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Laura Segall / Reuters, file
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, shown in January, says he has been the victim of credit card fraud.
Published at 4:20 a.m. ET: PHOENIX -- Controversial Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio, who styles himself "America's toughest sheriff" for his relentless pursuit of criminals, said on Tuesday that he had himself become a victim of credit card fraud.
Maricopa County's sheriff said his credit card information had been used to buy $291 in groceries in Chicago -- a city Arpaio said he had not visited in years.
Arpaio, who has achieved headlines for housing county detainees in a "Tent City" jail and for sweeps targeting illegal immigrants across metropolitan Phoenix, said fraudsters used his Discover card last week to shop at a Jewel supermarket.
A controversial plan from Arizona's Sheriff Joe Arpaio will send armed members of his volunteer posse to some Phoenix schools to provide security. Oralia Ortega, of KPNX-TV reports.
"I haven't been to Chicago since I was a young federal narcotics agent in 1957 ... so I sure couldn't have been buying groceries in that supermarket," Arpaio told Reuters. "This seems to be a widespread problem across our nation."
He said he was alerted to the scam by Discover and that no arrests had been made.
Arpaio was swept to a sixth term in office in November by supporters of his hard-line stance on crime and illegal immigration in the Phoenix area. He is also fighting lawsuits from the government and Hispanic drivers who accuse him of civil rights violations and racial profiling, which he denies.
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Anyone surprised if it was an illegal alien who stole the credit card info?
Drive by Joe's house and see who is cutting his lawn, cleaning his pool, and maybe cleaning his house. I am guessing that either someone at Joe's Office pulled a good one on the boss, or his card was highjacked at a local restaurant or convenience store. I am sure the FBI jumped right on this one. Right!
If he's "America's toughest sheriff", why is MCSO's record of investigating rapes so abysmal? News flash sheriff, illegal immigration is not the only crime in this county.
That was chased out of Phoenix, and now has an Illinois drivers license. Probably two, one in the name of a guy named Joe....
the only? of course not....merely the largest. But don't worry Barrys "fixing" it.
gm Tramp
Yep. There are people working night and day on the "Path to Democrat Registration."
I think Identity Theft should be punishable with death. You can't have two people with the same identity and the person whose identity was stolen had it first. This is becoming way too much of a problem and it is too easy to commit. Maybe immediate death would cause people to stop and think.
With reading all the comments in support of this self-proclaimed toughest sheriff now really gives me a good reason not to move to AZ, along with the way my friends and I were treated there. We took a road trip to Phoenix as we were thinking of moving there. We were stopped by the most rudest and ignorant cop ever. He said we were speeding, and we looked suspicious because we were from CA. I couldn't believe that this arrogance SOB had the nerve to say we looked suspicious. We just let him run his mouth until he said he believed we were hiding something and asked for permission to check our car. That did it, my g/f grabbed her cell phone and called her b/f who just happens to be an attorney. Well after he spoke to the cop, not only did we not get a ticket, but he even offered an apology, which is when we laughed at him, and of course told him the only reason we weren't getting a ticket in his so-called tough area was because he knew we had done nothing wrong, and we also had his badge number, along with him giving all his info to "our" attorney. So tell me one good reason to move to AZ, seems like all the cops there think they are "GOD"...
Lol couldn't happen to a nicer person. Bet his card was skimmed right in Phoenix.
With the illegal alien population there ... you are probably correct.
Good. There's really no protection for individuals personal data. All the laws are for the convenience of corporate profits. Nothing will change until some important people get scammed.
The only real function of any government is protection of citizen property. That is what everything really boils down too.
Whoever did it better hope they don't get caught and extradited to Maricopa County.
Bill-194...., I agree totally, God forbid we should have public servants actually do their jobs and uphold the laws as they are sworn to do. What a concept.
Averyan: There is not a site named savebang.com. Whats up?
If it ever happens to you, it won't be such an amusing matter.
The authorities will tell you that it is a "civil" thingy and it is up to you to resolve in the civil courts so hire yourself an attorney (if you can afford one) and have at it.
If you're lucky enough to have caught the charges on your credit cards to stop them before being ruined and to have them taken off, you'll be okay without an attorney. If someone has fully compromised your identity via SS#, birth certificate information, and things of that nature.... may the Force be with you, because the federal government sure as hell won't be.
Keep doing what you do, Joe, and don't worry about who you offend.
Liberals don't care about the long-term health of this country, only about what they can get for themselves today. It's people like this Sheriff who are at least slowing down the moral erosion caused by liberals and their rancid platform.
Racial profiling IS moral erosion, tool.
BigJeff-29..., did the people Joe has locked up do a crime? I'll bet so.
Maybe you should ask that question to Judge Donohoe, Judge Mundell, on Stapley, and anyone else who has been falsely arrested by Joe and to which lawsuit settlements have been paid.
Awww, what's wrong, littlejeff, did you have to resort to name-calling because I offended your fragile, liberal sensibilities?
Doesn't surprise me at all since you, like all liberals, have chosen the illegal scum crossing our border over your own country.
Bunch of disloyal, anti-American terrorists...
I would much prefer to have an illegal immigrant living next to me than the likes of Carringconcealed. Talk about scum..... Pot: "Kettle, you're black!"
gumps: I'm sure everyone was waiting with bated breath to hear how outraged you are that I despise you disloyal, anti-American terrorists, who just this week sided with a known terrorist, bigot and racist over a true American war hero.
You don't have a friggin' leg to stand on, so keep bumping those gums.
What a sad, pathetic troll, Carriyingconcealed.
And how, pray-tell, is it trolling when I am stating a stone-cold, indisputable fact?
When McCain referred to Ahmadinejad as a monkey, which is possibly the nicest thing anyone could find to say about him, rather than just nodding your stupid little heads and agreeing with him, you and your ilk decided that it would be a good idea to attack McCain, who just so happens to be a real American war hero; you know, one of those guys who sacrificed everything so ungrateful tools like you can be disloyal to your own country without being shot or hanged in public, which is what should actually happen.
And why did you choose to side with one of the foremost anti-Semites and bigots in the world; someone who hates the west, despises our way of life and believes all Jews should be exterminated? Because that's just the kind of people you are. You hate anyone who disagrees with your confused view of the world so badly, that you would choose to defend this Iranian scum over a man who was willing to give his life for your right to be an a$$hole.
Congratulations, you and your entire party have actually sunk to a level that is lower than pond scum.
Sheriff Joe Please ride off into the sunset.
the good voters of the County would beg to disagree with you.
$100M in misspent funds, over 400 sex abuse cases not investigated, millions of $$ lost to lawsuits/settlements - it would seem that the "good voters" don't maind paying through the nose for keeping around the world's biggest huckster.
you can afford it, just run your garbage-talking mouth some more there,Sherriff Joe...... not so much fun when youre the one taking it in the keester is it?
Well it does prove exactly why many more people just like him is needed so much
Kevin...first of all, greatest avatar EVER!!!! Fallout is the balls. But back to the point you were making.
This was a case of true identity theft. Not only did they skim his Discover card but they actually pretended to be Joe by punching an anchor baby in the mouth and throwing a brick through the window of a Lebanese laundry. Those thieves are excellent!
Yeah, Sherriff Joe is a bad man for wanting to remove all the worhtless scum from his community. What a villain. Chaos and Anarchy is just so en vogue.
Joe has done nothing to remove the Tea Partiers from his community - what are you talking about?
Your definition of 'worthless scum' apparently doesn't include illegal baby-rapers:
In April 2007, a 3-year-old girl was reported molested by her father, an illegal immigrant who cared for the child while her mother was at work. When the mother confronted her husband about the abuse, he cried and swore he'd never do it again.
Yet a few days later, the mother noticed more signs of sexual abuse on her daughter and called for help. After the initial report, that help didn't come.
The string of unresolved cases left Elizabeth Ditlevson, deputy director for the Arizona Coalition Against Domestic Violence, shaking her head. "My impressions were anger at the system and concern for the people whose cases weren't addressed," she said.
The report of the 13-year-old who had been inappropriately touched by her mother's live-in boyfriend had been faxed to one of Arpaio's investigators. El Mirage police, who were given back the case about 11 months later, learned that it hadn't been worked.
When El Mirage police finally tracked down the mother, she said her boyfriend had moved out and that she no longer had contact with him. She and her daughter were in counseling and didn't want to bring the case to court.
In their follow-up on the case of the 13-year-old attacked by the man claiming to have a broken car, El Mirage police discovered Arpaio's office hadn't interviewed the victim.
An El Mirage detective went to the girl's home just off the city's main drag. The girl's uncle said she and her mother weren't around and took the investigator's card with a promise to ask them to call.
The mother never called back. She and her daughter's whereabouts are unknown.
The case of the molested 3-year-old was returned to El Mirage police unworked five months after the initial report. The family's beige tract home was deserted, the phone disconnected.
And this:
Levalya Beyart, a social worker and single mother who wanted her name used in this article, remembers the horror she felt when she opened the front door of her modest home in a gated community in El Mirage on July 11, 2007.
Her mentally challenged 13-year-old daughter, who had been home alone, was "walking around in a daze," she told New Times.
The girl was naked from the waist down, and her body was scratched and bruised.
The living room was "torn up," says Beyart. "You could tell there had been some kind of struggle."
At first, she thought her daughter might have suffered a "flashback" to sexual abuse by a family member more than a year earlier.
But after Beyart got the girl to calm down, her daughter told a story that "sounded believable" to the mother.
Beyart's daughter said a stranger had come to the door in the afternoon, begging to use the phone because his car had broken down. She let him in, and he attacked and raped her.
Beyart phoned police and reported the incident, records show. She says an El Mirage officer showed up at her home and drove the mother and daughter to a crisis center in Glendale, where a nurse conducted a forensic exam.
Some blood was found on the girl's genitals, but the nurse believed it was possibly because the teen was beginning her first period. Only the theory wasn't correct, because the girl didn't start menstruating until months later.
A few days passed, and Beyart became concerned that nobody was taking the case seriously.
She was right.
Records show that it quickly was assigned to detectives from the MCSO sex-crimes unit — who never even bothered to interview Beyart's daughter.
Beyart was given an MCSO detective's number to call. She doesn't remember his name. But she'll never forget what he told her.
The detective promised to follow up on the case but added, "This [is] not a priority," according to Beyart.
In fact, records show, there was no follow-up. Beyart remains angry and disillusioned over the treatment that she and her daughter received from Joe Arpaio's office.
"I don't know," she tells New Times. "I was really hurt. I'm not sure if it's because we are people of color. They majorly dropped the ball."
If her daughter told the truth — and Beyart believes she did — a rapist probably still is on the loose.
The lack of a criminal investigation was concerning, but Beyart's priority was her daughter. Beyart enrolled her in more therapy sessions. In the months that followed the rape, the daughter's mental state deteriorated. She "had her days and nights mixed up. She would stay in the shower for hours. She wasn't as social as she used to be. There was weight gain, depression."
Beyart cringes every time she hears another news story — and there have been many — about how Arpaio's office failed to properly investigate sex crimes.
"He allowed this to happen," Beyart says of the sheriff. "Nobody's disciplined. They're trying to cover their behinds."
And your words are proof of why they aren't needed. The dumbing continues...
Please give us a single example of a place where Far Right government has ever served the needs of "the people"? Just one.
GodBlessAmerica:
He misappropriates funds and doesn't investigate crimes that don't involve illegals. He is the worthless scum that this community deserves. He takes the easy, controversial issues but has no follow-through. He's just a lazy POS.
By the way, you misspelled Sheriff and worthless.
I mean, come on. Who ACTUALLY has a Discover card?
The PC lemmings hate a man like Sheriff Joe.
Really? I've been a law enforcement officer and Lieutenant for going on 37 years. Overall, I think Sheriff Joe is despicable. I like some of what he's done (tent city, removal of almost all cable TV) and running on a minimum menu which meets dietary requirements. But he is a race-baiter.
Keep in mind that under most circumstances being in the USA without a passport or other immigration approval is not a criminal offense. Why don't you guys get that? It's civil law, not criminal. Sheriff Joe is empire-building, using county money to go after civil offenders, who in most cases were guilty of nothing except being here 'illegally'. His jail gets to stay full, the number of deputies probably increased. His fear-mongering hate-based policies play well with his constituents, but that don't make it right. I noticed in a lengthy news article that Sheriff Joe's sex crimes department is way underfunded, and that rape cases get low priority. Do you think a few more detectives should be assigned there would make a difference? It would, if they transferred officers now having to hunt down 'illegal' aliens.
Actually, I am guessing the Joe was the instructor for CIA Prisoner Interrogation Methods.
To Steve Brinkhoff........BFD, so what does that make you king....I would back sheriff Joe 100 %. We need more like him and we don't not little chicken @!$%#s like you. You sound like a liberal c o w a r d to me.
Your full of total crap and a liar let me clarify why..... this is NOT a civil matter at all.
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(a) Improper time or place; avoidance of examination or inspection; misrepresentation and concealment of facts Any alien who (1) enters or attempts to enter the United States at any time or place other than as designated by immigration officers, or (2) eludes examination or inspection by immigration officers, or (3) attempts to enter or obtains entry to the United States by a willfully false or misleading representation or the willful concealment of a material fact, shall, for the first commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both, and, for a subsequent commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18, or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Your not a lawyer nor a cop..... but you are a liar...and a left wing zealot.
Sheriff Joe is a real American Hero, in the modern day, cleaning up crime and corruption that is ever rampant at ALL levels. He has been looked at by so many agency's for "supposed" issues and comes out clean every time. Even the federal government stuck a microscope up his butt and he came out clean.
My advice?...quit telling lies to everyone especially yourself.
@steve: way to light up the flag lover/people haters. Keep it up.
Even if what you say is true, foreclosures, breach of contract, personal injury cases and divorces are also torts (civil law). Should we ignore them as well?
You can have him, I'm tired of paying off his lawsuit settlements, and they just keep coming. The last one was 11/2012 for $3.25M, and since our insurance deductible is $5M because of his other settlements, which means we, the taxpayers of the county, get to foot the bill for this one too. Be a good Tea-publican and help us reduce our tax liabilities, take Arpaio. Please. Before we go broke.
If Arpaio paid attention to ALL crimes, not just the ones that would get him the most attention, I'd have a bit more respect for him. Although he says he's going after the 'illegals', here's a case when he didn't, even when the illegal was also a baby-raper:
In April 2007, a 3-year-old girl was reported molested by her father, an illegal immigrant who cared for the child while her mother was at work. When the mother confronted her husband about the abuse, he cried and swore he'd never do it again.
Yet a few days later, the mother noticed more signs of sexual abuse on her daughter and called for help. After the initial report, that help didn't come.
And the result of that:
The case of the molested 3-year-old was returned to El Mirage police unworked five months after the initial report. The family's beige tract home was deserted, the phone disconnected.
That's not my definition of a 'hero'. if he's so tough on illegals how come he didn't go after this illegal baby-raper and get this scum thrown in jail and deported? Who knows where that three-year-old is now?
Shosyn:
You are correct, entering illegally is a criminal offense and makes the person committing the crime an illegal.
However, Steve was also correct when he said that being in the US without paperwork is a civil offense, not a criminal one. One can be in the US legally and simply be missing paperwork; such people are 'undocumented'. That's the difference between 'illegal' and 'undocumented'.
Missing papers are civil issues, not criminal. You cannot be arrested simply for not having papers (there would have to be no record of you having ever entered to be arrested for being illegal), but you can be 'civilly detained' for missing/incomplete paperwork or lack of ID.
@Shosin
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Oh, man Shosin! That was the funniest of the posts I have read all day! To say someone is a left wing zealot and to say that Sheriff Joe is a real American Hero in the same breath is hysterically hypocritical.
*wiping tears from eyes* You sound like one of those big-bellied rednecks sittin' on a bench in front of the barber shop whittlin' a stick. Too bad your dim-witted Southern drawl doesn't come over in print. I guess neither does the *spit* and *ptiiinnng!* of your chaw hittin' the spitoon.
Denver,
No we shouldn't, but we don't throw the people who commit those TORTS in jail, do we?
Shoshyn,
What you posted is the text of the law which deems sneaking over the border and/or avoiding customs, which is a MISDEMEANOR. The poster is indeed correct that the majority of people who are here "illegally" are NOT breaking the law, as they had the proper papers and came through the proper channels, but were unable to renew those papers. And once that happens as this no way to fix it. Being here without documentation, is a CIVIL matter.
http://www.fourmilab.ch/uscode/8usc/www/contents.html
P.S. The VAST majority of the time we DON'T throw people in jails for misdemeanors. I'm guessing you've committed your fair share of them. I know I have.
I'm guessing that Sarah has never had a job, owned a business or taken responsibility for the welfare of others. Taking responsibility for others does NOT mean voting to take money away from people who worked for it and giving it to people who didn't. That's called stealing. Petty little person with a petty little life...
Karma is a #*@ch!
When you deal with the lowest examples of humanity day to day some of the dirt is bound to splash on you. Just goes to show no one is America today is safe from illegal alien identity theft and the associated crime.
Being here without the approval of Immigration rules is NOT a criminal offense. Most "illegal" aliens are hard-working, family oriented, commit relatively fewer crimes, and are otherwise good citizens. Statistically you are not putting yourself in danger being around those cannibals, the "illegals".
Yes it is a criminal offense, the government simply does not have enough people to catch them all.
to Steve B.... you are so full of crap. All illegals should be deported ASAP. You are a liar, all the illegals I see are nothing but filthy scum, they are dirty, vile and disgusting.
Steve, LEO? Funny, you sound more like a community organizer for La Raza.
Thank you, Steve!
I was declared 'illegal' when immigration lost my adoption paper, a paper I never knew I had because my parents passed away without telling me I was adopted internationally. It took three years to sort that out--I was adopted before the law was changed to make international adoptees automatic citizens upon adoption.
No crime had ever been committed--it wasn't a crime for my parents to not have told me I was adopted, it wasn't a crime for me not to have the adoption paper, and it wasn't a crime for the government to have lost the paper out of my file. I'd never been in trouble with the law prior to my being declared 'illegal' and never have since. I just want to live my life, do as much good for those around me as possible, and be left alone.
Deport them all? Well, it costs $12,500 to deport one, so how do you suggest we pay for it? Of course I'm assuming you aren't going to say, "Screw due process and proper channels" since you seem so concerned about legality, and the highest court in the land as indeed ruled that undocumented people are entitled to legal protection. That would be the SCOTUS case Plyer v. Dough.
Hey....serves that scumbag sheriff right! I can't stand him!
why? are you a criminal or one of the sheep of the left?
Hey! I like sheriff Joe, and praying for him too.
Dennis
Are you one of the sheep of the right?
Methinks it is so!
Not much response in this thread. Hopefully Arpaio has reached the end of his minute of fame.
As long as he continues to do his job and do it as well as he has.
In 1992, Arpaio successfully campaigned to become the Sheriff of Maricopa County. Since then he has been reelected to an unprecedented five 4-year terms. During his tenure as Sheriff of Maricopa County, Arpaio has consistently earned high public approval ratings.
Alot longer than "a minute of fame" dont you think? I can understand why the criminal would dislike him so much but why does it bother the left that a citizen would do the job they were elected to do and do it well? Wouldnt it be great if every elected official did the same thing? Think of it, every elected representative doing the job they were put in place to do. `A President who put the citizens of the nation before party agendas .... a Senate that did the same thing ... the House has been doing a good job but could do better.`
He's also supposed to be investigating rapes and other sexual assaults. He doesn't seem to think that those are part of his job.
Credit card fraud is a crime. That said, Im not very broken up about the losses of this POS racist. Sounds like Karma calling to say hi.
Criminal is a race now? Awww ... you are profiling and stereo-typing every member of a minority group (illegal alien hispanic is not a race) as a criminal. Even a citizen who does not follow the leftist agenda like a zombie knows that is wrong.
I know a racist when I see one. So does everyone else who isn't a racist. Once Amnesty comes in, there wont be anymore labels to use though, will there.
Once Amnesty comes in, there wont be anymore labels to use though, will there.
Do you have any idea how much resentment there will be if the crime is made legal instead of prosecuted? The costs to society will not go away, preventing future crimes will not go away, degradation to education system, justice system, welfare system, quality of life .... none will go away because the criminal is declared not a criminal. Things will get much worse.
Just because the current wave of illegal aliens are from central and southern American continent and they are the ones effected when Federal law is enforced does not make a connection to "racist". Putting aside the fact that "hispanic" is not a race but a culture, the only people who would make try to invent such a connection are those with an agenda.
"The modern definition of 'racist' is someone who is winning an argument with a liberal." -- Peter Brimelow
I guess I'll have to say this a lot tonight: BEING IN THE USA, WITHOUT APPROVAL FROM IMMIGRATION, IS NOT A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. It's civil law. There's a difference between the two. You may say that it's a bad idea; they should all go back, now; whatever. What you can't say (and be correct) is that "illegal aliens are criminals." Because would be wrong.
Gee and here I was under the impression that as a violation of Federal law it was a felony of some sort. Same with violating Federal law in working without valid identification, identity theft, etc.. Something wrong with the picture you paint and the idea of rule of law.
Each year the Border Patrol is making more than a million apprehensions of people who flagrantly violate our nation's laws by unlawfully crossing U.S. borders to work and to receive publicly-funded services, often with the aid of fraudulent documents. Such entry is a misdemeanor and, if repeated, becomes punishable as a felony.
Ok, I see your point. First time deportation but no jail, second time shows intent and is felony I guess is the logic.
You have shouted your point like a child. I call bullshlt on you being anything law enforcement as you stated above in your rhetorical ranting and left wing propaganda speeches you type.
Let me rebuttal you....
ICE deports people by the bus loads for violating civil law? I think not.... you my friend are telling lies to everyone here by stating divisive non-factual lies when you say it is not criminal.
HERE ARE SOME FACTS FOR YOU FROM THE LAW OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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(a) Improper time or place; avoidance of examination or inspection; misrepresentation and concealment of facts Any alien who (1) enters or attempts to enter the United States at any time or place other than as designated by immigration officers, or (2) eludes examination or inspection by immigration officers, or (3) attempts to enter or obtains entry to the United States by a willfully false or misleading representation or the willful concealment of a material fact, shall, for the first commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both, and, for a subsequent commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18, or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both..........................................................................
feel free to type your rebuttal anytime and stop posting garbage please.
Steve ... Well I guess we can just say the U.S. International border is an open border and stop the pretense of being a sovereign nation with right to control entry of foreign nationals, seeing as it is not a crime and all. .
I understand what you're saying but you should rephrase that a bit for clarity.
What I try to get people to understand is that all illegals are undocumented, but not all undocumented are illegal.
Illegal is someone who deliberately crossed the border without permission/committed a crime.
Undocumented is someone who is here legally, came here legally, had permission to come--and is missing paperwork.
There was an article recently about a Hispanic schoolteacher who had her identity stolen by an illegal; thus she became 'undocumented' and had to file taxes for years under an ITIN number instead of her Social Security number. That's the difference.
Now all he needs is a visit to Uncle Johnnies house so he can take it up the back side then have to walk it off!!!
We need many more in law enforcement just like this sheriff. Willingness to enforce the law of the land should not make a lawman a pariah. He should be encouraged. If the lawyers of America would stop the interference in applying justice, and become concerned with public safety above their bank balance, the rule of law might actually work.
The system is working just fine, the jails are over-flowing. This man is a pariah, not because he upholds the law, but because he mistreats people. No one wants a mean racist POS in this kind of position, except in sh!tholes like AZ.
Yes mj. Poor poor boys, they are the victim of the modern age!
no they are victims of a for profit justice system we now have. We already incarcerate more of our population than any other country in the world. It seems to me that ya'll seem to be calling for a police state form of gov't.
I'm surprised that good ol Sheriff Joe hasn't setup armed checkpoints on every road going in and out of town to check for legal IDs. (papers please)
Why would he do that? All he needs to do is have a violation of any law and require license or any other legal form of I.D.. Thats existing law enforced, the job he was elected to do.
He would get EVERYONE at the checkpoints, even if they were not violating the laws.
SBuck ......... Sorry to burst your ideal plan .. but .... that would be a violation of the Constitution. I for one support his present policy, it is much better to just continue with the legal action of requiring I.D. when making a legal stop and turning over to Border authorities if there is any question of legal right to even BE within the National Border.
He tried when he first took office. Wanted to stop each car entering the county and check it for drugs. That included the interstates.
The County Atty at the time told him he was nuts. And he's still nuts today!
Dennis
Define a 'legal stop' in Joe's language. There are SO many cases of people being pulled over for DWB that it is not funny any more.
And by the way, this guy pisses all over the Constitution each and every day.
BigJeff-2931255
I have said it before, and I will say it again, I seriously doubt you even understand the Constitution, nor how much Liberals truly do piss on it each and every day.
The only reason you say what you do, is your world view is complete backwards of what it should be. But what does one expect from the ignorant.
DumbFarmBoy (what an apt moniker!), do yo even live in Arizona? Have you followed the reports concerning Arpaio's crime sweeps? There were legal citizens who were detained/arrested by MCSO simply becuse they were hispanic looking. How is that consistent with the U.S. Constitution?
When it happens to Joe public, it does not even raise an eyebrow. When it happens to that jerk, it is national news. Give me a break. I believe in law enforcement, it would be nice if he did too. Laws can be enforced without debasing the guilty. He does not believe in civil rights... I hope someday he is held under the same conditions he enforces.
A major food store chain in AZ had their payment info hacked, and the CCs of MANY folks in AZ got stolen. That news just hit yesterday.
Arpaio is doing this as a STUNT. He's not concerned AT ALL about the other folks in the same position.
80% of this clowns campaign funding comes from outside AZ, and a recall effort was started just last week, by the same group that got Arpaio's good buddy Russell Pearce recalled. He only won with 50.6% of the vote last nov, and needed a sham candidate to split the vote!
It is ironic that despite all of his Nazi tactics, the crime rate in his county is worse than average.
MCSO IGNORED over 400 sex crimes in a town where they were the primary law enforcement. They took a report and just filed it in some cases, when they knew the name of the attacker!
lots of that going on
"Joe" just needs to go to the right gun range, fix everything.
Yeah, I'm sure that the law enforcement leaders of cities like Chicago and Detroit are doing a much better job at controlling crime with their methods.
I believe we need a sheriff with the b*lls to go after real crooks, not on the job immigrants. Forgo the photo shoots, get you and your boys feet wet in dealing with criminals who are making victims of innocent people instead. Highest stolen car cases in the country quite a few years back, but under Joe's watch nonetheless. Why? I've been told by victims that police did nothing more than make a report, with the words unquote: I'll take the report, but we won't go searching for your car. I see more cops hassling vagrants, kids on bicycles, any young persons hanging around with no apparent objective in mind. I drive a cab at night and observe lots of things like these on a nightly basis. All easy targets for the po-poes. Meanwhile, someone's home nearby is getting broken into, cars being stolen, break-ins, etc. 60 officers getting overtime so Joe can roust bakery workers during the night? Where are his priorities?
For Jow it has always been about self promotion. I've always been amazed at the short (convenient) memories many of Joe's supporters have. Those who are so opposed to illegal immigrants seem to have forgotten that Joe once couldn't care about them - until he discovered that there was such a large segment of voters who were so anti-illegal, then he became their hero - it was all about pandering to them.
I guess sheriff's aren't the only ones who can pick and choose which laws they're going to uphold.
I live in phoenix (well not Phoenix city limits proper - YUK - the East Valley suburbs actually), and let me tell you, Phoenix is NOT a low-crime place by any stretch of the imagination. It's funny that El Paso has the POTENTIAL to be one of the worst cities in the US (right by Juarez), and yet it's one of the LOWEST-CRIME cities anyway, and its sheriff does NOT feel the need to be a jerk and an a-hole to immigrants.
I truly feel that this man will burn in hell for the suffering he has caused countless families. His relentless prioritization on hunting immigrants is an obsession for him, and he puts it ABOVE fighting REAL crime - like the crime that we hire sheriffs to fight. He loves to find factories where poor women from south america are working their butts off harder than you or I will ever have to, and busting the place, he'll call out the news cameras to parade a line of handcuffed, chained women shuffling dejectedly out of a phoenix factory, their heads down and their faces showing utter despair.
My wife and I once saw this kind of thing on the news and I almost vomited. The scariest thing is not just that there is one sick perverted old man who likes to flaunt this kind of power, the scarier thing is that 51% of my fellow Arizonans actually think it's OK.
I guess Joe may be tough when he's carrying a gun, but at the end of the day he's just a sick, troubled, fat old man.....and not smart enough to avoid being scammed himself. This man makes me sick. His judgment day will be coming though.
Arpaio can't carry a gun. He's not AZ Post. Nor can he make arrests. He's an elected official, and nothing more.
Well said
I don't know why this is news. Many people at one time or another have been victims of credit card fraud and so I'm not surprised about Arpaio. Perhaps he should be more careful with his receipts when he buys take-out at Ha Ha China or buys chocolate truffles from Chocofin. Or when Eva buys her groceries at the Fountain Hills Bashas.
It is not surprising that he doesn't managed his credit card receipts well - he misspent over $100M in funds.
What is surprising is that he got re-elected. Despite all the bad pess from the last couple of years voters still believe in him - how sad!
At least they bought groceries with the card. Mr. Sheriff just consider it as a good deed and a donation, cancel your card and move on with a new one...
Nothing wrong with racial profiling. When you look like a duck, walk like a duck, quack like a duck, OMG you well may be a duck.
Nothing wrong. Unless you happen to be a legal citizen and get caught up in one of his so-called crime sweeps and get arrested simply because you look hispanic.
Except that it's wrong. And illegal.
Not that that's ever happened before. /s
Do you blame all ducks for the one that pooped on your car?
Nothing wrong with racial profiling. When you look like a duck, walk like a duck, quack like a duck, OMG you well may be a duck.
Nothing wrong with racial profiling. When you look like a duck, walk like a duck, quack like a duck, OMG you well may be a duck.
Hope this issue with the c/card is worked out. Regardless, keep up the good work Sheriff!
They should check on what exactly was bought. If it included Depends and hair dye, Joe probably was in Chicago, but just didn't "recall" it. Like when he takes the stand. He can never recall nothin'!