# This is Sheriff Arpaio's idea of a school-protection posse

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [February 14, 2013, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-sheriff-arpaios-idea-of-a-school-protection-posse/650252 "2013-02-14T03:32:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-sheriff-arpaios-idea-of-a-school-protection-posse/650252/139 "2013-02-15T20:24:01Z")

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> [@Hamlet](#):
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> **Brain Glutton** gets to join **Bricker** in the whole “Oops I posted a factually incorrect thread for partisan gain” group of Dopers. Congrats to you to join such fine company.

Ah, yes, my non-union electrical workers turned away from hurricane relief thread.

I was sure wrong about that, even though I relied upon a story that seemed legitimate to me.

And when it became clear that I was wrong, i said:

> [@Look for the union label](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-for-the-union-label/639644/89):
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> The latest set of updates make pretty clear that the original story was badly mischaracerized.
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> I was completely in the wrong.
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> Apologies for the misinformation, and for my take on it.

See that? A clear, unambiguous, complete admission of error, and an apology to boot – and I didn’t even call anyone in the thread a bigot for correcting me.

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