Joe Arpaio's stonewalling clock runs out: DOJ files lawsuit to force him to turn over his records
After Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio steadfastly stonewalled the Department of Justice in its investigation of his racial-profiling practices -- all while appearing on Fox numerous times to bash and taunt the investigators, and having his minions do likewise -- his clock ran out today:
The U.S. Justice Department sued Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Thursday, saying the Arizona lawman refused for more than a year to turn over records in an investigation into allegations his department discriminates against Hispanics.
The lawsuit calls Arpaio and his office's defiance "unprecedented," and said the federal government has been trying since March 2009 to get officials to comply with its probe of alleged discrimination, unconstitutional searches and seizures, and jail policies that discriminate against people with limited English skills
Arpaio had been given until Aug. 17 to hand over documents the federal government first asked for 15 months ago.
Arpaio called the Justice Department actions harrassment at a news conference Thursday morning in downtown Phoenix. His office has said it won't hand over additional documents because federal authorities haven't said exactly what they were investigating.
Last week, Arpaio announced he was challenging the request for the records -- nearly a year after it was filed.
Bet he won't be able to stonewall the FBI quite so easily.
Wasn't Stonewall a Gay Pride protest around 1969?
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg_emQoerBA&fe...
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
than what Hanrahan did to the Panthers in 1969. I hope this guy is toast.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Hanrahan
"No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master." - Hunter S. Thompson
via AP. This guy thinks because he is law enforcement, he is above the law. I hope he rots.
"No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master." - Hunter S. Thompson
I think he enjoys the attention and like the post says, he thinks he's above the law. Hopefully he will learn better shortly and harshly.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Arpaio and his ilk learned from Dick Cheney that if you're a RW fascist you can ignore whatever laws you feel like without consequence.
Despite this DOJ action, whether he's right still remains to be seen.
Site monitor, I asked yesterday if my edit button was broken because I can't use it. You or someone replied that I can't edit once someone has replied to my comment. I know and knew that but I can't edit no matter whether there is a reply or not.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
I think the posts are upside down some way. I posted " Read the story earlier", saved and YS was second at that point in time with another of his fine You Tube links and then I responded to YS and I tried to log out to find it inside out, yours would have been fourth.
"No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master." - Hunter S. Thompson
and give us your system's details, that is, the OS and browser you use.
site monitor, my time stamp is before this reply. What chronological order is the system abiding by?
"No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master." - Hunter S. Thompson
sign in time,, or the moment we hit the save switch?
"No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master." - Hunter S. Thompson
What's an OS and what system details do you want? I am not tech smart so look at talking to me like talking to an idiot. I use Mozilla. When I hit edit the tray tells me we are going there to edit but it never does.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
OS is operating system, which is the kind of program you have that operates your computer. If you have a pc, you'd probably be running a Microsoft product, like XP, Vista or Windows 7.
Any more questions write the Site monitor email. This is off topic.
The way things have been going, someone will claim its a liberal conspiracy, the Democrats will back off and apologise and Arpaio will retire a hero and get his own show on fox for millions of dollars. Our status as a third world country is just about complete.
Yes, and a banana republican republic.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
You apes are all alike
Always thinking of bananas...
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
That sound you hear is an industrial-sized shredder. And Joe formatting hard drives.
And because it's Arizona, he'll have lots and lots of little elves pitching in.
And the way things are going at the DOJ, he'll probably get away with it.
and is forced to wear pink underwear, sleep in a tent when it's 115, etc. After all, what's good for his prisoners should be good enough for him.
while they're at it.
me-oww!
I'll grant him this: he's a king shit cop's King Shit Cop.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio and gov jan brewer
two fucking criminals........
It will be a pleasure to see this turd in the bracelets.
"Anyone that makes less than $150K in this country, has no business voting Republican."
Can't he just thumb his nose the way Rove, Rice, Gonzales and so many other regime members did?
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
Saw this arrogant bastard on 60 Minutes a couple of weeks ago. God, what a mean son of a bitch he is. But, he is up front about it. He walked among the prisoners and basically said "fuck you" to them. There was one guy who was fairly articulate and versed in the law. You could tell that Arpaio wasn't going to take any shit from him. They probably beat the shit out of him once the camera crew left.
in jail!
the DOJ needs to grow a pair of balls and apprehend these fools when they start this crap
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