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Former Arizona tough guy Sheriff Joe Arpaio going to jail

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This "sheriff" was responsible for upholding the law and the Constitution. But spurred on by the hateful rhetoric of rabid conservative talk show hosts, he ordered patrols to use racial profiling to find supposed illegal immigrant . When clearly ordered by the court to stop, he defiantly continued, even bragging on national media that he was going to continue. Conservatives cheered his open, flagrant defiance of the courts and the law. He was sticking it to the system!

Well, now the hammer has now come down, and come down hard. He is going to jail.

He tried to defend himself in court by saying the court order "was not clear", not that he was trying to openly and willfully disobey the courts and break the law. Yeah, right, buddy. Too bad you were caught on video bragging about defying the courts on national TV. Too little too late now.

He thinks he was "America's toughest sheriff"? Let's see how tough he is next time the soap falls in the shower.

Fortunately, we remain a country of laws. If anything will save us now, it's that. Even if we now have a president and a large portion of pitchfork-and-torches carrying mob in this country, if anything will save us from turning into Venezuela and Somalia, it's the courts.

Joe Arpaio, former Arizona aheriff, found guilty of contempt - CNN.com
 
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Former AZ tough-guy sherriff Joe Arpaio going to jail!

This "sheriff" was responsible for upholding the law and the Constitution. But spurred on by the hateful rhetoric of rabid conservative talk show hosts, he ordered patrols to use racial profiling to find supposed illegal immigrants. When clearly ordered by the court to stop, he defiantly continued, even bragging on national media that he was going to continue. Conservatives cheered his open, flagrant defiance of the courts and the law. He was sticking it to the system!

Well, now the hammer has now come down, and come down hard. He is going to jail.

He tried to defend himself in court by saying the court order "was not clear", not that he was trying to openly and willfully disobey the courts and break the law. Yeah, right, buddy. Too bad you were caught on video bragging about defying the courts on national TV. Too little too late now.

He thinks he was "America's toughest sheriff"? Let's see how tough he is next time the soap falls in the shower.

Fortunately, we remain a country of laws. If anything will save us now, it's that. Even if we now have a president and a large portion of pitchfork-and-torches carrying mob in this country who are out to flout the law, if anything will save us from turning into Venezuela and Somalia, it's the courts.

Joe Arpaio, former Arizona aheriff, found guilty of contempt - CNN.com
 
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Re: Former AZ tough-guy sherriff Joe Arpaio going to jail!

just wait : Trump will pardon him before he settles down for his first green bologna sandwich.
 
Re: Former AZ tough-guy sherriff Joe Arpaio going to jail!

Arpaio has always been pure swine....
 
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Helix said:
just wait : Trump will pardon him before he settles down for his first green bologna sandwich.
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And then make him DHS Secretary.
 
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azgreg said:
And then make him DHS Secretary.
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and then fire him next Tuesday.
 
I suspect that the sheriff of a US city will probably not see jail time for enforcing the US laws of the land. Even if it takes a pardon for the current president to throw out bull**** charges from a previous administration that refused to enforce immigration law.

I could be wrong...but I doubt it.
 
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I hope he gets rotorouted by Bubba from stem to stern everyday he's in jail.
 
VanceMack said:
I suspect that the sheriff of a US city will probably not see jail time for enforcing the US laws of the land. Even if it takes a pardon for the current president to throw out bull**** charges from a previous administration that refused to enforce immigration law.

I could be wrong...but I doubt it.
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So you actually have no idea what he was found guilty of and what you're talking about.
 
ataraxia said:
This "sheriff" was responsible for upholding the law and the Constitution. But spurred on by the hateful rhetoric of rabid conservative talk show hosts, he ordered patrols to use racial profiling to find supposed illegal immigrant . When clearly ordered by the court to stop, he defiantly continued, even bragging on national media that he was going to continue. Conservatives cheered his open, flagrant defiance of the courts and the law. He was sticking it to the system!

Well, now the hammer has now come down, and come down hard. He is going to jail.

He tried to defend himself in court by saying the court order "was not clear", not that he was trying to openly and willfully disobey the courts and break the law. Yeah, right, buddy. Too bad you were caught on video bragging about defying the courts on national TV. Too little too late now.

He thinks he was "America's toughest sheriff"? Let's see how tough he is next time the soap falls in the shower.

Fortunately, we remain a country of laws. If anything will save us now, it's that. Even if we now have a president and a large portion of pitchfork-and-torches carrying mob in this country, if anything will save us from turning into Venezuela and Somalia, it's the courts.

Joe Arpaio, former Arizona aheriff, found guilty of contempt - CNN.com
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Who said he is going to jail? He has not been sentenced yet that will occur at a later date.

The ruling carries a possible maximum sentence of six months in jail and a monetary fine for the 85-year-old Arpaio.

The misdemeanor criminal conviction handed down Monday by District Judge Susan Bolton.

Is a Federal Judge is going to sent a 85 year old man to jail for a misdemeanor conviction?
 
Look, before this thread turns into a ****show... alright it already has but I'd like to point out one thing here that I find troubling.

Arpaio is an absolute dick... ok!

He in a position of elected law enforcement went out of his way to appeal to some of the darkest sides of American populism, it's extremely clear what he was trying to do, the court ruling proves it, his birther nonsense proves it.

However, it is also troubling to me, that despite these wrongs, the OP would seemingly take pleasure in the knowledge that an 85 year old man may be raped in prison that he undermines his entire position on Arpaios assault on human rights and the law.

We don't sentence people to rape for their crimes.
 
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Some of you seem to think lying Hillary won the election.

LOL!

He'll never spend a day in jail.

He's been a warrior on the front lines of the war against the infestation of illegal aliens.

Trump will call him to the White House and pin a medal on him.
 
ataraxia said:
This "sheriff" was responsible for upholding the law and the Constitution. But spurred on by the hateful rhetoric of rabid conservative talk show hosts, he ordered patrols to use racial profiling to find supposed illegal immigrant . When clearly ordered by the court to stop, he defiantly continued, even bragging on national media that he was going to continue. Conservatives cheered his open, flagrant defiance of the courts and the law. He was sticking it to the system!

Well, now the hammer has now come down, and come down hard. He is going to jail.

He tried to defend himself in court by saying the court order "was not clear", not that he was trying to openly and willfully disobey the courts and break the law. Yeah, right, buddy. Too bad you were caught on video bragging about defying the courts on national TV. Too little too late now.

He thinks he was "America's toughest sheriff"? Let's see how tough he is next time the soap falls in the shower.

Fortunately, we remain a country of laws. If anything will save us now, it's that. Even if we now have a president and a large portion of pitchfork-and-torches carrying mob in this country, if anything will save us from turning into Venezuela and Somalia, it's the courts.

Joe Arpaio, former Arizona aheriff, found guilty of contempt - CNN.com
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uh not so fast. first of all its a misdemeanor offense. secondly, there is dispute whether the judge's order that the sheriff allegedly violated was clear. third he is going to appeal which essentially means a jury will decide rather than a judge who is a Clinton appointee.


Verdict Reached in Joe Arpaio Case; Sheriff Found Guilty
 
phattonez said:
Sounds to me like the senate did a good job.
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If you call the Senate doing nothing a good job, sure. Just like the Senate's doing now, nothing .
 
Common Sense 1 said:
Who said he is going to jail? He has not been sentenced yet that will occur at a later date.

The ruling carries a possible maximum sentence of six months in jail and a monetary fine for the 85-year-old Arpaio.

The misdemeanor criminal conviction handed down Monday by District Judge Susan Bolton.

Is a Federal Judge is going to sent a 85 year old man to jail for a misdemeanor conviction?
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You said 85 years old twice. You named the judge as a woman. Why the deflections away from a criminal ?
 
Tanngrisnir said:
So you actually have no idea what he was found guilty of and what you're talking about.
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You people are so cute.

Of course I know what he was 'guilty' of. He was guilty of using time honored investigative techniques employed by ICE even today. He was 'ordered' to stop investigating immigrants that were guilty of the sole crime of being illegal immigrants. Sort of like what ICE does every time the roll into an agro field or they pull employee records on job sites where immigrant workers tend to be commonly found. The same techniques BTW which the federal government spent millions in training local law enforcement officials to assist the fed with.
 
VanceMack said:
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You people are so cute.

Of course I know what he was 'guilty' of. He was guilty of using time honored investigative techniques employed by ICE even today. He was 'ordered' to stop investigating immigrants that were guilty of the sole crime of being illegal immigrants. Sort of like what ICE does every time the roll into an agro field or they pull employee records on job sites where immigrant workers tend to be commonly found. The same techniques BTW which the federal government spent millions in training local law enforcement officials to assist the fed with.
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So, IOW, you bray yet again that you have no idea what he was found guilty of and what you're braying about.

Nothing new there at all.
 
TurtleDude said:
uh not so fast. first of all its a misdemeanor offense. secondly, there is dispute whether the judge's order that the sheriff allegedly violated was clear. third he is going to appeal which essentially means a jury will decide rather than a judge who is a Clinton appointee.

Verdict Reached in Joe Arpaio Case; Sheriff Found Guilty
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No, there's no actual dispute about the order being clear. It's just more grandstanding and smoke-blowing by a corrupt old man and his defense, desperate for anything to cling to. Anyone familiar with Arpaio, his history and his MO would undersand that he was going to do exactly what he wanted, court order or not.
 
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