# Re-elect Sheriff Joe Arpaio and help put the "or" back in honor **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 20, 2016, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-elect-sheriff-joe-arpaio-and-help-put-the-or-back-in-honor/763389 "2016-08-20T07:38:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ganthet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de0a6/32.png) [@ganthet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ganthet)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-elect-sheriff-joe-arpaio-and-help-put-the-or-back-in-honor/763389/1 "2016-08-20T07:38:35Z")
[QUOTE=The New York Times] A federal judge on Friday referred Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his second-in-command for criminal prosecution, finding that they ignored and misrepresented to subordinates court orders designed to keep the sheriff’s office from racially profiling Latinos. … Sheriff Arpaio and Chief Deputy Jerry Sheridan “have a history of obfuscation and subversion of this court’s orders that is as old as this case,” Judge Snow wrote in his order. Sheriff Arpaio and Mr. Sheridan had also made numerous false statements under oath, Judge Snow wrote, and “there is also probable cause to believe that many if not all of the statements were made in an attempt to obstruct any inquiry into their further wrongdoing or negligence.” [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Joseph Heller] Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can’t stop them from doing. [/QUOTE] It looks like there are some limits to power, and Catch-22, after all. Sheriff Joe was previously found in civil contempt by this same judge a while ago who took a very long time in deciding whether to refer him for criminal prosecution or not. Sheriff Joe is also up for re-election to his seventh term (and previously spoke at the RNC last month). The usual Sheriff Joe cultists are blindly calling this particular federal judge a biased liberal who is on some persona vendetta. Sheriff Joe, like Caesar, can apparently do no wrong. But this time, though, it looks like there might be some limits to his power and his ability to cost taxpayers yet more millions defending him and his agency (in reality: settling) against lawsuits from his ball-swinging, poorly thought-out policies and actions. [Story here.](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/20/us/arizona-sheriff-joe-arpaio.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news) ---
**Author:** ![aliensshow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@aliensshow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aliensshow)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-elect-sheriff-joe-arpaio-and-help-put-the-or-back-in-honor/763389/2 "2016-08-20T08:05:11Z")
Aw, are the illegal aliens (aka Democratic voters) being treated like the tax-taking criminal parasites that they are? Continue sobbing 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-elect-sheriff-joe-arpaio-and-help-put-the-or-back-in-honor/763389/3 "2016-08-20T08:11:57Z")
> [@aliensshow](#): > > Aw, are the illegal aliens (aka Democratic voters) being treated like the tax-taking criminal parasites that they are? Continue sobbing 🙂 Sounds like a fair summary to me. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-elect-sheriff-joe-arpaio-and-help-put-the-or-back-in-honor/763389/4 "2016-08-20T08:19:15Z")
> [@aliensshow](#): > > Aw, are the illegal aliens (aka Democratic voters) being treated like the tax-taking criminal parasites that they are? Continue sobbing 🙂 We’ve had much better trolls than you. You really need to work some subtle wit into your posts to get yourself recognized. Get some more practice in the youtube comments sections and come back when you’ve perfected your routine. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-elect-sheriff-joe-arpaio-and-help-put-the-or-back-in-honor/763389/5 "2016-08-20T15:54:02Z")
Just to demonstrate the abyssal ignorance of **aliensshow** , Arpaio is in hot water not much for rounding up illegals; other cases, some of them brought by the ACLU, refer to \*\*legal residents \*\*and **American citizens** that fell in the discriminatory net of Arpaio and their rights were abused or denied as a result. The latest news means also that Arpaio will cost the shortchanged state millions of dollars more to keep this guy out of prison were he belongs. And this is still missing the **other** abuse of the law that Arpaio got into in his efforts to subvert the court: [http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/arizona-sheriff-arpaio-hired-investigator-judges-wife-testimony](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/arizona-sheriff-arpaio-hired-investigator-judges-wife-testimony) > [@](#): > > PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio dropped a bombshell in court Thursday when he said his former lawyer had hired a private investigator to look into the wife of the federal judge presiding over a contempt of court case against the sheriff. > > The hearing took the strange turn after Arpaio had finished his testimony and Judge Murray Snow began asking him questions, including whether the sheriff was investigating his family. That issue is coming later in another court case. And as mentioned before Arpaio and Trump are peas in a pod. Trump not repudiating one of his biggest supporters for the presidency after revelations like this one (that were known already months before they joined hips) only demonstrates that Trump will do likewise and instead of politicians of the past that bankrupted the nation in foolish attempts at defending the USA, Trump will bankrupt the nation with all the efforts made just to defend **himself** from the courts. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-elect-sheriff-joe-arpaio-and-help-put-the-or-back-in-honor/763389/6 "2016-08-20T16:55:24Z")
At this point in Arizona’s history, the state is a festering boil on America’s ass. Hopefully the citizens will have an awakening at some point, but for now it’s dead zone. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-elect-sheriff-joe-arpaio-and-help-put-the-or-back-in-honor/763389/7 "2016-08-20T17:28:58Z")
> [@aliensshow](#): > > Aw, are the illegal aliens (aka Democratic voters) being treated like the tax-taking criminal parasites that they are? Continue sobbing 🙂 Right, because to a conservative Republican, everyone who’s Hispanic is an illegal alien and a criminal. And Arpaio will treat them as such. Hillary Clinton says thanks for Arizona’s electoral votes. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-elect-sheriff-joe-arpaio-and-help-put-the-or-back-in-honor/763389/8 "2016-08-20T18:06:08Z")
> [@aliensshow](#): > > the tax-taking criminal parasites that they are? Continue sobbing 🙂 You know, this part of your post does a good job of describing the Bundys. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-elect-sheriff-joe-arpaio-and-help-put-the-or-back-in-honor/763389/9 "2016-08-20T18:30:23Z")
Did Sheriff Joe use county tax funds in his investigation of Obama’s birth? I can just see those investigators’ Hawaii travel reports. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-elect-sheriff-joe-arpaio-and-help-put-the-or-back-in-honor/763389/10 "2016-08-20T18:34:50Z")
Sadly, he has a lot of support out here. But, things are slowly changing. McCain faces a tough re-election fight this year. Who knows, maybe Joe will be voted out before he dies in office. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-elect-sheriff-joe-arpaio-and-help-put-the-or-back-in-honor/763389/11 "2016-08-20T19:17:12Z")
Speaking of the support Arpaio has, I have to post what this poster from FARK pointed out: > [@FARK's FormlessOne](#): > > I love how this asshole has become so politicized that prosecuting him for perjury and repeatedly violating court orders is somehow considered “a liberal trophy” by right-wingers, because the “Party of Law & Order” is quite happy to back an asshole happy to stomp on law and order because he’s their asshole, right down to the bigotry and petty fascism. > > This guy is exactly what’s wrong with the whole political landscape right now - when the GOP wonders how it is that Trump is suddenly their front-man, they somehow overlook the fact that the very same GOP continues to promote folks like this schmuck, as well. ---
**Author:** ![Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emtar_KronJonDerSohn)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-elect-sheriff-joe-arpaio-and-help-put-the-or-back-in-honor/763389/12 "2016-08-20T19:44:29Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Who knows, maybe Joe will be voted out before he dies in office. If you squint your eyes a little and fabricate some context that’s clearly a threat. Enjoy your stay in Tent City! ---
**Author:** ![aliensshow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@aliensshow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aliensshow)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-elect-sheriff-joe-arpaio-and-help-put-the-or-back-in-honor/763389/13 "2016-08-20T21:10:57Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Sadly, he has a lot of support out here. > But, things are slowly changing. McCain faces a tough re-election fight this year. > Who knows, maybe Joe will be voted out before he dies in office. “Sadly,” LOL. He shits on illegal aliens all day long and laughs all the way to the bank. Try not to have an aneurysm. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-elect-sheriff-joe-arpaio-and-help-put-the-or-back-in-honor/763389/14 "2016-08-20T21:42:30Z")
> [@aliensshow](#): > > He shits on illegal aliens all day long and laughs all the way to the bank. As long as he is fucking over brown people, who needs hippy dippy shit like the Constitution? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-elect-sheriff-joe-arpaio-and-help-put-the-or-back-in-honor/763389/15 "2016-08-20T21:43:08Z")
> [@aliensshow](#): > > “Sadly,” LOL. He shits on illegal aliens all day long and laughs all the way to the bank. Try not to have an aneurysm. Crawl back under your bridge. ---
**Author:** ![aliensshow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@aliensshow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aliensshow)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-elect-sheriff-joe-arpaio-and-help-put-the-or-back-in-honor/763389/16 "2016-08-20T22:57:33Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > As long as he is fucking over brown people, who needs hippy dippy shit like the Constitution? Why is it only liberals who use the bigotted colloquialism “brown people?” I mean, I know why, I’m just wondering how long it’ll take the slower members of the short bus to catch on. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-elect-sheriff-joe-arpaio-and-help-put-the-or-back-in-honor/763389/17 "2016-08-20T23:05:36Z")
I was confused by this article. If a judge wants to hold someone in contempt, can’t he just do it? Why do the prosecutors have to get involved? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-elect-sheriff-joe-arpaio-and-help-put-the-or-back-in-honor/763389/18 "2016-08-20T23:21:46Z")
When I first heard of him, I thought he had the right idea until I found out how he treats pregnant inmates. No matter what she may have done, the baby doesn’t deserve to have a mother (who is likely drug-addicted and malnourished to begin with) who is given inadequate, half-spoiled food, and denied even basic medical care. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-elect-sheriff-joe-arpaio-and-help-put-the-or-back-in-honor/763389/19 "2016-08-20T23:29:44Z")
> [@aliensshow](#): > > Why is it only liberals who use the bigotted colloquialism “brown people?” I mean, I know why, I’m just wondering how long it’ll take the slower members of the short bus to catch on. Why is it only conservatives who practice bigotry against people of color? Why are racial characteristics like skin-color permitted to be used in profiling suspects? Why is this kind of behavior acceptable to you, so much so that you accuse someone of bigotry for pointing it out? “That policeman just beat the living crap out of that black guy over there.” "You bigot! You referred to his skin color!) It’s like you care more about words than people. (Oh, wait… Conservatives. Fuck right you do.) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-elect-sheriff-joe-arpaio-and-help-put-the-or-back-in-honor/763389/20 "2016-08-20T23:35:47Z")
> [@aliensshow](#): > > Why is it only liberals who use the bigotted colloquialism “brown people?” “Bigotted” colloqiualism? Hardly. At least we librulz :dubious: accept that they’re _people_… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-elect-sheriff-joe-arpaio-and-help-put-the-or-back-in-honor/763389.md?page=2)