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Former law enforcement officer
and politician. He served as the 36th Sheriff of
Maricopa County, Arizona for 24 years, from 1993
to 2017, losing reelection to Democrat Paul
Penzone in 2016. Starting in 2005, Arpaio took
an outspoken stance against illegal immigration,
styling himself as "America's Toughest Sheriff".
In 2010, he became a flashpoint for opposition
to Arizona's SB1070 anti-illegal immigrant law,
which was largely struck down by the Supreme
Court of the United States. Arpaio is also known
for investigating former U.S. President Barack
Obama's birth certificate, and, as of 2018, he
continued to claim without evidence that it was
forged. Arpaio has been accused of numerous
types of police misconduct, including abuse of
power, misuse of funds, failure to investigate
sex crimes, criminal negligence, abuse of
suspects in custody, improper clearance of
cases, unlawful enforcement of immigration laws,
and election law violations. A Federal court
monitor was appointed to oversee his office's
operations because of complaints of racial
profiling. The U.S. Department of Justice
concluded that Arpaio oversaw the worst pattern
of racial profiling in U.S. history, and
subsequently filed suit against him for unlawful
discriminatory police conduct. Arpaio and the
Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) were
named as defendants in dozens of civil lawsuits
brought by citizens arrested by Arpaio and his
deputies alleging wrongful arrest, wrongful
death, entrapment and other claims, costing
taxpayers in Maricopa County over $140 million
in litigation against Arpaio during his tenure
as sheriff. Over the course of his career,
Arpaio was the subject of several federal civil
rights lawsuits. In one case, he was a defendant
in a decade-long suit in which a federal court
issued an injunction barring him from conducting
further "immigration round-ups". A federal court
subsequently found that after the order was
issued, Arpaio's office continued to detain
"persons for further investigation without
reasonable suspicion that a crime has been or is
being committed." In July 2017, he was convicted
of criminal contempt of court, a crime for which
he was pardoned by President
Donald Trump on
August 25, 2017. In a separate racial-profiling
case which concluded in 2013, Arpaio and his
subordinates were found to have unfairly
targeted Hispanics in conducting traffic stops.
Although Arpaio sought another term as Maricopa
County Sheriff in 2016, the contempt of court
conviction eroded much of his remaining
political support, and he was defeated in the
election by Paul Penzone, a Democrat who
reversed many of Arpaio's policies after taking
office. Arpaio was an unsuccessful candidate in
Arizona's Republican primary election for U.S.
Senate in 2018. On August 25, 2019, Arpaio
issued a statement saying that he would run for
sheriff of Maricopa County in 2020. He lost the
August 2020 primary election. |
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Federal
Judge Floats
Sanctions To
Resolve
Backlog Of
Arizona
Sheriff
Misconduct
Complaints |
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"A federal
judge
considered
on Friday
harsh
sanctions
against the
Maricopa
County
Sheriff’s
Office in
Arizona if
it doesn’t
soon resolve
a backlog of
misconduct
complaints
stemming
from the
days of
former
Sheriff
Joe Arpaio.
A failure to
complete
investigations
for more
than 1,400
complaints
has kept
alive a
class action
filed nearly
two decades
ago over
racist
policies of
“immigration
sweeps” in
which
Latinos were
disproportionately
detained on
suspicions
of
non-citizenship.
While the
policies
were deemed
unconstitutional
in 2011,
Arpaio — who
billed
himself as
“America’s
toughest
sheriff” —
was found in
criminal
contempt in
2017 for
continuing
to order his
deputies to
enforce
them. " |
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Dirty Dozen:
Meet 12 Of The
Worst
Politicians
In Arizona
History |
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"In 2022,
he ran for
mayor of the
city he
lives in,
Fountain
Hills. He
told Phoenix
New Times he
wanted to
“fire”
Sheriff Paul
Penzone, the
dude who
beat him
like a rug
in 2016, by
canceling
the Maricopa
County
Sheriff
Office's
contract to
provide law
enforcement
services to
the town.
Arpaio lost
the
election,
but he’s
running
again in
2024.
Penzone
recently
resigned as
sheriff,
leaving
Arpaio
loyalist,
Chief Deputy
Russ
Skinner, in
command for
now. Seems Arpaio’s
outlived his
chance at
revenge." |
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Jan. 17,
2024 |
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Best Living
Proof That
Only the
Good Die
Young -
Arpaio's
Announcement
That He's
Running for
Mayor of
Fountain
Hills
(Again) |
"At
age
91,
will
former
Maricopa
County
Sheriff Joe
Arpaio just
go
away
already?
After
his
office
was
found
guilty
of
widespread
racial
profiling
of
Latinos
in
the
Melendres
v.
Arpaio
civil
rights
case,
Arpaio
defied
a
federal
judge's
injunction
and
was
later
found
guilty
of
contempt
of
court.
At
last
count,
complying
with
the
court's
orders
in
Melendres
has
cost
taxpayers
$253
million.
Since
being
drummed
out
of
office
in
disgrace
in
2016,
Arpaio
continues
to
linger
on
the
body
politic
like
a
bad
case
of
psoriasis.
After
losing
a
2022
comeback
bid
to
be
mayor
of
Fountain
Hills
to
Democratic
incumbent
Ginny
Dickey,
Arpaio
refused
to
fade
away,
selling
his
signature
pink
underwear
at
gun
shows
and
recently
announcing
that
in
2024
he
will
again
be a
candidate
for
Fountain
Hills'
top
spot.
Dare
to
dream,
huh?
Arpaio
runs
for
spite,
saying
he
wants
to
end
Fountain
Hills'
contract
with
the
Maricopa
County
Sheriff's
Office
for
law
enforcement
services.
Supposedly,
this
would
be
his
revenge
against
the
man
who
beat
him
like
a
snare
drum
in
2016,
Paul
Penzone.
Fortunately,
the
voters
seem
wise
to
this
washed-up
has-been's
scam,
and
Arpaio
will
end
his
days
as a
loser,
no
matter
how
many
times
he
runs
for
mayor."
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"Taxpayers in metro Phoenix are approaching a milestone in their financial pain from a 2013 racial profiling verdict over former Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s immigration crackdowns: In roughly a year, those ongoing costs will exceed a quarter of a billion dollars. |
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The bill is projected to reach $273 million by the summer of 2024, officials were told Monday before they approved a tentative budget that included $38 million in legal and compliance spending for the racial profiling lawsuit during the coming fiscal year." |
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Joe Arpaio’s
Dying Wish:
One Final
Desperate
Grab For
Power |
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Joe
Arpaio never
really went
away. He's
back, trying
to cling to
power. He
wants to do
it his way,
and his way
doesn't sit
well with a
lot of
people. If
you didn't
like him
behind a
sheriff's
desk, you
really won't
like him in
a mayor's
chair. |
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2022 |
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Trump-Pardoned
Joe Arpaio
Cheered By
Far-Right
After Saying
People Think
He Is
‘Biggest
Racist’ In
US |
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"Attendees
at a
far-right
conference
in Florida
cheered
former
Maricopa
County
sheriff Joe
Arpaio when
he said that
he was
considered
the “biggest
racist” in
the United
States. Mr
Arpaio spoke
at the
America
First
Political
Action
Conference,
a far-right
gathering
organized by
white
nationalist
Nick
Fuentes.
Other
speakers
included Rep
Marjorie
Taylor
Greene. It
was hosted
the same
weekend as
the American
Conservative
Union hosted
its annual
Conservative
Political
Action
Conference
in Orlando.
“I have the
reputation
of being the
biggest
racist in
the country.
Think of
that,” he
said to
uproarious
applause." |
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Feb. 26,
2022 |
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With Latest
Payout,
Arizona
Sheriff Has
Cost
Taxpayers
$100M |
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"Nearly five
years after Joe
Arpaio was
voted out as
sheriff of
Arizona's
most
populous
county,
taxpayers
are covering
one of the
last major
bills from
the
thousands of
lawsuits the
lawman's
headline-grabbing
tactics
inspired —
and the
overall
legal tab
has hit $100
million." |
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Oct. 29,
2021 |
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Arizona
Sheriff's
Immigration
Patrols To
Cost Public
$200M |
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"The costs
to taxpayers
from a
racial
profiling
lawsuit
stemming
from former
Sheriff Joe
Arpaio’s
immigration
patrols a
decade ago
in metro
Phoenix are
expected to
reach $202
million by
summer
2022." |
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‘Radicals Of
Jewish Left’
To Be
Targeted By
Disgraced
Ex-Arizona
Sheriff Joe
Arpaio’s New
‘Watchdog’
Group |
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Sep. 2, 2020 |
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Court Won't
Let Trump
Pardon Void
Guilty
Verdict
Against
Arpaio |
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Feb. 27,
2020 |
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Arpaio Aides
Ignored
Order To
Halt Sweeps |
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"Documents
obtained by
The
Associated
Press show a
court-appointed
investigator
found that
high-ranking
managers for
former metro
Phoenix
Sheriff Joe
Arpaio disregarded
a federal
judge's
order to
halt
immigration
sweeps
targeting
Latinos." |
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Nov. 5, 2019 |
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Here's What
Joe Arpaio's
Been Up To
Since Losing
The Last
Sheriff's
Race |
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Aug. 28,
2019 |
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Supreme
Court Turns
Down Arpaio,
Who Vows
Fight To
Vacate
Conviction |
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Apr. 29,
2019 |
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9th Circuit
Upholds
Injunction
In Racial
Profiling
Case Against
Arpaio,
Maricopa
County |
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"The
injunction
has already
cost the
county more
than $100
million for
training and
technology and
to
compensate
victims for
violations
of their
constitutional
rights." |
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Jul. 31,
2018 |
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Joe Arpaio
Films Video
With Former
Cult Member
'Michael The
Black Man'
At Border |
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"Michael
was a
follower of
the Yahweh
ben Yahweh
cult, a
black-supremacist
religious
sect in
Florida. In
1990, the
feds charged Michael
and over a
dozen fellow
cult members
with
conspiracy
related to
brutal
murders in
Florida." |
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Jul. 27,
2018 |
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Arpaio Tweet
Of The Day:
Mexican
Cartel Has
Put A Hit
Out On Me |
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Jul. 19,
2018 |
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Most
Donations To
Joe Arpaio's
U.S. Senate
Campaign
Come From
California |
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Arizona
Voters
Deserve To
Know Joe
Arpaio’s
True Record
Of Brutality
And Abuse |
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Jun. 27,
2018 |
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Arpaio Is
Whining
About Losing
The Election
And Wants
Jeff
Sessions'
Help |
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"Disgraced
Arizona
sheriff Joe
Arpaio wants
Attorney
General Jeff
Sessions to
investigate
whether he
lost his
2016
re-election
bid due to
improper
influence
from the
Obama
administration,
or because
everyone
just got
tired of
what a
racist
asshole he
was." |
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2018 |
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I Asked Joe
Arpaio Basic
Questions
For A U.S.
Senate
Candidate.
It Didn't Go
Well. |
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May 23, 2018 |
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Joe Arpaio
Pleads
Ignorance
After Giving
Interview To
Anti-Semitic
Weekly. It
Was His
Fifth |
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Apr. 8, 2018 |
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Senate
Candidate
Joe Arpaio
Vows To Keep
Pushing
Birtherism |
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Mar. 28,
2018 |
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Joe Arpaio
Appears To
Be Running
For Senate
Based Solely
On His
Expertise In
Birth
Certificate
Forgeries |
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Jan. 10,
2018 |
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Disgraced
Ex-Sheriff
Joe Arpaio
Is
Officially
Running For
Senate |
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Jan. 9, 2018 |
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Former
Sheriff Joe
Arpaio Sued
For Pursuing
Charges In
Bid To
Damage Sen.
Jeff Flake's
Career |
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Nov. 25,
2017 |
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It's
Impossible
To Overstate
How Truly
Vile Joe
Arpaio Is |
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Aug. 28,
2017 |
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Joe Arpaio,
Former
Sheriff In
Arizona, Is
Found Guilty
Of Criminal
Contempt |
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"More than a
month after
lawyers
wrapped up
closing
arguments,
U.S.
District
Judge Susan
Bolton
found Arpaio guilty
for defying
a judge’s
2011 court
order to
refrain from
racially
profiling
Latinos
during
patrols and
turning them
over to
federal
immigration
authorities." |
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Jul. 31,
2017 |
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Arizona
Sheriff Joe
Arpaio Sued,
Again |
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Dec. 15,
2016 |
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Arpaio Just
Cost Us
Another
$200,000 |
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Nov. 21,
2016 |
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Maricopa
County
Sheriff Joe
Arpaio
Officially
Charged With
Criminal
Contempt |
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Oct. 25,
2016 |
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Sheriff Joe
Arpaio: I'm
Still
Investigating
President
Barack
Obama's
Birth
Certificate |
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Sep. 21,
2016 |
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Judge Refers
Arizona
Sheriff Joe
Arpaio For
Criminal
Prosecution |
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Aug. 19,
2016 |
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Federal
Judge Strips
Arpaio Of
Some
Internal
Affairs
Oversight |
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Jul. 20,
2016 |
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Did Arpaio
Set Up Sen.
Jeff Flake's
Son In Green
Acre Case? |
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Jul. 12,
2016 |
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Watch
Birther Joe
Arpaio Get
Flummoxed By
CNN’s Simple
Questions:
‘I’m Not
Stupid
Enough To
Talk To You’ |
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Jul. 23,
2015 |
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Ariz.
Sheriff Joe
Arpaio
Admits
Investigation
Of Judge's
Wife |
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Apr. 24,
2015 |
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Settlement
OK'd In
Botched Rape
Probe By
Arizona
Sheriff Joe
Arpaio |
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Apr. 9, 2015 |
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Joe
Arpaio’s
Office
Rebuked In
Racial-Profiling
Case |
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Mar. 18,
2014 |
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Racial
Profiling
Costs
Arizona
County $22
Million |
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Jan. 3, 2014 |
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Joe Arpaio
Loses: New
Times Co-Founders
Win $3.75
Million
Settlement
for 2007
False
Arrests |
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Dec. 20,
2013 |
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Judge Finds
Violations
Of Rights By
Sheriff |
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May 24, 2013 |
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Joe Arpaio
Hired A
Child-Sex
Offender For
Armed
“Posse” |
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Feb. 13,
2013 |
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Ernest
Atencio's
Family Sues
Sheriff Joe
Arpaio Over
Death Of
Gulf War
Veteran With
Mental
Illness |
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Oct. 25,
2012 |
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Sheriff
Arpaio Sends
Publicly
Funded
Deputy To
Hawaii On
'Birther'
Hunt |
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May 22, 2012 |
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U.S.
Sues Arizona
Sheriff Over
Alleged
Violations
Of
Hispanics’
Civil Rights |
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May 10, 2012 |
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Sheriff Joe
Arpaio
Suggests
Obama's
Birth
Certificate
Is A Forgery |
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Mar. 2, 2012 |
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Arpaio Is
Criticized
Over
Handling Of
Sex-Crimes
Cases |
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Dec. 9, 2011 |
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Steven
Seagal,
'America's
Sheriff'
Sued Over
Tank Raid,
Puppy Death |
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Aug. 31,
2011 |
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Joe Arpaio
Loses Again:
Maricopa
County
Settles For
$200K In
Mora
Racial-Profiling
Case |
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Jul. 7, 2011 |
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Arizona
Sheriff Uses
A Tank And
Steven
Seagal To
Arrest
Cockfighting
Suspect |
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Mar. 23,
2011 |
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Sheriff Joe
Arpaio
Accused Of
Illegally
Misspending
$80 Million
While
Conducting
Draconian
Immigration
Round-ups |
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Sep. 30,
2010 |
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U.S. May Sue
Arizona's
Sheriff
Arpaio For
Not
Cooperating
In
Investigation |
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Aug. 18,
2010 |
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Joe Arpaio:
Tent City A
"Concentration
Camp" |
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Aug. 2, 2010 |
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Sheriff Joe
Arpaio Could
Face Arrest
Warrant
Thanks To
Supervisors'
Subpoena |
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Apr. 28,
2010 |
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Joe Arpaio
On False
McDonald's
Arrest: Take
All Brown
People Into
Custody,
Release
Citizens
Later |
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Mar. 27,
2010 |
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Video:
Sheriff Joe
Arpaio
Forces Woman
To Give
Birth While
Shackled |
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Nov. 18,
2009 |
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Washington
Strips
Immigration
Policing
Powers From
Arizona
Sheriff |
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Oct. 9, 2009 |
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Joe Arpaio
On Mexican
Migrants:
"They're All
Dirty" |
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Oct. 9, 2009 |
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Joe Arpaio
Threatens
Board Of
Supervisors
Chairman Max
Wilson,
Brags About
Relationship
With Arizona
Republic's
Phil Boas |
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May 6, 2009 |
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Shocking
News:
Sheriff Joe
Arpaio Sued
Over Two
More Inmate
Deaths |
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Feb. 10,
2009 |
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A Phony
Murder Plot
Against Joe
Arpaio Winds
Up Costing
Taxpayers
$1.1 Million |
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Oct. 28,
2008 |
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Judge Calls
Maricopa
County Jail
Conditions
Unconstitutional |
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Oct. 22,
2008 |
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Arpaio Raids
Mesa City
Hall; Mayor
Outraged |
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Oct. 17,
2008 |
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New Times Owners
Sue Sheriff
Joe Arpaio,
County
Attorney
Andy Thomas
And Lawyer
Dennis
Wilenchik |
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Apr. 28,
2008 |
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New
Times Files
A Prelude To
A Lawsuit
Against
Sheriff Joe
Arpaio,
County
Attorney
Andy Thomas
And A
Discredited
Ex-Special
Prosecutor
On Behalf Of
Its Readers
And The
Constitution |
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Feb. 22,
2008 |
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VIDEO: Sheriff
Joe Arpaio
Says It's An
HONOR To Be
Compared To
KKK |
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Nov. 17,
2007 |
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'Jail Cam'
In Privy
Turned Off
After
Privacy
Complaints |
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Apr. 28,
2001 |
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Joe Arpaio,
Tyrant Of
The Desert |
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Jul. 29,
1999 |
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The $8
Million
Victim |
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Jan. 14,
1999 |
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Jailers Show
A Paraplegic
Who's Boss |
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Jan. 23,
1997 |
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