Sheriff Joe Arpaio issues flu protection gear to deputies to arrest "illegals"

[RamboLiberal]

Sheriff's deputies working on the streets and in the jails are being told to put on protective gear if they fear they've come in contact with someone infected with the swine flu, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office announced Tuesday.

The sheriff's office will make masks, gloves and other measures available to 750 deputies working the streets and will add extra deputies trained to identify suspected illegal immigrants based on the theory that some of those inmates might have come from areas in Mexico where the infection was rampant, said Lt. Brian Lee, a sheriff's spokesman.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio also took the opportunity to point out another potential threat to America- infectious disease- that could proliferate if the United States doesn't shore up the border with Mexico.

The statement from the Sheriff's Office states that the gear is for the arrest of illegal immigrants.

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/04/28/20090428mcsoswine0428-ON.html

[MrPerson]

1. Could they be more racist?

[That Is Quite Enough]

2. I can't wait for Arpaio to catch it from an American tourist.

[JI7]

3. stupid assholes, this is the type of shit that ran this country for the last 8 years

and people wonder why we are in such a mess.

[phantom power]

4. I just *knew* Arpaio would end up involved in this.

Any issue that can be used for anti-immigrant demagoguery is fucking irresistible to that man.

[Traveling_Home]

5. Are his deputies in a Union?????? nt

[hedgehog]

6. Sheriff Arpaio's tent city jail is apt to be a flu hotspot if things go bad.

Overcrowding? check

Poor food? check

Conditions too hot/too cold? check

Poor access to sanitary facilities? Check




http://www.mcso.org/index.php?a=GetSubModule&sm=Jail_Facilities&mn=Our_Jails

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. But blaming mexico priceless

what if one of his AZ state spring breakers ends up there sick and is patient zero for that?

Hmm

[KamaAina]

7. So Sheriff Joke will allow a sick Mexican to cough on him

as long as his papers are in order?! :eyes:

edit: punctuation

[blondeatlast]

12. Only as long as there is a fawning TEEVEE reporter nearby;

he pretty much loathes the local print media and even routinely harrasses them.,

[MercutioATC]

8. The right idea for the wrong reason.

I'm all for providing police and medical personnel with equipment that will protect them from a communicable disease...but Arpaio makes it a race issue...

[Danger Mouse]

9. Sheriff Joe Aracistbastard.

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. Not crazy from public health though I do hope you take them to the hospital

not jail

But then again, you are up there with good hair Perry