who support him. We believe in the rule of law and that everyone is entitled to due process.
 
2011-12-15 07:34:48 PM
Weaver95: GAT_00: How did that possibly require an investigation to prove?

they're just crossing the 'T' and dotting the 'i'.


i40.tinypic.com
Excuse me?
 
2011-12-15 07:37:09 PM
GAT_00: How did that possibly require an investigation to prove?

If you hope to send a powerful and currently seated elected official to jail for a long time your case needs to be beyond watertight.
 
2011-12-15 07:54:32 PM
GAT_00: How did that possibly require an investigation to prove?

It's federal. They don't go to trial until they know they can win the trial, all appeals up to the Supreme Court, and even unto God. Thus, when they do arrest this farktard, he will go to prison for ever and ever.
 
2011-12-15 08:21:46 PM
twat_waffle: Fat-D: Just arrest the jackass.

No. Let the investigation play out. I want this farker nailed, and I want the case to be airtight. No weaseling out on a technicality because the DOJ didn't investigate or prosecute properly. Let's do this by the book. That's why we are better than Sheriff Joe and the people who support him. We believe in the rule of law and that everyone is entitled to due process.


Right. And then, the pink underwear!
 
2011-12-15 09:01:38 PM
Came looking for buttcheeksX3 to defend this dickwad.

Meh -- I'm better if he just left fark.
 
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