AZ Republic: Arpaio story reports "Conyers, like Holder, is Black."

[L. Coyote]

I spent a decade in redneck Arizona, and this illustrates how bad it is there.
The state's major newspaper is framing this issue as an issue of Obama, Holder, and Conyers' being "Black"!

These excerpts (out of sequence from the article) paint a real picture of the Republican "thinking" in Arizona, and of Arizona Republic reportage.
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http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2009/03/15/20090315arpaio-politics0315.html

Arpaio also is drawing criticism from the Democrat-controlled House Judiciary Committee, where partisanship often flares. But here, too, observers say Rep. John Conyers Jr., D-Mich., the panel's chairman, is motivated by a long-term commitment to civil rights. Conyers, like Holder, is Black.

Arpaio suggests he is a political target of Democrats, saying that by vilifying him as a racial profiler, they are trying to achieve a larger goal of scrapping or radically altering the 287(g) program. The program was created under Clinton but wasn't promoted until after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, during the Bush administration.

The Democratic Obama administration, Arpaio said, gives new clout to the sheriff's political foes such as Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon, who nearly a year ago asked for a federal probe of the sheriff, and Maricopa County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox.

"Everyone who is making an issue is a Democrat," Arpaio said.

Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., a Judiciary Committee member, worries that hearings will exploit racial fears for partisan political gain.

"I think they would like to try to paint all Republicans as racist and motivated by things like racial profiling," Franks said. "I have not seen one iota of evidence that the sheriff has done anything but enforce the law on the basis that he is trying to protect the people within the county he serves."

Franks echoed Arpaio's suggestion that the 287(g) program is a target. "A big goal of the liberal Democrats in Congress is to try to do away with any effective cooperation to enforce federal immigration laws," he said.

[skooooo]

1. Jesus, you've got to be kidding me.

Some asshat needs to lose his job for that.

[L. Coyote]

2. And then they add the "up is down" non-quote:

Rep. Franks, R-Ariz. .... hearings will exploit racial fears for partisan political gain.

That is EXACTLY what Joe Arpaio does, and better than any of the other Nazis leaders!

[L. Coyote]

3. SLIDESHOW: Crime sweep in Guadalupe

Guadalupe is a quite traditional Native American village inside Metro Phoenix/Maricopa County.

http://www.azcentral.com/commphotos/azcentral/5586/1/9

Sheriff Joe Arpaio's crime sweep in Guadalupe

Guadalupe residents put up signs in anticipation of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's arrival on Thursday to lead a crime sweep of the town.

[provis99]

4. Arpaio is a fascist thug

and encourages his deputies to be fascist thugs. He and his cronies should be occupants of their own jail.

[L. Coyote]

5. Arpaio also has "brownshirts" in the form of his "posse" of volunteers.

The posse, whose ranks have increased to 3,000 members under Arpaio, is the nation’s largest volunteer posse ....

One of the most visible parts of the Sheriff's Office, the Posse volunteers bring their own personal talents to the service of all of us here in Maricopa County. They provide valuable support to the various divisions of the Office and have become an integral part of the day-to-day operations of the Sheriff's Office.

Citizens who choose to become volunteer posse members come from all walks of life. All posse applicants undergo a background check and a drug test. Applicants then receive training such as law and legal and first aid. Posse members may also take additional optional training for specialized assignments if they choose.

Posse members provide valuable assistance to virtually every division within the Sheriff's Office. Posse members assist the patrol deputies by providing back-up on dangerous calls, transport prisoners to jail, and provide traffic control at accident scenes. Posse members are also used to process paperwork for the Civil/Criminal Process Sections, Records and Identification Section, Enforcement Support Division, and the Special Investigations Division.

............ http://www.mcso.org/index.php?a=GetModule&mn=Posse

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Sheriff Joe Arpaio's posse puts down 1st Amendment
By Pat Young CARECEN February 6, 2009 - http://www.longislandwins.com/blog/in_the_news/sheriff_joe_arpaios_posse_puts.php

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has created Wild West-style "posses" to act as a vigilante force against Latino immigrants. Recently one such posse prevented their work from being documented by telling a camera operator that it was illegal to film them.

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Armed Arpaio Posse of 60 Nets 3 in Nighttime Raid on Public Library, City Hall - http://www.ijjblog.org/2008/10/armed_arpaio_posse_of_60_nets.html

"Sheriff Joe Arpaio traded angry words and accusations with Mesa officials Thursday after 60 deputies and posse members armed with search warrants stormed City Hall and the public library in the middle of the night in a hunt for illegal workers. ... About 30 deputies and 30 volunteer posse members in bulletproof vests and carrying semi-automatic weapons prepared for the operation in Pioneer Park across from the Mormon Temple shortly after midnight."

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[Sebastian Doyle]

8. The AZ Republic(an) is owned by Dan Quayle's family (or at least used to be)

When Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated, they refused to run the story on the front page in any of their papers (in Arizona or Indiana)

So racism is nothing new to this paper, unfortunately.

And as for Joe Arpaio.... he's just a pathetic nazi piece of shit.