Reply #37: Not defending Joe so much as pointing out the flaws in the attacks on him. [View All]

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What about his deputy stealing files out of a defense attorney's briefcase while her back was turned during court? Joe is defending this, by the way.

I haven't seen where Joe was defending it. That's not to say that he hasn't, just that I haven't seen it. As for what that was about, it will be interesting to see since the deputy will be answering to a higher authority.

What about him and his deputy thugs harassing anyone that looks like their tan is too dark?

Even if you believe that his police force profiles, surely you realize that your characterization of this is hyperbole and largely generated by people who oppose law enforcement in general and immigration enforcement in particular. The department has Americans of Mexican ancestry and other Spanish speaking people, different ethnicity and mixed ethnicity persons there. Sorry, but there is good reason to question the motives of those making this accusation, since they are easily found marching with signs in opposition of border patrols and immigration enforcement.

Frankly, I've heard this accusation in various forms even here where immigration isn't much of an issue but race is. The dash cams in police cars will go a long way to prove or disprove these allegations. It will be hard for someone to claim to have been pulled over "just because I'm..." when the cam says, "just because you rolled the stop sign."


What about the time he seized a reporter's documents and refused to give them back?

Not familiar with that one. Something some folks here aren't getting is that I don't think Arpaio is a saint, or even that he isn't an asshole. He is a Republican, after all. But he's on the right side of the illegal immigration issue and as long as self-styled liberals/progressives are on the wrong side of that issue, they are going to give credence to the "law and order candidates are Republican" meme.