Major Articles on Joe Arpaio
MAJOR PHOENIX NEW TIMES ARTICLES ON JOE ARPAIO (SEE "SHERIFF JOE ARCHIVE" FOR A COMPLETE LIST)
1. OVERVIEWThe following articles sample the range of law enforcement abuses under Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
Breathtaking Abuse of the ConstitutionJailers Show a Paraplegic Who's Boss The Cost of Cruelty Barbarism as a Public Relations Strategy Human Plights Enemies List Boob's Tube Head on a Skewer In the Crosshairs Murder on Madison: The Norberg Remix Jailhouse Blues Inhumanity Has a Price Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Jails Lose National Accreditation Brown Out Are Your Papers in Order? NOPE to Janet Napolitano2. "TARGET PRACTICE" SERIES
Maricopa County law enforcement violated the constitutional rights of this newspaper's readers in October 2007. Using secret grand jury subpoenas, County Attorney Andrew Thomas sought records that would reveal the identity of anyone who'd looked at New Times online in the previous four years. When the paper's leaders revealed the grand jury probe in a cover story, sheriff's deputies arrested them.
Our investigation has made one thing clear: Maricopa County's sheriff has a vivid history of ignoring the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
Breathtaking Abuse of the Constitution Who's Sorry Now? He Just Doesn't Get It Wilenchik's a Liar, and There's More Extraordinary Contempt Enemies List Siege Mentality Power Play Information Blockade Inmates' Rights Lawsuit Languishes Inhumanity Has a Price Flushing Them Out Money Shot Alien Nation 3. HATE GROUPS/NATIVIST EXTREMISTS
Only one state in America has more active hate groups than Arizona, according to The Southern Poverty Law Center. Members of these organizations play a prominent role in the anti-immigrant movement. Sheriff Joe Arpaio has spoken at their meetings, received their applause, accepted their awards, and launched one "crime supression sweep" of Hispanics at their behest.
Feathered Bastard: Triumph of the Swill Jarrett and Goliath King of Pain Feathered Bastard: Rusty Childress Embraces a Neo-Nazi Rusty's World Feathered Bastard: Bloody Christmas at Pruitt's The Bird: Resident Evil Feathered Bastard: Arpaio and the Minuteman Feathered Bastard: Sheriff Joe's Easter Ethnic Cleansing Feathered Bastard: Another Neo-Nazi in the Nativist Woodpile 4. IMMIGRATION
Arizona, the birthplace of Cesar Choˇvez, is the focus of a renegade effort to sweep Mexicans off of American streets and deport them back across the border.
Brown Out Are Your Papers in Order? The Bird: Police State The Bird: Bad Break The Bird: No Holds Barred Feathered Bastard: Arpaio's Circus Comes to Buckeye Feathered Bastard: Arpaio's Thugs Menace Press Conference Feathered Bastard: Arpaio Profiles Street Vendors Feathered Bastard: Columbus D-Day 5. INVESTIGATING CRITICS
Sheriff Joe Arpaio routinely unleashes his deputies to investigate critics. His targets have included judges, civil rights workers, journalists, and rival politicians.
Enemies List The Trial False Positive America's Toughest Suspects Insider Account Blowing His Cool Trick or Threat Goon Squad Information Blockade Free Ray Stern Boob's Tube Breathtaking Abuse of the Constitution Who's Sorry Now? Talk About Intimidation 6. EVIDENCE DESTROYED, SUPPRESSED, AND OBSCURED
In an ongoing probe,
New Times examines how the Sheriff's Office has destroyed, altered, and withheld incriminating evidence in numerous cases involving heinous brutality by deputies and jailers.
The Trial False Positive Gag of an Order Jail Bait Jailhouse Justice Sanitized for Joe's Protection Sheriff's Cover-up? Fed Up Tweaking the Truth Dead Again Hart v. Arpaio Another Jail Death Torture Chamber Lies and Videotape Public Pays in Jail Death 7. BARBARISM IN THE JAIL
Though repeatedly investigated by the courts, the Justice Department -- even Amnesty International -- the corpses continue to accumulate in Sheriff Arpaio's jail.
The Shocking Details on Juan Mendoza Farias Stillborn: Babies Are Dying in Arpaio's Jails Jails Lose National Accreditation Dead Again Hart v. Arpaio Awaits Verdict Inhumanity Has a Price The Cost of Cruelty Assisted Suicide Turning Up the Heat Jailhouse Justice Jail Bait 109 Degrees of Incarceration Murder on Madison: The Norberg Remix Tweaking the Truth Fed Up Sheriff's Cover-up? Keeping 'Em in Stitches A Hoss-Style Witness Jailers Show a Paraplegic Who's Boss Barbarism as a Public Relations Strategy Sanitized for Joe's Protection Tent City Beating Is Nearly Fatal Jailhouse Blues Gulag-Rolling Hog-Tied by the Truth U.S. Lawsuit Re-Alleges Abuse in Jails Human Plights Hangin' with Sheriff Joe Feds Probe Alleged Abuse in County Jail