|
|
| AZ Lawman Under Investigation |
| By theweek.com |
| Published: 02/26/2010 |
|
Who is Joe Arpaio? He’s the Republican sheriff of Maricopa County, Ariz.—known to his fans (and to himself) as “America’s toughest sheriff.” But to his detractors, he’s “Sheriff Joke,” and his controversial tactics have landed him before a federal grand jury. Arpaio, 77, first gained national attention early in his tenure, in the 1990s, when he began dressing inmates in pink underwear to humiliate them, housing them outdoors in sweltering tents, and sweating them on chain gangs. He boasts of eliminating coffee, basketball, movies, and almost every comfort from his jails, which, he says, “should not be like the Ritz-Carlton.” More recently, Arpaio has become a champion of ridding his turf of illegal immigrants, and has dispatched hundreds of his deputies to conduct “sweeps’’ of Hispanic neighborhoods. He’s arrested more than 30,000 illegals, prompting Washington to charge that he was engaging in racial profiling and to demand he stop enforcing federal immigration law. “If Washington doesn’t like it,’’ he shot back, “I recommend they change the laws.’’ Read More. |
Comments:
Login to let us know what you think
MARKETPLACE search vendors | advanced search
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
|
Has your insurance claim been denied after business interruption or a storm? Regrettably this is all too common. That’s why it is important to contact an denied insurance claim in Waco to explain your legal rights to determine if your insurance company unlawfully denied, delayed or diminished your claim to coverage under your insurance policy.
Stack Overflow is a question and answer site for professional and enthusiast programmers. It is a privately held website, the flagship site of the Stack Exchange Network. Hamilton Lindley is an enthusiast computer programmer offering solutions to problems that are developed digitally. The website features questions and answers on a wide range of topics in computer programming.
The mans got my vote...like he said "it's not the Ritz/Carlton"...this is prison..as for the so called sweltering tents..I lived in a tent for six months in the desert during a deployment...if it's good enough for the troops..it's good enough for an inmate.