Sheriff Joe Arpaio is a self-promoting bigot of a politician who influences his deputies with discriminatory ideas that flow down from the top. That was the underlying theme of hours of questioning by Stanley Young, one of the lawyers who represents Hispanics suing the county in a major racial-profiling…
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Joshua Reardon was accused of terorizing several women and children at a Phoenix apartment complex Monday, all while he was naked. Yes, another naked man. Authorities say Reardon, 33, flashed his penis in front of two women and two little girls, then broke into a pregnant woman’s apartment and assaulted one…
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Despite the fact that Maricopa Sheriff Joe Arpaio has been raking in the money for his re-election bid, some people trying to cash in on Arpaio’s name have been awful at making advertisements.The first one we noticed was John Philip Sousa IV’s independent-expenditure committee called “Americans for Sheriff Joe,” which…
Stanley Young, the lawyer for five people suing the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office for racial profiling, is doing a good job making Sheriff Joe Arpaio look like a racist this morning. Following testimony earlier in the morning from a deputy, Arpaio took the stand, starting off with the disclaimer that…
The Arizona Diamondbacks’ two hottest hitters, Jason Kubel and Aaron Hill, went a combined 0-for-8 last night.The D-backs still beat the Colorado Rockies 6-3 at Chase Field.D-Backs starter Ian Kennedy drove in three runs on a standing triple — to repeat, Ian Kennedy drove in three runs on a triple…
We disagreed with Alexander Cockburn, well, more than half the time, and that was a good thing. We had read him for years when he was with the Village Voice(long before the New Times chain took over the New York City alternative weekly giant), and really appreciated how he skewered…
Congratulations to the New Times reader known as RetiredArmy, you’ve won this week’s New Times You Write the Caption contest. On Friday, we asked readers to write the caption for the above photo of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s lead birther “investigator,” Mike Zullo. We picked the five best captions, and put…
Yesterday, we brought you the top five reasons why post-traumatic stress disorder should be on the list of qualifying ailments under the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act.We propose these reasons because the state’s Department of Health Services recently rejected adding PTSD to the list. Medical marijuana use for anxiety, migraine headaches,…
A county judge has put a halt to a state Department of Health Services rule that is preventing the approval of a would-be medical-marijuana dispensary. White Mountain Health Center wants to open a dispensary in Sun City, but it can’t get the county to acknowledge or reject its request for…
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Peoria Police Chief Roy Minter announced today that a patrol sergeant was demoted and suspended for directing a “racially derogatory term” at a podium in April.Sergeant Patrick Kief is now Officer Patrick Kief for “us[ing] a racially derogatory term to describe his frustration with a podium he was using during…
A deputy and a dog from the Pima County Sheriff’s Department were both pretty sure they smelled weed in a car during a traffic stop, but there was no pot found in the car.While they were still there, though — in front of the driver’s house — the dog happened…
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Aircraft emergency slides aren’t always the bouncy-castle thrill they appear to be — as Tammie Dent knows too well. The Phoenix woman broke her tailbone on a slide after an Allegiant Air jet carrying 154 people made an emergency landing in Flagstaff two years ago. Dent and her husband are…
