DOJ Accuses Sheriff Arpaio of Pattern of Discrimination

**michaelr** · 9th January 2012 07:48 AM

Originally Posted by Rasselas

Sucks to be Latino in his county. Do we really want to listen to this man talk about....anything?http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/16/us...s.html?_r=1&hp

What's the big bad sheriff doing, asking for a drivers license or something.

Hey the story should be the act of treason by the administration for not protecting our borders and stopping the states from protecting theirs, hell I wont even get into the gun running.

**trumptman** · 9th January 2012 07:56 AM

Originally Posted by Rasselas

The thing about stuff like this is that the prosecution has to lay out its case first, then the defense gets a shot. What do you think of the evidence they say they'll present?

Well you are talking about the court room but I'm talking about the court of public opinion. They didn't have to take Eliot Spitzer to court to get him to resign. They just leaked what he did and public outrage did the rest. If they had anything out there beyond the labels in the NY Times article, I'm sure they would have leaked it quickly and watched the spark create a massive flame of outrage. The article doesn't really note any evidence outright. It uses labels like "culture of bias" but doesn't substantiate them in any fashion.

His county has already been forced to pay judgments based on Arpaio's policies. What Arpaio has more than anything is a cult of personality. We entrust law enforcement officers with more credibility than a criminal--do they deserve just exactly the same amount of leeway as an ordinary criminal? That's what you're suggesting, that we can't even talk about him until he's convicted. We deserve better from law enforcement than that.

Can you honestly think of any larger police department that hasn't been sued and had to pay out for anything in this modern age? The population of the county he is elected in is 3.8 million. That is like claiming the police departments of Los Angeles, New York or Chicago bring sued proves something. It doesn't. Organizations that size are always having something alleged and fighting someone in court over those allegations.

**TennesseeRain** · 9th January 2012 08:16 AM

Originally Posted by trumptman

So there could never be another reason to question someone's birthplace than race?

Please point to where I said that.

The only reason someone could question his birthplace is race. It could never have anything to do with having a father who was a foreign national, him living abroad, or anything like that.

Didn't say that, now did I? Reading comprehension clearly is not your strong suit.

When people noted that the Panama Canal zone was not the United States and noted that John McCain was born there, was that racially based or was that noting that natural born citizen is a requirement for President?

Please provide a link where entire groups of people continued to insist that John McCain was disqualified from the Presidency AFTER they were shown the facts.

The Obama DOJ said that based on race, white people can't be intimidated from voting and to ignore cases involving white victims.

What a bunch of happy horseshit. The Obama DOJ???

Are you still posting? It was established that it adds to your crimes.

Huh?

**Rasselas** · 9th January 2012 11:31 AM

Originally Posted by michaelr

What's the big bad sheriff doing, asking for a drivers license or something.

Maybe you should read the OP.

Hey the story should be the act of treason by the administration for not protecting our borders and stopping the states from protecting theirs, hell I wont even get into the gun running.

Red herring.