Why Joe Arpaio was found guilty

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(CNN) He flouted the Constitution. He disobeyed court orders. And then he bragged about it.

To understand the building outrage, particularly among civil rights groups, over the possibility that President Donald Trump would pardon former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, one need only return to the July criminal contempt decision against him.

It followed a decade-long case against the sheriff for racial-profiling practices in Arizona, during which Arpaio was ordered to stop targeting Latinos for traffic stops and detention.

"Not only did (Arpaio) abdicate responsibility, he announced to the world and to his subordinates that he was going to continue business as usual no matter who said otherwise," wrote US District Judge Susan Bolton in the July 31 order finding Arpaio guilty of criminal contempt.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/24/politics/why-joe-arpaio-was-found-guilty/index.html

[Orrex]

1. No way---He was defending our wholesome, white, Christian nation from evil brown people

God bless this noble warrior! Bless him!

[spanone]

11. On good 'ol sheriff joe's wiki page, check the list under 'controversies'

Unconstitutional jail conditions

Improper clearance of Maricopa County Sheriff's Office cases

Failure to investigate sex crimes

Justification for ignoring sex crimes

13-year-old rape victim ignored

Feuds with judges and County Supervisors

Abuse of power

Election law violation

Misuse of funds

Munnell memo

Staged assassination plot

Federal grand jury abuse of power inquiry

Immigration law enforcement

Racial profiling

Melendres v. Arpaio racial-profiling class-action lawsuit

Investigation of Federal Judge and DOJ

Justice Department investigation on racial profiling

Lack of cooperation with Department of Justice

Findings of racial profiling

Loss of authority to identify illegal immigrants

United States v. Maricopa County, racial-profiling lawsuit

Obama's birth certificate conspiracy theories

Conviction for contempt of court

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Arpaio

[DrDan]

2. he was just doing his job . . . misunderstood patriot

[RKP5637]

3. So, if President Hatred pardons him, this sends the message to his

gang of haters that flaunting the law and kicking around Latinos is just part of the good old American way. If Arpaio is pardoned, the US will lose even more international respect if there is any to lose.

[spanone]

4. it will certainly expose the racist that trump is.....

[Soxfan58]

5. If you dont see it now

You never will or they approve of racism

[Major Nikon]

8. So much for the Constitution being a sacred document, eh?

Kinda interesting how white nationalism so easily Trumps what is supposedly their most venerated principles.

[TNNurse]

6. People should be pardoned

when they commit a crime for an acceptable cause or if they are unjustly convicted.

It Trump pardons him it is because he believes racism and bigotry is acceptable.

[alvinmoneypit]

7. The idea that the "Rule of Law"

Doesn't apply to republicans is one of the most troubling aspect of the last couple decades for me.

This is another feature similar to Nazi Germany during the '30's along with racism. Remember how McCain and Cruz said they would not confirm ANY Supreme Court nominee if Clinton was elected? That and refusing to consider Obama's nominee indicated for me a serious failure of government. We may as well have one party rule, right?

[SteelSmasher]

9. Got him on the the little stuff

Good riddance to the sheriff who made it common practice to:

Torture people, sometimes to death or until they were crippled. Including people who were awaiting trial. (see Deborah Braillard, note that it is somewhat common to for police to kill diabetics by denying them insulin.)
Hot boxing (a form of torture)
Smash up cars
Burn down houses
Kill dogs (sometimes by locking them in burning houses)
Pepper spraying puppies in cages

I did not expect him to go without a fight. He does have a private army in addition to his deputies.

[lunatica]

10. Those are pretty serious accusations without links to back them up

Welcome to DU

[SteelSmasher]

13. Probably

You are right, I should have done more than work from memory.
And one incident each does not make common practice
Could you send me a PM Lunatica?

Deborah Braillard
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/blogs/joe-arpaios-victim-deborah-braillard-family-agrees-to-32-million-settlement-abc15

-reports-6501507
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/21/deborah-braillard-lawsuit_n_2171281.html

"hot boxing"
I was wrong about this one
Marcia Powell - turns out it was outdoors - I found no evidence of it being run by Arpaio
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/blogs/marcia-powells-death-unavenged-county-attorney-passes-on-prosecuting-prison-

staff-6499269

prison too hot
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/06/20/its-120-degrees-in-phoenix-and-inmates-at-a-local-jail-have/22492492/

burn down house, smash car and kill dog
http://boingboing.net/2007/09/10/phoenix-police-burn.html
the car was an accident

richard post - neck broken
http://edition.cnn.com/US/9907/27/tough.sheriff/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maricopa_County_Sheriff's_Office_controversies

[lunatica]

14. Thanks!

I do appreciate the links very much! Most of us DUers learned to include links when we first got here. It's one of the things that makes it such a reliable source of information.

[Ligyron]

12. Flaunting the law just like that jackass in Alabama.

That would be Roy Moore, the sanctimonious Xian nut job it looks like will be their new Senator there.

Trump is every bit as bad in encouraging this attack on the rule of law.

I hope every judge in the US takes note of this disrespect and slight to their co-equal branch of government when it comes to the Trump DOJ court cases they care so much about.