Critics call for AZ sheriff to resign, be indicted

Source: Associated Press

Critics call for AZ sheriff to resign, be indicted
By AMANDA LEE MYERS Associated Press
Posted: 05/11/2011 12:37:18 PM PDT
Updated: 05/11/2011 02:16:19 PM PDT


PHOENIX—Critics of America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff are calling for his resignation and indictment, and for the sheriff's office to be placed into receivership.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, known for crime and immigration sweeps, is under fire over allegations that his agency misspent funds and a recent investigation that revealed evidence of corruption among his top commanders.

Arpaio responded by saying he would never resign and that his office has done a good job.

A federal grand jury reportedly has been looking into allegations of abuse of power by Arpaio, former County Attorney Andrew Thomas and their employees since December 2009.



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This stink'n place is full of 'em. Didn't used to be. They came here and invaded from other places that ran them off I guess.

both about him not resigning and about his ego.

because he truly believes he is gods judge on earth.

Hope he'd try.

:shrug:

Phoenix to Tombstone.

3 hours driving time, unless you're all worked up and hankering for a gunfight. Then maybe 2 hours...

Let Frankie Laine help you get there...

four hours about 374 miles.

Is this not the same guy who made inmates wear pink uniforms?

under stripes

He's an asshole.

:puke:

Joe Arpaio LOVES liver and onions. He says it's his favorite thing to eat. (Everyone I've ever met whose favorite meal was liver and onions was a high-order dickhead, but that's another issue.) Anyway, a few years ago a meat company in Arizona gave Joe a present: they provided 500 pounds of liver, arranged for a donation of onions, potatoes and some other vegetable, and Joe served this shit to the prisoners.

No one will ever surpass "free" as the cost of a jail meal.

I wonder if Joe is a True Christian™?

and living in a tent. oh please please please!

Better yet, place him in one of his own third world prisons.
:puke:

He belongs in one of his own jails, preferably the tent gulag.

This is the only way he's ever going to see the error of his sadistic ways.

SUPERJAIL! He belongs there!

Seal. Team. Six.

Why do the people of Maricopa County keep re-electing him?

for which the software is not available to public scrutiny?

Might answer your question right there.

Because the majority of the voters really believe the crap that comes out of his mouth, and I'm very sure that some of his supporters are as sadistic and bigoted as he is.

And what better way to hide your true nature then in the voting booth?

Or how about right wing conservative extremist, narcissism, sociopath or psychopath?

It's not just stupidity... Arizona politics has been dominated by character-disordered individuals for a very long time, but then so is the federal government.

Using lies, fear mongering, scapegoating, racism, symbols of ideology etc., false leaders are very effective at altering the majority of a population’s true sense of reality and can therefore, easily, lead them into error.

I have lived in Arizona most of my life, and the corporately owned conservative media dominates much of the State.

If someone told me that the PTB was running an experiment to see what depths of ignorance they could make a population regress, It would be difficult to find enough people who had a clue as to what is actually going on in the world, to prove such accusations wrong.

Maybe they will use Arizona as a model to dumb down the rest of the country, and then there will be a Nazi sheriff coming to a county near you…

It's about time that he was outed. Perhaps he'll have to do time with some of the people that he treated like feces. Hopefully the big brawny guy will need a jail "friend."

Hey Joe, don't bend over to pick up the soap in the shower!

with this asshole running the show not to mention one has to put up with helllike temperatures half the year

whoops. bad idea to begin with oh well

nation's #1 media whore sheriff.

Who is now a convicted felon. And was so controversial he has his own wikipedia page.

Gerald Hege
...
Hege took Buford Pusser and Joe Arpaio as role models. Hege ordered all deputies to dress in paramilitary fatigues and combat boots; Hege dressed this way himself, despite the tradition of business attire for Davidson County sheriffs. Hege reinstuted the use of chain gang prisoner labor. He also removed the television sets and books (except for the Bible) from the county jail. (In a sign of things to come, Hege made sure the televisions were removed in full view of the local news media.) The jail was repainted in pink with weeping blue teddy bears. Prisoners also wore color coordinated jumpsuits to identify their offense: Blue for misdemeanors, green for sex offenders, and orange for felons. The jumpsuits were striped in the old fashioned manner as opposed to the modern solid color. Hege carried a Heckler & Koch MP5 instead of a service revolver. The sheriff also kept the robes of eight former Ku Klux Klan members whom he claimed he had convinced to retire. Hege also claimed that Mafia hitmen had a bounty on his head, as he interrupted the flow of drugs through Davidson County. These claims could not be verified.

As Hege's national fame grew, he became the star of a Court TV program titled "Inside Cell Block F." The show was filmed inside the jail, and the inmates were the studio audience. In addition, Hege appeared on "Larry King Live," "20/20" and "America's Most Wanted," as well as other programs. Rumours circulated that Hege intended to run for governor of North Carolina, though Hege denied these rumours.
After 9/11, a Christmas card sent out by the Sheriff featured him in the desert wearing a black jumpsuit, with a bloody sword and the severed head of Osama bin Laden with the title "Happy Ramadan." This incident sparked statewide controversy and an ACLU investigation.

Ostensibly to raise money for charity, Hege created a line of merchandise centered on his public persona. Hege merchandise items included posters, die-cast "spider cars," action figures, coffee mugs and barbecue sauce. All revenue from this merchandise and his TV appearances was donated to charity.
As years passed, charges of nepotism, financial irregularities, and mismanagement began to surface. On September 15, 2003, Hege was charged with 15 felonies and suspended from office. The charges were five counts of embezzlement by a public officer, five counts of obtaining property by false pretenses, two counts of obstruction of justice, one count of endeavoring to intercept oral communication, one count of aiding and abetting to endeavor to intercept oral communication and one count of aiding and abetting to obtain property by false pretenses.
...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Hege

He'll learn the true meaning of justice.

Because obviously none of you attacking Joe Arpaio know a gd thing about the real situation.

Hell, didn't the power hungry moron threaten some Judge? Remember reading about him trying to collect evidence to put a judge behind bars because he was a political enemy.

That's just about the dumbest thing I've ever read.
One can be "tough on crime" and keep the "illegals" out, with out being corrupt and sadistic.

Joe Arpaio should resign and face indictment.

here ya go!

... that local conditions can justify sadistic and inhuman treatment? All that liberty and justice for all stuff only applies when local conditions are such that it's easy and convenient, but under other circumstances, it's alright to just chuck all that out the window?

See my post up-thread http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4847854#4848663

Wouldst thou enlighten us who are so ignorant of the good sheriff and his real situation.

-Hoot

"Attacking" Joe Arpaio....really?

and yes there are solutions that need to be found, and quick, before we are over run and don't have the resources to support the people coming in. Both sides need to come together, actually negotiate instead of acting like children, and get some decisions made.

However, Joe Arpaio is a fascist POS that does, indeed, belong in his own jail. He is a criminal.

Fuck the corrupt asshole.

If Joe Arpaio wasn't completely fucking useless as a cop, this chart would look completely different.

I would add this page--http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arpaio/

I've watched over the years as he's been praised to the hilt and wondered for so long WHY such a vindictive person has been allowed to abuse his authority! I have NEVER felt his programs on how to run a prison were anything but deplorable. His authoritarian view of punishment over all else has been something close to torture from my point of view!

I've heard rumors for such a long time about how crooked he is and yet he continues to abuse! So I say... PLEASE someone nail his ass to the wall!

And a Good Riddance if this can be done!

nah nah nah nah nah

:7

but when I spoke with him a few weeks ago he was very concerned about my ex-govenor(Blagoavich/ILLinois) , being brought to justice no concerns about AZ!! :crazy: Fed the lines by talk radio( he admitted the source)