Sherrif Joe Arpaio, the self-styled “toughest” sheriff in the country, is going on trial. He had been warned not to detain immigrants just because they lacked legal status. The order came from U.S. District Judge Murray Snow after the deputies had detained several Mexican-American citizens and Mexicans here on lawful visas. Sheriff Joe, the toughest
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Sheriff Joe Arpaio in the News Again
By Thomas J. Crane on
Posted in Discrimination
He calls himself the toughest sheriff in the country. Sheriff Joe Arpaio courts attention. He is the Sheriff of Maricopa County which includes Phoenix, Arizona. I remember way back when he required jail inmates to wear pink jump suits and live in tents in the outdoors. In 2011, he sent investigators to Hawaii to investigate…