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![]() ![]() Arpaio and Thomas filed several lawsuits against the Board of Supervisors, including a federal civil-racketeering suit against the supervisors, four judges and attorneys who work with the county. Over the two years prior to September 2010, feuding between Arpaio and former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas on one side, and the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors on the other side cost at least $5.6 million, most of which was paid to private attorneys. This type of selective law enforcement, especially when it involves ignoring more serious crimes in order to aggressively pursue a lesser but more politicized crime, smacks of the sort of posturing which often characterizes sociopaths.Īrpaio also carried on a long feud with the Maricopa Board of Supervisors and various judges: But Arpaio seems to prefer concentrating on highly publicized illegal immigrant sweeps. Violent crime in general has soared under Arpaio's watch. Many of the victims were children of illegal immigrants. While providing police services for El Mirage, Arizona, the under Arpaio failed to follow-through on at least 32 reported child molestations, even though the suspects were known in all but six cases. According to Wiki:ĭuring a three-year period ending in 2007, more than 400 sex-crimes reported to Arpaio's office were inadequately investigated, or not investigated at all. Meanwhile, for some strange reason, Arpaio and his office have ignored real child molesters. Arpaio treats them with ill-disguised contempt, as if they're child molesters or worse. They're mostly just ordinary people looking for a better life. While immigration laws should be enforced - I personally believe in deportation - illegal immigrants are not evil. (Sociopaths can never get enough airtime.) (Sociopaths working in law enforcement never seem to feel that laws apply to them.)Īrpaio has claimed to average 200 television appearances a month. Despite allegations of misuse of funds received from these sales, Arpaio declined to provide an accounting for the money. According to Wikipedia:Īrpaio subsequently started to sell customized pink boxers (with the Maricopa County Sheriff's logo and "Go Joe") as a fund-raiser for Sheriff's Posse Association. (Prisons can be hell, but that is usually mostly a function of the other prisoners.) It is more the gleeful vindictiveness with which he institutes these reforms, his self-righteousness, the way he publicizes them, and the way he expects the public to love him for his actions.Īrpaio even forced prisoners to wear pink underwear. In 1995, he re-instituted chain gangs, and in 1996 started female volunteer chain gangs.Īrpaio's sociopathic aura stems not so much from the fact that he thinks that prisons are too lenient many agree with him on that. ![]() (Most of the inmates at Tent City have not been convicted of any crime, but are merely awaiting trial.)Īrpaio is also known for limiting meals to two a day, and for serving inmates surplus food, sometimes consisting of moldy bread and rotten fruit. It is an outdoor facility where Arpaio himself once measured the temperature at 145 degrees. He's famous for having set up "Tent City," an extension of the Maricopa jail system, which he described as a concentration camp. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio calls himself "America's Toughest Sheriff," and he may actually be that. ![]()
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