Sheriff Joe’s Tortured in Hades, and Will Arizona’s New U.S. Attorney Follow El Diablo’s Lead?

Charles Dee Rice Photography / cdricephotography.com

That's me (to the right, grimacing), as portrayed by Jerry Mendoza, performing CPR on a certain corrupt top cop during James Garcia's American Pastorela: The Saga of Sheriff Joe.

Details

Read another example of racial profiling by Sheriff Joe's forces in New Times' series "Are Your Papers in Order?" This week: "The American Artist."

Related Content

• Joe Arpaio/MCSO Lawyer Explains Some Actual Objections to Justice Department Monitor
  May 14, 2012
• Joe Arpaio and MCSO Officially Sued by the Justice Department for Racial Discrimination
  May 10, 2012
• Justice Department Lets MCSO Know It's Suin', While Joe Arpaio Releases Booklet Detailing How His Office Ought to Operate
  May 9, 2012
• Joe Arpaio's Justice Department Problem Could Cost County Up to $25 Million for His Use of Federal Tax Money
  May 16, 2012
• Feds Pull 287(g) Authority From Maricopa County Jails Due to Civil Rights Violations
  December 15, 2011

More About

• Joe Arpaio
• Burke
• Janet Napolitano
• Law
• Constitutional Law

Like this Story?

Sign up for the Weekly Newsletter: Our weekly feature stories, movie reviews, calendar picks and more - minus the newsprint and sent directly to your inbox.

Privacy Policy Cancel Continue

The DOJ-ers would be looking into civil rights violations, but the FBI also has been probing the MCSO, and there are potential criminal violations that Burke must investigate, including conspiring to deprive people of their constitutional rights and acting under the color of law to do this — either of which could land a perp 10 years in the federal pen.

My take is that Burke, the DOJ, and the Obama administration don't want to deal with Arpaio, but Arpaio is leaving them little choice. Unless they bloody the bully's nose, he's going to keep scraping his feet on their pals, creating a political issue that the far right will be able to exploit on a national stage.