Arizona's largest newspaper slams Arpaio pardon

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY JULIA MANCHESTER - 08/26/17 10:45 AM EDT

Arizona's largest newspaper issued a scathing rebuke of President Trump's decision to pardon former Maricopa Counter Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Friday, calling the action an "insult" and a "slap to the Latino community."

The Arizona Republic's editorial board argued that the pardoning of Arpaio is a sign that Trump is not backing down from his populist, tough-on-immigration stances.

The editorial calls Trump's Friday pardon of the controversial former sheriff an "insult" to the Latino community, as well as the legal community. "The vast majority of Latinos in Arizona are not undocumented, yet they all fell under heightened scrutiny as Arpaio honed his image," the editorial reads.

"The pardon was a slap to those who worked through the judicial system to make Arpaio accountable, too. It robbed the people hurt by his policies of justice – even before a judge could mete out a sentence," the piece continued.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/media/348094-arizonas-largest-newspaper-slams-arpaio-pardon

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[bucolic_frolic]

1. In its own way the pardon is as bad as Trump's Charlottesville remarks

Charlottesville II

A serial and seminal disregard for the Rule of Law, an abrogation of the Bill of Rights,
a demostration that loyalty and law-breaking will be rewarded

I just have to wonder what plunder is yet to come

[busterbrown]

4. RIGHT! Definitely... his decision to pardon Arpaio

reeks of racism....

[L. Coyote]

9. This is far worse. Trump's words are mere bullshit and hogwash, this has real impact.

This pardon overthrows the Judical Branch of government. This is not like pardoning someone wrongly convicted, this is pardoning someone for being a racist criminal nazi asshole.

[kiri]

2. Arapaio is merely a faint and foil

The real audience for this pardon is Manafort, Flynn, et alia. They get the message--they can rest easy not turning state's/prosecutor's evidence, because Trump will pardon them. This is calculated obstruction of justice, but it is not criminal, not prosecutable.

Trump will eventually--we pray--leave; then Pence will pardon Trump, et al. , and so on.

[flibbitygiblets]

3. I predict some angry poop-tweets about the "failing" Arizona Republic...

3-2-......

[czarjak]

5. The Law and Order guy?

[calimary]

6. This, down at the end of the editorial:

"Many hoped Trump would decide to become the president of all the people.
But Trump spent last week demonstrating that he wants to be president of the few.
By pardoning Arpaio, Trump made it clear that institutional racism is not just OK with him. It is a goal.
That should trouble every American who believes that our duty as a nation is to continue working on behalf of equal justice."

Well, alright then. The Arizona Republic just confirmed that trump ISN'T "our president." For those of us in the #NotMyPresident category (as I am, myself), this validates us. He's certainly not MY president. And he won't EVER be MY president. Mine's Hillary, the legitimate winner of the popular vote - with NO help from a hostile foreign power to let her cheat to win; and Barack Obama, who also, legitimately won the popular vote, TWICE - and no hostile foreign power stepped in FROM OUTSIDE to help him, either time. And, unfortunately, since they're both currently out of office, I actually don't have a president right now.

[nolabear]

7. He's the opposite of "our president."

His expertise is in pitting people against one another. Power needs an enemy for its followers to hate so they remain blind, and we are it.

[jcmaine72]

8. If this doesn't prove once and for all that Trump and every person who supports him is racist...

....scum nothing else will.

[Paladin]

10. Since when to crooked cops merit special consideration?

Since trump, obviously.

And if trump will get Arpaio off the hook, he'll do the same with anybody scooped up in a Russia investigation. The only question remaining: How long do we let him get away with it?