Here’s yet another sign worshippers at the font of all things Sheriff Joe know that their boy is doomed by the current recall effort: Their willingness to resort to futile, unconstitutional trickery to keep Arpaio’s career on life support. See also: -Russell Pearce-Inspired Recall Bill Unconstitutional, Say Experts -In the…
Scottsdale police have identified the man shot and killed this morning by officers as 45-year-old Thomas Hawes.As you could probably tell by the orange jumpsuit Hawes is wearing in the photo on the right, Hawes has a bit of a criminal history, including a short stint in prison.See also:-Scottsdale Cops…
Former anti-drug crusader U.S. Attorney Mel McDonald, who was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, appears to be very serious about defending Arizona’s medical-marijuana law as a citizen and father of a patient who uses medical marijuana.You may have seen the video McDonald recorded a couple months ago, giving a glowing…
A drive to a local bootlegger for a bottle of vodka turned into an allegedly meth-addled murder, according to Navajo Nation police. Randly Begay, a member of the nation, his girlfriend, and a friend, piled into a gray GMC Safari van Monday morning and drove to near Tuba City to…
A neutered version of the bill that would have gotten rid of the corrupt cops in Colorado City passed the House yesterday.House Bill 2648 was approved by the House with a 52-7 vote, after one of the primary purposes — disbanding the “Marshal’s Office” in the polygamist town of Colorado…
The pressure is building on Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery to end his apartheid policies when it comes to the over-charging of undocumented workers, resulting in moms and dads being held nonbondable under Prop 100 and ultimately deported. See also: -Bill Montgomery and ICE, Partners in Crime, To Be Protested…
UPDATE: Thomas Hawes Identified as Man Fatally Shot by Scottsdale Cops; Five Detectives on LeaveScottsdale police officers shot and killed a man this morning who was wanted for questioning in sex crimes.Police haven’t released the 45-year-old man’s name, but Scottsdale Officer David Pubins says in an e-mail that the man…
The man who kind of made Governor Jan Brewer’s comments about headless bodies a reality pleaded no contest to cutting a man’s head off in Chandler in 2010.”Law enforcement agencies have found bodies in the desert either buried or just lying out there that have been beheaded,” Brewer said back…
After an entire week without an almost-credible rumor involving a quarterback and the Arizona Cardinals, another one has popped up.ESPN’s Todd McShay did his third mock NFL draft, and has West Virginia’s Geno Smith going to the Cards with the seventh overall pick.See also:-Cardinals Quarterback Rumor of the Day: How…
Rebecca Jimenez’s campaign video, produced by Dennis Gilman Sheriff Joe Arpaio may have one foot in the grave (we hope) due to his “broken arm,” but one of his enemies from not too long ago is alive and well and running for mayor of the unique little town of Guadalupe…
The self-proclaimed “toughest” sheriff in America, Joe Arpaio, is now using his wife and his alleged broken arm to raise money to fight the recall effort against him.To sum it up in just a couple of words, this plea for money is completely pathetic…
The ACLU is trying to find out the extent of “militarization” of police forces across the country, including 10 law enforcement agencies in Arizona.Arizona’s ACLU, as well as those in 22 other states, are filing public records requests “to determine the extent to which local police departments are using federally…
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery and his partners at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will feel the heat of Latino and pro-immigrant rage this Monday when the Phoenix human rights group Puente spearheads a march demanding an end to the deportations of individuals whose only real “crime” is working for…
If you’re looking for the face of “The Year in Hate and Extremism,” it’s the face of neo-Nazi J.T. Ready, at least, according to the cover of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s latest report.Ready’s spot on the front is well deserved, after he murdered a man, two women, and a…
When it comes to surveys, Phoenix and, really, the entire state of Arizona, never really seem to get near the top when it’s good news.Two prime examples: “Arizona No Longer Ranked Third Worst-Run State in the U.S. — Now It’s Just Fourth-Worst,” and “Arizona’s Number One in the United States!…
Court documents released in the arrest of convicted murderer Alan Champagne show how police believe Champagne’s responsible for two bodies in a homemade coffin in a backyard in Phoenix.Champagne, 42, was arrested yesterday on first-degree murder charges, a day after landscapers unearthed human remains in a wooden box, buried at…
The group calling itself Respect Arizona announced yesterday that it’s collected and verified 120,000 signatures calling for the recall of Sheriff Joe Arpaio.With a little less than three months left in the four-month window to collect signatures, Respect Arizona has 215,317 signatures left to collect, although the organizers would like…
Dear readers: The Mexican is currently dealing with deportation issues but will return next week once he builds his 15-foot escalera to climb over that pesky 14-foot wall. In the meantime, here are some oldies but goodies to tide you over like yesterday’s menudo. Enjoy! It seems that whenever Chicano…
His boss had just bought the white sedan he drove; it still was fitted with Mexican license plates. He had no insurance, and his only identification was a fake Mexican driver’s license — now tucked against $140,000 in cash in a black backpack resting on the floor of the vehicle’s…
This is what stands for progress in Arizona: The mere fact that Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery feels the need to rationalize the way his office prosecutes undocumented workers, hitting them with multiple forgery counts, thus ensuring that they will be denied bond and eventually deported. Disgraced, disbarred ex-County Attorney…
It’s not every day that an elected law enforcement official, who has sworn an oath to defend the Constitution of the United States, confesses that he or she is enforcing an unconstitutional law. See also: -The MCAO Follows ICE’s Blueprint for Separating Immigrant Families Yet, that’s just what Maricopa County…
Sure enough, Phoenix police believe Alan Champagne — the convicted murderer who happened to be a former resident of the house where human remains were found yesterday — is responsible for those remains.Additionally, Phoenix police say there were actually two bodies in the coffin, which was unearthed yesterday by landscapers,…
