Thursday, November 19, 2009

Sheriff Joe Arpaio--What a Tool!



Arizona's favorite Stalinist Sheriff, Joe Arpaio is at it again.  Arpaio told Superior Court Judge Gary Donahoe to pound salt in response to the Judge's Order to the Sheriff's department to publicly apologize for stealing and copying private privileged legal documents from a Public Defender in the Judge's courtroom.

Here, we go again:  let's be clear, under that inconvenient document, the US Constitution there are something called rights possessed by the people, individually.  Numbering among these rights:  the right to a lawyer, the right of due process, the right to be secure in your property, and papers, and, believe it or not, the presumption of innocence.  When a Sheriff's correctional employee steals the paperwork belonging to a criminal defendant's attorney, these and other rights are implicated.  Imagine for a moment that the suspected criminal is a pretty horrible person, the Sheriff's department theft of a lawyer's papers could trigger the issuance of a (federal) writ of habeas corpus.   Which would result in the horrible bad guy going free to commit even more heinous acts.  Good work, Sheriff Joe!

We can legitimately question the wisdom of ordering a County official to hold a press conference to apologize for violating the civil rights of a prisoner;  but, can we even begin to question the wisdom of granting leave to this out-of-control "lawman" to create and maintain his secessionist fiefdom--where Arpaio pisses all over the rule of law?   Outrageous, you bet.

See:  http://ktar.com/?nid=6&sid=1233512

3 comments:

  1. go here then see if you understand Joes position

    http://d.yimg.com/kq/groups/17260182/1610997888/name/ftc-vi26.wmv

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  2. this may be easier to view .
    thumbs up for Joe

    KNEW this was going to happen. (That way Obama wasn't lying when he said illegals would not be able to get medical coverage under his ObamaCare plan. His simple fix is to make them all legal first.)





    EVERY ONE--PLEASE TAKE TIME TO LISTEN TO THIS--IT TELLS ABOUT THE BILL GOING THRU CONGRESS RIGHT NOW REGARDING IMMIGRATION.

    EVEN CNN IS GETTING UPSET ABOUT THIS!!!!!!!!!!

    Pass this on after you watch it. NOTICE THAT THIS IS FROM CNN, NOT FOX!!!

    http://d.yimg.com/kq/groups/17260182/1610997888/name/ftc-vi26.wmv


    This 2-minute video should be mandatory viewing for every US citizen. If you have never passed anything on before, pass this on! Every American should be outraged!

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