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Fuck Sheriff Joe- DOJ Fucks Sheriff Joe Edition
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The Department of Justice is going to bring the hammer down on Joe.
THE hammer.
What can you say but: go get him, DOJ. It's been a long time coming.
THE hammer.
Associated Press wrote:PHOENIX - Federal authorities say they intend to file a lawsuit against Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio and his department over allegations of civil rights violations.
The U.S. Justice Department sent a letter dated Wednesday to lawyers for the Maricopa County sheriff, giving his office "notice of intent to file civil action."
Arpaio's office has been accused of racially profiling Latinos, basing immigration patrols on racially-charged citizen complaints that didn't allege crimes and punishing Hispanic jail inmates for speaking Spanish.
The DOJ also has accused Arpaio of having a culture of disregard for basic constitutional rights.
Arpaio has denied allegations of systematic discriminatory policing and has insisted the Justice Department provide facts to prove its allegations.
The Justice Department said a 22-page letter that it sent Arpaio's office in December provides those details.
What can you say but: go get him, DOJ. It's been a long time coming.
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And about fucking time.
I'll take a small victory, though.
I am amused by the naming convention sticking.
Also woot! it's about damn time!
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No, wait. It's to try and take attention away from the truth about his birth certificate.
Ok, fine, it's because Joe is a jackass.
So much this
This is how a lot of roleplay in MMOs I play goes down. Or how Splinter Cell: Conviction ended up playing. "YOU GOT NEW GOGGLES TO SEE SHIT! OH NOW THEY HAVE THEM TOO!" Trump the trump card.
unfortunately, most of the time it's been a local politician in his little fiefdom and he was able to strong-arm them into silence.
Except he can't anymore - a key piece to that strategy was that he had a pet DA. He doesn't anymore.
After Thomas' disbarrment, it's not surprising how quickly things have deteriorated for Joe.
Oh hey, how long ago did this happen, and what caused it to happen?
About a month or two ago. It was the topic of the previous FSJ thread.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/04/10/sheriff-joe-arpaios-top-lawyer-facing-disbarment/
He used the sheriff's office and his position as a prosecutor to harass political enemies. He's now disbarred now.
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It's not. This has been a long time in the making. Couple of months ago they basically cut off all negotiations with his office and publicly announced the reason for doing so being his not acting in good faith during the negotiations. He was yanking their chain from the get go. And as Hedgie pointed out, once he lost his powerful DA ally, he lost the only thing keeping his critics at bay.
Frankly they should be hauling him off to prison, it's a slap in the face to every family member who lost someone to his despicable jail practices.
Unfortunately, it's going to be a sort of political martyrdom. People hate the Federal government to the point of seeing it as a conspiring entity, rather than an entity that keeps people like Joe in check when they become position-abusing fucks.
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Cant wait for Sheriff Joe to get crushed by it! Ha!
I doubt Joe cares. He'll quit his job and go on the wingnut welfare talking circuit.
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Ten bucks Fox News gives him a job.
They doubling up anyone's time slot these days? Anybody's ratings slipping? I'll up that to a hundred if they've got somebody they can cut back a half hour.
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Personally, I want him in his prison, where the inmates get the bare minimum to survive in what can be best described as tents in a furnace. Oh, did I forget to mention that you're stripped searched before you're arraigned and don't even have basic human rights in there?
Yeah, I want him to go through the shithole he's created. fitting punishment as far as I'm concerned.
Once again for the millionth time. He runs the jail, not the prison. Most of the people in his little hotbed of hell are either going to be there for less than a year (so minor offences) or are still awaiting trial. Either way he wouldn't be in his tent city because he's got money, and people with money don't rot with the poor in good ole maricopa.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/08/joe-arpaio-birther-book-obama_n_1499519.html
Some lovely allegations so far.
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Poorly supervised as well, multiple people have died from or been permenantally injured because of exposed rebar and other hazards. Outside of cases where his deputies decide they just want to kill someone and beat people to death while in custody.
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If he ended up in the same prison as the people he used to frame.
I got a little excited when I saw your ship.