Ravi
Diamond Member
Using the troops as an excuse to justify his cruelty is sick.
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Using the troops as an excuse to justify his cruelty is sick.
So its ok for our troops but not for criminals.
Sorry but while our troops may be out in the same heat that these guys are in they are not treated the same way nor do they have the same lifestyle. Not by a longshot.
You're right, the troops aren't treated the same nor do they have the "same lifestyle". I suspect that might be because the troops . . . wait for it . . . AREN'T CRIMINALS.
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Latest News - Sheriff Joe Arpaio Has Cost Taxpayers $41 Million
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You really need to look this guy up. I know what he is about,but maybe its because I live here? Well, you have google to use as a tool. Use it.
Not a thing here proven that he has done wrong. Until he is found guilty, I want a sheriff just like him here where they cut 1/3 of the deputies and released 50% of the prisoners.
SFC Ollie, I understand how you feel. Cleveland has just incarcerated a long time sherriff here for fraud and various other misdeeds, and there's a rumbling that people awaiting trial or subject to arrest were given preferential treatment if they paid, etc. Believe me, as an older lady living alone, crime scares me shitless and I am not unduly sympathetic to prisoners.
But bear in mind, the people in a county jail are (for the most part) not yet found guilty. I don't have the same anger towards them as I do people in a state prison.....and I tend to agree with Zona. Arapgio seems to me to be way to interested in grandstanding and hardly my idea of a penalogist.
NEVER EVER WOULD I SUPPORT THIS SHERIFF
he belongs in prison himself...
I HOPE he gets his own treatment if convicted of his alleged crimes...
I don't believe in giving government the POWER this man has SEIZED, no way no how....
Phoenix, Arizona (CNN) -- Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio calls himself "America's toughest sheriff." He is famous for creating a tent city jail in the Arizona desert; for providing pink underwear for inmates; for bragging that he spends more to feed his dog than a prisoner in his jail.
This year he has made national headlines for his tough enforcement of Arizona's anti-illegal immigration laws and for his vocal support for a controversial new immigration law that takes effect at the end of July.
But the 77-year-old lawman is himself the subject of serious allegations of abuse of power. Arpaio's critics say he has a long history of launching bogus criminal investigations against political opponents and anyone else who gets in his way.
This year a federal grand jury started looking into the allegations.
Former Maricopa County School Superintendent Sandra Dowling says what happened to her is a case in point.
Dowling says was locked in a political battle with some members of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors over school district funds when the sheriff's SWAT team came in the dead of night to search her home. Dowling was charged with stealing money from a school for homeless students. There were 25 felony counts in all.
"Never could I have imagined what a nightmare was waiting ahead," Dowling said.
Arpaio promised to uncover massive public corruption -- "We are looking into all avenues of this investigation," he said -- and to win a speedy conviction.
From the start Dowling maintained her innocence: "I kept saying I didn't do anything. I didn't do anything."
It took three years, but finally a judge threw out all the felony counts against Dowling. She entered a guilty plea to a single misdemeanor charge. But she said her reputation had been shattered, her career destroyed, and she owed more than $100,000 in legal fees.
"I still don't think that everybody knows I was innocent," she said.
Dowling is not alone. Arpaio has launched -- either on his own or in conjunction with the county attorney -- high-profile criminal investigations against a who's who of Maricopa County politicians and officials. The list includes the mayor of Phoenix, a former police chief, two members of the board of supervisors, Superior Court judges, and even a former state attorney general.
The charges have included public corruption, misuse of taxpayers' dollars, bribery, rape and even child molestation. What all these investigations hold in common is that they were launched with great public fanfare, but rarely resulted in convictions. Among the investigations recounted in this report, the only conviction has been on the misdemeanor charge against Dowling.
Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon calls the sheriff's long list of investigations a "reign of terror."
Gordon came under Arpaio's scrutiny, he says, after speaking out against the sheriff's neighborhood sweeps to round up illegal immigrants.
remaining of a very long article on him...
Arizona sheriff under investigation for alleged abuse of power - CNN.com
Not a thing here proven that he has done wrong. Until he is found guilty, I want a sheriff just like him here where they cut 1/3 of the deputies and released 50% of the prisoners.
SFC Ollie, I understand how you feel. Cleveland has just incarcerated a long time sherriff here for fraud and various other misdeeds, and there's a rumbling that people awaiting trial or subject to arrest were given preferential treatment if they paid, etc. Believe me, as an older lady living alone, crime scares me shitless and I am not unduly sympathetic to prisoners.
But bear in mind, the people in a county jail are (for the most part) not yet found guilty. I don't have the same anger towards them as I do people in a state prison.....and I tend to agree with Zona. Arapgio seems to me to be way to interested in grandstanding and hardly my idea of a penalogist.
Most all jails now lease out space to others states, so most all jail prisoner are serving a sentence, most of the one not found guilty yet are out on bail.
Yep, still don't see where the Sheriff has been convicted of any wrong doing. And again I ask, How many times have the people re-elected him?
Power to the people, he must be doing something right.
Yep, still don't see where the Sheriff has been convicted of any wrong doing. And again I ask, How many times have the people re-elected him?
Power to the people, he must be doing something right.
Hitler made the trains run on time. And he was elected.
Hitler made the trains run on time. And he was elected.
So your against those who are tring to get the illegals deported also.