Joe Arpaio

Arizona's Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Officers Turn in Credentials

Fox News -
The US Department of Homeland Security stripped Sheriff Joe Arpaio's jail officers of their federal powers after federal authorities accused the sheriff's office last week of a wide range of civil rights violations.

Joe Arpaio's Expectant Mom-Shackling Earns Him A...

Phoenix New Times (blog) -
21 2011 at 2:59 PM Living in Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Maricopa County is like living in a medieval version of the movie Groundhog Day, where each morning one awakens with further reminders that we do not live in the civilized world.

Ariz. DOJ Attack on Arpaio an Attempt to Distract from 'Fast and Furious'

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AP By Matthew Boyle - The Daily Caller 8:03 AM 12/22/2011 Sheriff Paul Babeu of Pinal County, Ariz., said that Attorney General Eric Holder's recent attacks on his colleague, Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Ariz., were an attempt to take public ...

Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio Sued By Undocumented Woman Shackled During Labor

Huffington Post -
Now Mendiola-Martinez is suing Arizona Sheriff Joe Apraio, who oversees the operations of local law enforcement in Maricopa County, for cruel and unusual punishment.

ICE Replaces Arpaio Officers to Screen Arizona Jail Inmates

Fox News -
PHOENIX - JULY 29: Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio speaks to the media in front of his county jail on July 29, 2010 in Phoenix, Arizona, the day Arizona's immigration enforcement law SB 1070 went into effect.

Is Joe Arpaio Really Considering Running For Senate (As If We Even Have to Ask ...

Phoenix New Times (blog) -
​Stop us if you've heard this one before, but Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio -- at 79 years old -- claims to be mulling over a run for the Senate seat getting vacated by retiring Senator Jon Kyl.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio: 20 years of controversies and successes

AZ Central.com -
18, 2011 12:32 AM Few politicians in the history of Arizona have been as popular and as divisive as Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Arpaio has served as Maricopa County sheriff for nearly 20 years, simultaneously generating broad public support and creating ...

Walmart pulls baby formula as precaution after infant dies

Tampabay.com -
Dozens of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's jail officers lined up at a news conference Wednesday to hand in their federal credentials a week after they were stripped of the ability to verify the immigration status of inmates.

Thomas, Arpaio, civil rights probe linger over lack of Fiesta Bowl charges

Bizjournals.com (blog) -
Thomas and Sheriff Joe Arpaio didn't hold back in their indictments of County Supervisors Mary Rose Wilcox or Don Stapley over their alleged discrepancies in their financial disclosure reports.

Arpaio Is Criticized Over Handling of Sex-Crimes Cases

New York Times -
Although Joe Arpaio calls himself “America's Toughest Sheriff,” a growing chorus of local critics want another title for him: Retired.

The DOJ's escalating criminalization of speech

Salon -
By Jeff Biggers The clock struck at 1095 days and 11 hours today for Sheriff Joe Arpaio in Maricopa County, Ariz. - or, at least according to the ticking icon on the Phoenix New Times home page that had asked readers for years: “How long has Sheriff ...

Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio Endorses Rick Perry

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PHOENIX, AZ - APRIL 17: Inmates walk as they are moved after being ordered by Maricopa County Sheriff Officer Joe Arpaio (R), looking on, to be placed into new housing to open up new beds for maximum security inmates on April 17, 2009 in Phoenix, ...

Joe Arpaio, Arizona Sheriff, Botched Sex-Crime Cases, Critics Say

Huffington Post -
Both cases were among more than 400 sex-crimes reported to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office during a three-year period ending in 2007 - including dozens of alleged child molestations - that were inadequately investigated and in some ...

Happy Bill of Rights Day, Joe Arpaio

Washington Times -
The good news comes from Phoenix, where a Justice Department report has blasted Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Arpaio's zealous embrace of the law has led his office to disregard civil rights.

The Vent: Dec. 20

East Valley Tribune -
Sheriff Joe is trying to save us.” “Is there any doubt of the outcome of the 3-year investigation by Eric Holder's Justice Department of Joe Arpaio. This department has no credibility at all, from the failure to prosecute the black harassment of white ...

El Chanclaso: Three Years to Uncover What Everyone Knew

Huffington Post -
So the Department of Justice (DOJ) yesterday finally released the findings on its 3-year investigation of Joe Arpaio. Arpaio, btw, is the sheriff of Maricopa County in Arizona who touts himself as the toughest sheriff, and has made a career of ...

Joe Arpaio's Latest Victim Rushed to Hospital

Phoenix New Times (blog) -
Rumors of the details of the incident have been bouncing around Facebook since yesterday, with claims by Scottsdale Police Lieutenant Mike Stauffer, Arpaio's only announced foe in the 2012 election, that "a Latino inmate at 4th Avenue Jail is brain ...

Letter: Arpaio has large, loyal following

East Valley Tribune -
Joe Arpaio is the hero of the US citizen, as I remember his speech before a large group of seniors living in a 59+ age community in Gilbert.

Arizona sheriff gets a scathing report

Albany Times Union -
5, 2011 file photo, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio discusses the latest in the document release on his office's handling of many sexual assault cases over the years in El Mirage, Ariz.

A tale of two Joes: Captain America and America's toughest sheriff

UC Berkeley (blog) -
Joe Arpaio, five times elected Sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona (Phoenix) has been fixture on the Republican right in Arizona and nationally for years now, but he has also largely been above reproach from more moderate leaders of either party ...
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