Feds Blast Ariz. Sheriff Joe Arpaio for Alleged Civil Rights Abuses

He’s also under attack because his department failed to investigate 400 child physical and sex abuse cases. They just misplaced them he says.

More BS the long knifes are out.

So why is it that I, a law-abiding, born-here American citizen, feel that Maricopa County is one of the safest in the US?

I guess if we want the truth we can’t follow this article, there is so much information missing it is not even worth calling this accurate news reporting.

Arpaio may be terrible, but our Justice Department has been so bad, biased, and downri8ght fraudulent the past couple of years that it is difficult to attach any credibility to any of their actions or suits – a very sad state since many may be valid.

Is this the same justice department that supplied weapons to Mexican drug cartels? Fast and Furious.Why isn’t Holder and the rest of that bunch under investigation or has it been swept under the rug like all the other blunders?One border guard was killed by these weapons and who knows how may others. How about getting that investigation going and a few of the others. When this administration says they don’t know anything then that is just saying the Obam administration is running amok and nobody knows what the other guy is doing. Who are these guys reporting to? Nobody apparently.

ferretti, Arpaio is not the sheriff of the whole state, just one county. Maybe his county is safe.

Between him and the Governor, they’ve got the ok corral under control. Racism at it’s finest. I often wonder how ANY minority would EVER vote Republcian.

If you look at the statistics, Maricopa Country is in the top ten counties for carjacking, home invasions, kidnapping, violent crime, etc. Its’ a hub for the drug trade. Maybe the focus should be on those things instead of picking up poor Mexican farmers looking for work.

Ferretti, if what you say is true then the sheriff has to be tuff. If all what you say went on in your neighbor hood would you want some guy like Obama patrolling it?While he was having a bud with some guy he accused of being a racist , sounds familiar does’t it , somebody else would be getting robed or worse. Besides how do you know he is picking up poor farmers? I never heard a thing about that.

We wouldn’t need or have Arpaio if the Fed would, for once, do there job instead of bellyaching about someone else doing it for them, Here we have a case of law-breakers empowered to prevent a person who is sworn to uphold the law, from upholding the law.

And it has been 3 years, why haven’t any Fedral charges been brought up to stop this alleged illegal activity? Usually when the Feds go to press with alligations, it’s because their case is weak and want to sway they public in their idealisms. Right or wrong, going to the press against this sheriff is not how the Justice dept. is supposed to make sure things get done!

This has nothing to do with the subject of this article BUT, I think THERE are a lot of people on these boards who try to prove THEIR intelligence and education by using 50 cent words in THEIR comments when THEY’RE actually showing that they did NOT comprehend anything in THEIR English classes. Perhaps a remedial English course at THEIR local community college would be in order before showing the world THEIR ignorance.

THERE are times I have to re-read lines in these comment several times to try to figure out what the person is trying to say. FYI, THERE is ‘spell check’ and when that little red line shows up under a word it means it’s misspelled and simple right click of your mouse will give you the correct spelling, please use it even if your grammar is terrible.

I am not a highly educated person, other than the school of hard knocks, but I at least attempt to us proper English, grammar and spelling when I respond to someone or on a comment board. It drives me up the wall to see these supposedly educated people that don’t know the difference between THERE, THEIR AND THEY’RE. As do the people who think it’s cool to use texting shortcuts in their response. Please reserve this for your chat and Facebook programs or other places where the atmosphere is more lax.

Sorry for the rant but I really wonder at times how educated and intelligent are these responses when the spelling and grammar are atrocious.

David, not likely. The investigation was started under Bush; though was stonewalled for awhile until the Dept. of Justice had to force the MCSO to cooperate. Still, it is true that Arpaio’s demeanor does probably inflame his critics….

This administration is made up of tax cheats and liars who fail to do what the constitution calls for. Then they turn around a sue states who are doing what they must. The Senate has not done one of their most important functions – pass a budget – for 960 days.

If Holder and this administration thinks he is bad then we know he is doing a great job. The man is responsible for the murdering of thousands of people on both sides of the border violating federal laws to do so and he has the audacity to call anyone violating someones rights is a joke. You cant even tell when Holder is lying anyway remember lying is a state of mind.

Individual incidents do not prove a pattern. I suspect that if other police departments were scrutinize in the same way there would the same claims. Who is bullying whom?

I guess when the federal government gets embarrassed due to the outing of their dereliction of duty as far as illegal immigration is concerned, there is bound to be backlash. joe arpaio is a great sheriff, extreme times call for extreme measures. DO YOUR JOB FEDS, THEN HE WONT HAVE TO! ILLEGAL immigrants are ILLEGAL and should not bear the same rights as a u.s. citizen. Why do people forget that? Here in Arizona, illegals get free healthcare, food and cash assistance and more. How did that happen?

Arpaio isnt picking on the Mexicans..he is enforcing the law…too bad that the feds don’t do more of that!!

“If you look at the statistics, Maricopa Country is in the top ten counties for carjacking, home invasions, kidnapping, violent crime, etc.” — Then, how can anyone call Arpaio America’s toughest sheriff. If crime is that bad in the county, he’s obviously not doing a very good job….

Lock him up in his own jail! Where is Jesse Jackson and the Reverend Al Sharpton or the ACLU on this? If someone is here illegal, working, and not doing anything wrong, I do not see the problem. If they are gang banging, selling drugs, yeah, lock them up. Just wished I looked Latino, I would bring this scum of a cop down as a racist!

I prefer Sheriff Joe to the Fed any day.

I retired here two years ago and moved to Arizona and have come to the conclusion that President Obama has it out for Arizona. He needs the hispanic vote to get re-elected and will do anything. The AG should be fired for not doing his job he is the boss and therefore should go. Obama is protecting him and he should go hopefully. Obama is a racist and is attacking Sheriiff Joe thru the DOJ for being the same. Sheriff Joe is doing his job and we do not want illegals to be here and have to pay for their problems they should be sent back to Mexico and we should not coddle anyone of them that here now, including any children. My social socurity (that I have paid into all my workling ilfe) should not go to illegals and their offspring.

Go Sheriff Joe thanks for doing your job when no one else has the —–to do so.

Is it too late for him to join the Repulican primary race? He will win BIG TIME ABSOLUTELY!!!

Way to go Arpaio !!!! Republican hero !!!!

It’s no wonder America has lost credibility around the world. We just spent nearly 1 trillion dollars to “liberate” the Iraqi people. But, a lot of you don’t want to spend one cent to rid Arizona of this trifling degenerate who operates like a dictator.

I am really appalled at at this news piece!!! This is the MOST one sided story (and it is just a story) that I have EVER seen from ABC news!!! Sheriff Arpaio is simply just applying the law laid done by the United States constitution & FEDERAL law. I give him credit for doing something that really needs to be done but no one else has the “you know whats” to do! If you do not live in Arizona, you do not see the problems that illegal immigration has caused this state. A lot of illegal immigration (but not all of course) has contributed to most of the local gang activities & is one of the main reasons this state ranks low in many standings.. As a border state, we are subject to high criminal activity from across the border. We have a RIGHT to protect our children from such illegal & immoral activities. Our duly elected Sheriff is trying to do that but, now apparently , is being curtailed in this lawful venture. How dare the Federal government decide what is best to protect the citizens of Arizona! How Dare does ABC 15 news decide that Sheriff Joe is wrong! If you present a news story, you should present both sides as in an unobjectionable view, with all the facts. You totally failed to do this on tonight’s news. This is purely a political move & one that, I pray, the the legal voters will see through. Shame on you ABC news & shame on the government. I will pray for all tonight as we have just taken a HUGH step back from lawfulness! Right now you are are doomed to damnation. Just don’t take us all with you…

♫♫♫ Yo Yo way to go, deliberately indifferent Sheriff Joe!! ♫♫♫

it’s amazing how many racist comments there are here. Do you understand that latino families have family members who have been here for generations and others who don’t have documents and are from other latin american counties. My dad is a vietnam vet, my cousin is undocumented, i have family in mexico and more family in the USA. this is not an illegal / legal problem, this is a rich vs middle class and poor problem. millions of undocumented immigrants send billions of dollars to the federal government in taxes and billions of dollars to local economies in sales tax revenue, they never see that back. i nkow father and mothers whose children are born here and they have worked there whole lives here, with no hand out and no government benefit, because they are forced to live off the grid. Get with it folks, many of these people will be taking care of your old asses and cleaning your drip pans, American has always thrived off of immigration and it really is the only thing that will keep us vibrant, you all are getting pretty old and quickly, let’s get them out of the shadows and pay taxes and have them involved, most immigrants have lived here for many many years and the ones i have met are hard working and mind their own business and want whats best for their children. the bottom line is that our dollar right now as americans is worth less than it ever has been in our lifetimes and it sure is hell ain’t the undocumented immigrants fault, it’s greed and corruption, but those guys don’t talk to you and you don’t see them because they fly in jets, but the hard working folks you see that are trying to make it, you blame them for your situation, i understand that but education starts with self

Hispanic is not a race or a nationality.Mexicans are not latino or hispanic,or spanish.They are Aztec Indians,Aztatl’an, name of legendary place of origin.1.a member of a people who lived in Mexico and, had an advanced civlilzation before the conquest of Mexico by Cort’es in 1519 . 2 their Uto-Aztecan language, usually called Nahuatl 3 the branch of the Uto-Aztecan family to which Nahuatl belongs = adj. of the Aztecs, their language,culture, etc. They now speak spanish ,because the Spaniard made them learn or else trouble.It’s a shame this History is not taught in our school in the U.S.

DOJ Pulled this publicity stunt on the ANNIVERSARY of Agent Brian Terry’s MURDER by a DOJ Fast & Furious gun, to bombard the media so America would forget. Prosecute Eric Holder!

Ladylexington states “we are a nation of laws” – however she fails to address which laws are being violated when it comes to immigration. The “laws” on the Federal books clearly state the role the Federal Gevernement is “SUPPOSED” to take to protect our borders – but doesn’t, the “laws” were supposed to prevent “Fast and Furious” but didn’t. The same “laws” are supposed to place those in prison for violating the laws of the land – they don’t. So when one sheriff stands up and does the job the federal government doesn’t – he is attacked. The law he is following (SB1070) is a mirror fo the federal law.

Racial profiling – ask yourself this . . . How do you not profile a person who is hispanic when upwards of 20 million of them are here illegally? COnstitution – where is it when it comes to protecting our homes qand property from an invasion? How many people does it take to be classified as an invasion? Janet Napalitano was a weak governor and an even weaker DHS head. SHe is nothing more than a puppet on a string dancinf to the tune of popularity. Talk about laws when our own government decides to enforce them as they were written. This is nothing more than a ploy to take the heat off of the governemnt for its debalce called “Fast and Furious” in which a duly assigned memeber of the law enforcement (Border Patrol) was killed with one of the same guns the government freely gave to the cartels – or is that against the law too?

To quote Lucky Dube –
“You can tell he’s looking for a fight, look at his face.
You can tell he’s looking for a fight, look at his nose.
He is the bul-ly from Soweto. In his world, dog-eat-dog.”