Current Events > Trump "seriously considering" a pardon for Sheriff Joe Arpaio

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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/08/14/trump-seriously-considering-pardon-for-sheriff-joe-arpaio.html

President Trump may soon issue a pardon for Joe Arpaio, the colorful former Arizona sheriff who was found guilty two weeks ago of criminal contempt for defying a state judge’s order to stop traffic patrols targeting suspected undocumented immigrants. In his final years as Maricopa County sheriff, Arpaio had emerged as a leading opponent of illegal immigration.

“I am seriously considering a pardon for Sheriff Arpaio,” the president said Sunday, during a conversation with Fox News at his club in Bedminster, N.J. “He has done a lot in the fight against illegal immigration. He’s a great American patriot and I hate to see what has happened to him.”

Trump said the pardon could happen in the next few days, should he decide to do so.

Arpaio, 85, was convicted by U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton of misdemeanor contempt of court for willfully disregarding an Arizona judge’s order in 2011 to stop the anti-immigrant traffic patrols. Arpaio had maintained the law enforcement patrols for 17 months thereafter.

The man who built a controversial national reputation as “America’s toughest sheriff” admitted he prolonged his patrols, but insisted he did not intend to break the law because one of his former attorneys did not explain to him the full measure of restrictions contained in the court order.

He is expected to be sentenced on Oct. 5 and could face up to six months in jail. However, since he is 85 years old and has no prior convictions, some attorneys doubt he will receive any jail time.

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Fuckin hell...

So much for "law and order".
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That was before he condemned racism folks. Surely he won't go through with it now... Surely not the same fucking day he does his "condemnation"... right? Right?!?
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He's 85 years old and probably poops his pants and he could die at any moment. Why have the state pay the dime on his medical expenses? Commute the sentence and let the guy pay his own way
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trump shows his true colors are actually red white and black.
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Man, Trump is truly brilliant.

He doesn't want to condemn white racist violence, but has to because of negative press. But then he goes and pardons a known racist, basically a *wink wink* to white nationalist.

Trully brilliant Trump
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iosifsvoboda posted...

He's 85 years old and probably poops his pants and he could die at any moment. Why have the state pay the dime on his medical expenses? Commute the sentence and let the guy pay his own way

However, since he is 85 years old and has no prior convictions, some attorneys doubt he will receive any jail time.

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Of fucking course he is. One half step forward, 30 yard sprint backwards.

Arpaio is guilty as fuck, let him pay for his crime.
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Arpaio is a national disgrace, so it makes sense Trump would like him
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So some "judge" told him to not enforce the law, and he enforced the law.
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Tropicalwood posted...

So some "judge" told him to not enforce the law, and he enforced the law.

And he was found guilty for his actions.
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hyperpowder posted...

Man, Trump is truly brilliant.

He doesn't want to condemn white racist violence, but has to because of negative press. But then he goes and pardons a known racist, basically a *wink wink* to white nationalist.

Trully brilliant Trump

This
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Yeah, that's bullshit. He had a fair trial and was properly found guilty. No justification for a pardon here.
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Spooking posted...

People dislike Sheriff Arpaio because he is against illegal immigration?

People don't like Arpaio because he literally broke the law.

And basically looked at every Mexican as an illegal.
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Spooking posted...

People dislike Sheriff Arpaio because he is against illegal immigration?

"Now this is shitposting!"
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Tropicalwood posted...

So some "judge" told him to not enforce the law, and he enforced the law.

A judge told him that what he was doing was breaking the law, and he continued to do so.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/us/sheriff-joe-arpaio-convicted-arizona.html

Mr. Arpaio served for 24 years as sheriff of Maricopa County, Ariz., which includes Phoenix, building a national reputation for harsh conditions in his county jail, and for his campaign against undocumented immigrants. The criminal charge grew out of a lawsuit filed a decade ago charging that the sheriff’s office regularly violated the rights of Latinos, stopping people based on racial profiling, detaining them based solely on the suspicion that they were in the country illegally, and turning them over to the immigration authorities.

Hearing the suit, another federal district judge, G. Murray Snow, ordered the sheriff in 2011 to halt detention based solely on suspicion of a person’s immigration status, when there was no evidence that a state law had been broken. An appeals court upheld that ruling, and Judge Snow later reinforced it with other orders.

But Mr. Arpaio insisted, publicly and repeatedly, that his office’s practices were legal and would not change, and advocates said the detentions continued.

On Monday, Judge Bolton ruled that Mr. Arpaio had willfully violated the 2011 court order. “Not only did Defendant abdicate responsibility, he announced to the world and to his subordinates that he was going to continue business as usual no matter who said otherwise,” she wrote.

Cecillia Wang, deputy legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union and one of the lawyers in the suit against Mr. Arpaio , said the verdict “is a vindication for all the victims of his illegal stops and detentions whose constitutional rights were violated.”
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The former sheriff lost the civil case in 2013, when Judge Snow ruled that his office had systematically violated the rights of Latinos, echoing the findings of a Justice Department report from 2011.

In 2015, Judge Snow found Mr. Arpaio in civil contempt of court for violating the initial order, and prosecutors charged him with criminal contempt. Mr. Arpaio maintained in both cases that he had not willfully defied the court, and that any violations were committed by his underlings.

Judge Bolton dismissed that claim, citing evidence that Mr. Arpaio understood the order, and noted the several times when he had said he would not change his ways.

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hyperpowder posted...

Man, Trump is truly brilliant.

He doesn't want to condemn white racist violence, but has to because of negative press. But then he goes and pardons a known racist, basically a *wink wink* to white nationalist.

Trully brilliant Trump

Tropicalwood posted...

So some "judge" told him to not enforce the law, and he enforced the law.

He broke the law.
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Tropicalwood posted...

So some "judge" told him to not enforce the law, and he enforced the law.

So he broke the law.

Ignore Tropicalwood. He's a crap conservatroll that drank the "liberal was confused" coolaid yesterday.
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Tropicalwood posted...

So some "judge" told him to not enforce the law, and he enforced the law.

I'm sure that's what it looks like in Trump's head.

In reality, what happened was instead of enforcing the law, he racially profiled people and targeted exclusively them to "enforce law" when no law was being broken in the first place.

He also had a huge history of being a big supporter of Trump's birther bullshit.
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Good. Put him in charge of the DoJ to piss off the sanctuary city cucks
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daftpunk_mk5 posted...

Good. Put him in charge of the DoJ to piss off the sanctuary city cucks

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Oh Hell no.

I was relieved enough that he was finally gone.
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Oh fuck that.
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Wheeze42 posted...

ChromaticAngel posted...

Tropicalwood posted...

So some "judge" told him to not enforce the law, and he enforced the law.

I'm sure that's what it looks like in Trump's head.

In reality, what happened was instead of enforcing the law, he racially profiled people and targeted exclusively them to "enforce law" when no law was being broken in the first place.

He also had a huge history of being a big supporter of Trump's birther bullshit.

the law being broken, is that these people aren't supposed to be here...and 5th column elements like you make shit up for attention to try and keep them here....too you, its bad when "evil sheriff joe" upholds law and order....but A-OK when Obama goes and pardons crack and heroin dealers who he feels weren't given a fair shake because of their skin color........you are on the wrong side of the football dude, always have and always will be

The fucker literally targeted people solely for looking Mexican. That is 100% illegal.
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Wheeze42 posted...

if we are going to allow sanctuary cities, immunity from the law and the ability to drive without a drivers license, thats just what its going to take....desperate times call for desperate measures

So can we assume that every white person with a Confederate flag is a white supremacist, and treat them as such?
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I'm asking if you personally are okay with profiling white people that way, since you're so okay with profiling all Mexicans as illegals.
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hyperpowder posted...

Man, Trump is truly brilliant.

He doesn't want to condemn white racist violence, but has to because of negative press. But then he goes and pardons a known racist, basically a *wink wink* to white nationalist.

Trully brilliant Trump

Arpaio is native American homie. Not white.
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He's 85? Holy shit I didn't realize how old he was.
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Wheeze42 posted...

Bio1590 posted...

I'm asking if you personally are okay with profiling white people that way, since you're so okay with profiling all Mexicans as illegals.

yes, if they aren't illegal, then they should have no problem producing ID

Not everyone always carries their ID.
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Bio1590 posted...

Wheeze42 posted...

Bio1590 posted...

I'm asking if you personally are okay with profiling white people that way, since you're so okay with profiling all Mexicans as illegals.

yes, if they aren't illegal, then they should have no problem producing ID

Not everyone always carries their ID.

...while driving?

Trump will hopefully learn soon that he shouldn't pardon hateful, racist, white supremacists like this Sheriff.

He needs to focus on freeing heroic and brave American patriots like Chelsea Manning.
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What exactly did this Sheriff do? (Brit who is not 100% clued up on every bit of news over in the US so I do apologise)
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Questionmarktarius posted...

Bio1590 posted...

Wheeze42 posted...

Bio1590 posted...

I'm asking if you personally are okay with profiling white people that way, since you're so okay with profiling all Mexicans as illegals.

yes, if they aren't illegal, then they should have no problem producing ID

Not everyone always carries their ID.

...while driving?

...passengers?
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spikethedevil posted...

What exactly did this Sheriff do? (Brit who is not 100% clued up on every bit of news over in the US so I do apologise)

Just read his Wikipedia article, there's honestly too much to list.

He truly is a piece of shit human being.
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steveoSEK posted...

hyperpowder posted...

Man, Trump is truly brilliant.

He doesn't want to condemn white racist violence, but has to because of negative press. But then he goes and pardons a known racist, basically a *wink wink* to white nationalist.

Trully brilliant Trump

Arpaio is native American homie. Not white.

What? He's fucking straight Italian.
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To the surprise of no one, Trump is a supporter of the alt-right, his fake ass speech today that he had to be forced into doing meant absolutely nothing.
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spikethedevil posted...

What exactly did this Sheriff do? (Brit who is not 100% clued up on every bit of news over in the US so I do apologise)

He was convicted for continuing patrols for and detaining people based on suspicion they were undocumented. Racial profiling.
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that guy is scum of the earth

this better not happen
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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/346519-ex-ethics-chief-trump-talk-of-pardoning-arpaio-shows-racists

President Trump’s former ethics chief on Monday blasted him for considering pardoning controversial Sheriff Joe Arpaio, saying such an action would tell white supremacists he's on their side and undercut his claim to be against racism.

Walter Shaub, who resigned as director of the United States Office of Government Ethics after clashes with Trump, hit Trump for saying he may pardon the sheriff who violated a federal order to stop racially profiling Latinos in his Arizona county.

“Scrambling to reassure the white supremacists and nazis that he didn't really mean what he said to the 'normies' today…” Shaub tweeted along with a link to a report about Trump's thoughts on Arpaio.

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