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Package containing explosives sent to Sheriff Joe Arpaio
A suspicious package sent to the controversial anti-immigration Sheriff Joe Arpaio in Flagstaff, Arizona was found to contain explosive materials, police told KPNX and the Arizona Republic on Thursday evening. An explosive test of the package revealed black powder, according to a spokesperson for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio ally: Bill to scramble recall elections just ‘respecting the will of the voters’
Confronted by activists on Thursday, Arizona State Rep. John Kavanagh (R) refused to say whether his sponsorship of a bill that would scramble the state’s recall election is meant to defend the embattled Sheriff Joe Arpaio. He defended the bill nonetheless, saying he’s just “respecting the will of the voters.”…
Injured ‘Sheriff Joe’ releases hospital bed videos
After falling and breaking his arm while walking through downtown Phoenix on Thursday, Sheriff Joe Arpaio released a pair of videos of himself in a hospital bed, talking about his determination to return to work. According to Talking Points Memo, the 80-year-old sheriff spoke to a woman off camera about…
Steven Seagal joins Arpaio’s ‘posse’ for training on school shootings
Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s volunteer “posse” had a special guest on Saturday, as actor and reality show “Lawman” Steven Seagal joined in as it tackled training scenarios in the event of a school shooting. KPNX-TV reported that members of the group conducted their training at a shuttered elementary school, with…
Campaign to recall Sheriff Joe Arpaio kicks off in Arizona
A group calling itself Respect Arizona filed papers on Thursday to recall Maricopa County’s controversial Sheriff Joe Arpaio. “We believe Sheriff Arpaio has violated our trust and our dignity as citizens because too many people have suffered as a result of Sheriff Arpaio’s abusive practices and policies,” the group wrote…
Arpaio plans to use armed volunteer ‘posse’ to patrol local schools
Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio said he plans to send members of his department’s volunteer “posse” to patrol schools as a response to the Dec. 14 school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. “Everybody else is talking about what their ideas are. They want new laws,” the Maricopa County sheriff told KPNX-TV on…
Arpaio ‘disappointed’ in lack of protesters at San Francisco appearance
Sheriff Joe Arpaio is used to being the subject of protests, which made a recent visit to San Francisco surprising for him, he told KGO-TV Thursday. “I’m a little disappointed because from New Hampshire to California, every time I travel or give a speech, l have demonstrators,” said the Maricopa…
Appeals court slaps down Sheriff Joe’s ‘papers please’ policing
A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that officers with the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Department in Arizona must discontinue Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s policy of detaining people they suspect of being undocumented immigrants. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling sided with a lower court’s order last December, which required Arpaio end…
Joe Arpaio Wants Your Papers, Will Not Accept Them
Man, wingnuts in Arizona really are obsessed with people of color and having your “papers”. Despite the fact that it makes you an automatic laughingstock to do this, Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County in Arizona made a big to-do over his “investigation” of the President’s birth certificate. I’m sure…
Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio faces civil racial profiling suit
The self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff in America”, Joe Arpaio, will be called to account in a courtroom this week over long-standing accusations that he is waging an unlawful campaign of discrimination and harassment against Latinos. Arpaio, the sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, will be questioned before a federal judge in Phoenix…
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