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UTUSN

(70,683 posts)
Wed Apr 5, 2017, 11:17 AM Apr 2017

Racist Joe ARPAIO's "tent city" prison is closed down by real Sheriff Paul PENZONE (D, big win)

In case ARPAIO goes to prison, "tent city" should be open for that one special prisoner. (Yeah, DRUMPF will pardon him.)

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http://nypost.com/2017/04/04/arizonas-infamous-open-air-prison-is-shutting-down/
[font size=5]Arizona’s (ARPAIO’s) infamous open-air prison is shutting down[/font]

Tent City, the infamous open-air desert jail founded by former Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio where inmates were forced to wear pink uniforms and eat nasty food, is coming down.

Newly minted Democratic Sheriff Paul Penzone, who defeated Arpaio by a big margin in November, announced the facility would be dismantled in a Tuesday news conference, KPNX TV reported.

“The circus ends and it’s coming down today,” Penzone said.

The Arpaio-founded jail acquired an infamous reputation for holding inmates, many of whom were detained under his hardline immigration enforcement policies, outdoors in sweltering Arizona summer temperatures that often topped 110 degrees. ....

Arpaio — a huge Donald Trump supporter — could face as much as six months in jail for ignoring a federal judge’s order in a racial-profiling case. ....

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Racist Joe ARPAIO's "tent city" prison is closed down by real Sheriff Paul PENZONE (D, big win) (Original Post) UTUSN Apr 2017 OP
even felons deserve to be treated with human decency vlyons Apr 2017 #1
It would be illegal to treat a dog that way DBoon Apr 2017 #5
Poetic justice GWC58 Apr 2017 #6
Aw... can't we send Sheriff Joe there to live in his own filth first? Initech Apr 2017 #2
Yeah, I was hoping that Joe would have to spend some time there. n/t panader0 Apr 2017 #4
Glad Arpaio is gone.He's such a dangerous bigot. democrank Apr 2017 #3
Don't make too much of him being a Dem sweetloukillbot Apr 2017 #7
Well, as things go these days, I'll settle for "just anti Arpaio"!1 n/t UTUSN Apr 2017 #9
A hearty REC lame54 Apr 2017 #8

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
1. even felons deserve to be treated with human decency
Wed Apr 5, 2017, 11:21 AM
Apr 2017

Hope Arpaio gets sentenced to prison to teach him a lesson that torture is unacceptable. His tent city was just that - torture.

Initech

(100,063 posts)
2. Aw... can't we send Sheriff Joe there to live in his own filth first?
Wed Apr 5, 2017, 11:21 AM
Apr 2017

Along with most of his supporters and the Arizona border patrol?

sweetloukillbot

(11,008 posts)
7. Don't make too much of him being a Dem
Wed Apr 5, 2017, 01:03 PM
Apr 2017

Penzone is more just anti Arpaio. Not that that's bad, mind you, but he's mostly been about challenging Arpaio for a few years. He's run as a Dem and Rep both.

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