Sheriff Arpaio Defiant Facing DOJ Demands

Your Obama thuggery taxes at work, folks.

The people of Arizona should tell the fed’s to take a hike! This Department of Injustice is nothing more than a group of Progressive (modern day term for which ever ism you choose). It’s about time for massive civil disobedience!

As a white conservative Arizona native I am sick and tired of this idiot Arpaio his primary job as is to arrest outstanding felons by serving warrants not get his fat face on tv all the time. He is a blowhard, and crime has gotten worse since he was elected not better, he is all hat and no cattle.

American citizens are fed up with this administrations tyranny. Keep the faith Joe.

It is very scaARY TO BE TARGETED FOR ONE OF THESE WITCHHUNTS THAT ALLOW NO DUE PROCESS.

Sounds like Arpaio thinks he’s a mini-dictator.
Thanks President Obama and AG Holder for all you do.

Posted by: Nephron |
I was thinking more along the lines of thank you for pursuing justice when sheriffs are accused of grossly abusing their power and an investigation is warranted, thank you for acting in the face of economic crisis, thank for for using $100 million in Recovery Act funds for the Warrior Transition program, which helps ill and injured soldiers recover and return to duty or to their communities, thank you for pursuing green intiatives and dedicating $2.4 billion of Recovery Act fund for development of domestic industry to make lighter, more energy-dense lithium-ion batteries designed to power electric vehicles, thank you for passing the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act,thank you for expanding SCHIP, thank you for saving our auto industry, thank you for helping small companies like Equinox Chemicals expand its exports, thank you for rehabbing the Staten Island Ferry Terminal and investing in rail and infrastructure, thank you for passing comprehensive health care reform, thank you for pressing on unemployment extensions, small business aid and financial regulation, thank you for drawing down the troops in Iraq, thank you for pressing for the $20 billion escrow fund from BP for damage claims related to the Gulf oil spill …
(and to Holder, thank you for the quick arrest of Faisal Shahzad in connection with the Times Square bombing)

Since when is it correct to prosecute on unproven “accusations”…of course…when Obama became President…Try putting your energies into prosecuting the USS Cole bomber, families of victims been waiting 10 years for that…but no alas…that has been dropped until after the next mid-cycle elections…how sick is that..

Posted by: Parallex View |
I think you need to look up the meaning of the word prosecute and figure out that you need to investigate to determine whether there is any reason to prosecute.

Nephron, So in your mind the Shahzad and Zazi cases don’t reflect good investigative efforts by federal agents, law enforcement officers and Justice Department prosecutors working together, regardless of whether I phrased the sentiment correctly?
Whatever.
The DOJ today is a big improvement over the inappropriately politicized DOJ of the recent past. Not perfect, but better. Remember when Scott West, an EPA criminal investigator, conducted an investigation of alleged crimes committed by BP that would have resulted in felony charges but President Bush’s DoJ shut his investigation down to shelter BP executives from prison? (How Bush’s DOJ Killed a Criminal Probe Into BP That Threatened to Net Top Officials)?
Oh, before you go there, I know, I know, we are not to speak of the recent past as a gauge since it was very extreme– but you all want to go back to those same policies, relive the oo’s with many of the same players and rhetoric, so it’s relevant.

.Innocent Until Proven Guilty…”pursuing justice” is a statement that assumes guilt…..
You’re conflating… wait for it… my opinion that an investigation is warranted and there is merit in the allegations with… wait for it… prosectution, then. Which is even odder.

If the sheriff is inoccent and wants to follow the law he should have no problem turning over evidence that was asked for by the justice department. Sounds like to me the sheriff doesnt want those records to become public. Gee I wonder why if hes done nothing wrong that is.

If the sheriff is inoccent and wants to follow the law he should have no problem turning over evidence that was asked for by the justice department. Sounds like to me the sheriff doesnt want those records to become public. Gee I wonder why if hes done nothing wrong that is.
Posted by: Mike | Aug 28, 2010 11:58:06 AM
Exactly.

You know what they say about “ASSUME’ right..

Posted by: Parallex View | Aug 28, 2010 12:05:46 PM
Not quite, but nice…. wait for it… try. figure out what you’d have to do on the sheriff side of the equation for that to sort out.

Oh, and we’d get to keep the part of our history that has to do with liberalism– including the Constitution.
Y’all can keep the loyalists, confederates, Jim Crow laws, trail of tears.

Cara you made an inaccurate statement about a matter of public record. Eric Holder was NOT responsible for the arrest of Shahzad.Period.Using the legal definition of your claims as being water from the same poisoned well,I would not find any of your claims credible.

I stand by you Sheriff Arpaio!

“If the agency is deemed to have engaged in discriminatory behavior it could risk losing federal grants.”
See, this is a problme. The feds are way too lenient with these guys. They should lose the funding immediately on the basis that they aren’t complying with the federal audit.

The feds are way too lenient with these guys. They should lose the funding immediately on the basis that they aren’t complying with the federal audit.
Posted by: Flash Override | Aug 28, 2010 2:16:53 PM
Good point.

Cara,if you think the Shahzad case reflects great work you are easy to please.They had the car. They had the VIN. They were able to identify him as a suspect. They tailed him AND LOST HIM.They had no idea of his whereabouts on May 3,they had no idea that he was attempting to escape to Pakistan.He boarded a plane and would have flown to Pakistan except for a routine post boarding check by Emirates Airline-note that the Justice Department was not involved in any aspect of his arrest,as you claimed.As far as disinformation-has Barack Obama released his long-form birth certificate? The state of Hawaii says it is on file,but can’t be released without Obama’s consent.I believe that he was born on Oahu,but I find it curious that he refuses to release the form. When one considers that he refuses to release any academic records,any educational financial records,any significant transcripts from his secondary education,any travel records,any bar exam results,any LSAT results it would appear that he has something to hide.As other Presidential candidates have released this information his failure to do so is unusual,particularly in this time of increased investigation of candidates-although the press has been singularly uncurious about the history of Barack Obama.As far as Frantz (not Franz) Fanon, what would be your interpretation of two authors writing about George Jessel and both spelled his name Georg? What if virtually nobody else spelled his name Georg during the same period that the author’s were active?That isn’t disinformation- the Obamaphiles want to ignore anything that could tarnish the reputation of their hero,but there are odd things out there that have never been answered.Why?

Posted by: Nephron |
Thanks for going there… lol.

Posted by: deadwrestler |
Will the mass graves contain the bodies of the thousands who have allegedly been kidnapped and beheaded?

Run for higher office Joe! Although office of sheriff should be one of the most important, highest office in the land really. Funny how Obama’s handpicked DOJ doesn’t want to prosecute the bombers of the USS Cole, secure the border, or deal with the failed near-narco state to our south but is always going after Americans. Weird priorities…..we need a “change”.

Foghorn: this is why the borders must be sealed, or at least protected! Most people forget that the illegals are, at least currently, the people who are most exploited by the unfettered, illegal, and open border situation. Both as they travel through (or from) Mexico, by the coyotes, by the drug gangs, and then by employers once they reach the US. So why does everyone support the illegals? They should “change”, to use the parlance of our times, their country. Of course we all know that the US, even before “the One”, likes illegals (mainly as a “pressure valve” to prevent radical change in Mexico and beyond and for cheap labor and, more recently, for new voters and greater excuse for more govt programs/spending.) But US people need to rise up and say “No Mas” (to quote a famous Mexican boxer). It is BAD for Mexico, it is BAD for USA. Keep the honest people, talent, and money in Mexico and, maybe, they will rise up against their corrupt government, elite families, and against the drug cartels.

State of Arizona Fraternal Order of Police,
Fraternal Order of Police Lodge Five,
Maricopa County Deputies Association,
All voted ‘no confidence’ in Arpaio

“The Sheriff’s Office has destroyed, altered, and withheld incriminating evidence in numerous cases involving heinous brutality by deputies and jailers”
Sound familiar at all? Like Abu Ghraib maybe? For people who live in a world of fear reactionary brutality seems to be a standard substitute for real courage and determination.

Hey Sheriff if your records are o.k. why hide them? I say arrest him..he is no different from anyone else who refuses to cooperate. We can’t have laws for one side and not the other. Just maybe, all that he has done is not legal.

T…Please re-insert “illegal alien” in place of sheriff and/or him and what does that give you….EQUAL RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES FOR ALL WHO RESIDE IN AMERICA…….OOPS, PROBABLY NOT WHAT YOU WANTED TO CONVEY..EQUALITY THAT IS…

I can only pray that some day Eric Holder will be brought to justice for he is the worst kind of criminal.

Sheriff Joe, his attorneys, and all patriotic Americans should request Obama to show “Eligibility” first. If not, why comply? This administration apologizes to our enemies and goes after the people in our own country that work hard and live right. It would not be in Obama’s best interest to go after Sheriff Joe as the ECONOMY BURNS TO THE GROUND.

Sheriff Joe is just doing his job,while the ass clowns in Washington don’t have a clue.

Sheriff Arpaio should respond to Holder’s DOJ demands by mailing him a pair of pink underwear with Eric Holder embroidered on them.

When will our government step up and protect the people? Sherrif Joe needs to be arrested and sent to the International Criminal Court to be tried for crimes against humanity.

Go get them Joe……

I’m not a Huge fan of Sheriff Arpaio, but I am a huge fan of how this country was set up and intended to work. The Federal Government has no business telling him how to run is County. That is for the people to decide. It is an elected position and for whatever reason they keep voting Arpaio back in. Just because he isn’t touchy feely liberal enough for the current administration doesn’t give them the right to go after another man holding an elected office.
Despite what they would like you to believe, the federal government was never granted to power to rule over the internal workings of individual states.

We’re…NOT ME SISTER…..

This investigation has been going on since 2008 by President Bush. Now Democrats in office. 2010 saw increase # complaints lodged by watchdogs human safety agencies, Arizona political officials, newspaper agencies in Arizona, Superintendent of Schools, businesses, etc. Illegal immigration law has placed increased scrutiny upon what Feds are doing with investigation.
Two investigations exist.
(1)Illegal immigration
(2)New one from local complaints for alleged abuse of power – Arpaio was working closely with former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas attacking, arresting, criminally charging, suing anyone they felt were their enemies. Long list. Thomas case referred to Supreme Court by Arizona State Bar for investigation on possible charges unethical conduct & abuse of power. One judge found both Thomas and Arpaio abused the power of their office.
Feds have to act, investigate for compliance when too many complaints exists. Both Republicans and Democrats are lodging complaints, but more are from Republicans. Feds will be accused of inaction if they didn’t act. Could be sued. This investigation is same as any other federal investigation. If business was causing people to die at their work – public would demand investigation.
US is governed by legal laws and everyone must abide by the laws. Even though Sheriff Joe Arpaio is an elected police authority, he still must abide by established governing standards and pertaining laws existing in US. Being a sheriff does not exempt him.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio has long history of refusing to cooperate with anyone. His jails have lost accreditation multiple times during his career. And see Feds have been having a problem with getting him to correct concerns. Last inspection report end of 2009 revealed no changes were even done as ordered. County has paid out of taxpayer money over $45,000,000 + unknown insurance paid settlement money as a result of law suits filed against him. Now there are $50,000,000 more new settlement claims. Insurance premium rates for county have skyrocketed. More taxpayer money.
His jails only have 9,000 inmates, but have had 2100+ law suits. Three large cities – Los Angeles, Chicago, ? have 60,000 jailed inmates combined, but have only have had 45 law suits. Arapio has been sued 50+ times more than these cities, but only has 18% of their jail population. Goldwater Institute, conservative think tank did two very critical investigations on his office. Report findings were alarming. Seems Arapio ignores investigating, arresting real criminals that commit rape, murder, robbery, etc. It was found that Arapio is more interested in politicizing himself and illegal immigration to public than he was in actual crime prevention/solving the real serious crimes. East Valley Tribune reporters received Pulitzer prize for their investigative reports. Reports were very critical and damaging of Arpaio and his police management, illegal immigation pursuit, and police protection/crime investigations/arrests of criminals.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio is very good savvy politician. Uses news media extensively to politicize himself locally and nationally. Does excellent job. And is savy to use his self campaigned media exposure to profit personally from his extended private business pursuits that also rely/tout his police work. Don’t forget he is in an elected office position. He is not interviewed by officials, police authority work record is not scrutinized by professional experts. Public voters elect him to office.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio should have to not worry if he is as good as he claims. Yes, he is innocent until proven guilty. And investigation can prove if he is. Sorry facts are facts, and I really feel some serious issues are present and need to be investigated.