Grand Jury Investigating Sheriff Joe Arpaio

Sheriff Joe Arpaio

Department of Justice officials moved closer to filing criminal charges against Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

Arpaio has faced a slew of complaints including racial profiling and human rights abuses. He recently launched a campaign against his political opponents, local judges and attorneys, by charging them with racketeering.

The federal grand jury is calling for evidence from Sheriff's Department officers, including a captain and two deputies. Chances are that Sheriff Joe has probably made enough enemies and has enough dirt to put him away for a long time. Maricopa County has had to pay several civil judgements because of mistreatment of prisoners in jail.

The federal government was pressured by several civic groups and congressmen to launch this investigation. I suspect that they would not have called a grand jury, unless they expected to get a few scalps. I looks like Sheriff Joe's days in charge of Maricopa County law enforcement are numbered.

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Arpaio Going After Judges, Political Opponents

In case you haven't heard of Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona, he is the 21st century version of Bull Conner. He specializes in keeping prisoners in tents, marching them in chain gangs and making them wear pink underwear. His jail has also faced several lawsuits for inmates deaths, inmate miscarriages and other human rights abuses.

Arapaio specializes in conducting immigration sweeps, where his goons pretty much arrests anyone who looks "foreign," including American citizens. (That means anyone who is not white.) If this sounds like it is against the law, it is and the Justice Department is currently conducting an investigation into Arpaio over accusations of civil rights abuses and racial profiling.

Arapaio, who has conducted several shady business deals, has now taken to launching investigations into his political opponents including a judge. Let's hope that Sheriff Joe soon gets to see the inside of some of his own jails.

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