Kelly the Dog Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 This is a nice heartwarming story of Joe: "Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who has been accused of being prejudiced, said he no longer considers comparisons to the Ku Klux Klan "an honor." http://www.pressherald.com/2012/07/24/ariz-sheriff-back-tracks-on-kkk-support/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unbillievable Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 (edited) Of course I don't think he personally had anything to do with it. The reason I brought it up were the conditions in Tent City, which were inhumane. Everyone knew what he was like that lived there. A good number of them thought it was awesome he treated people like dogs. Phoenix in the 80s and 90s was one of the most backwoods big cities in the country. For instance, the governor at that time, who was impeached for being a racist, once said at a fundraiser in response to charges he was a racist, "I am not a racist, I have black friends, and black people who work for me, and it's not because they are black, it's because they're the best at their cotton pickin' jobs." True story. You can look it up. Everyone knew? That must have been some epic weed to risk getting sent to a concentration camp. Edited August 30, 2017 by unbillievable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Everyone knew? That must have been some epic weed to risk getting sent to a concentration camp.I lived there 11 years. Never met one person who didn't know who he was. Everyone knew the same way that everyone knew who John McCain was. This was my favorite. He faked an assassination attempt on himself and framed some guy for it. Not just some rumor. The guy spent nine years in prison and then all charges were thrown out. Arpaio, well taxpayers, had to pay over a million dollars in a settlement. Two of his staffers were caught making it up. Nice guy that Joe. http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/a-phony-murder-plot-against-joe-arpaio-winds-up-costing-taxpayers-11-million-6629798 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Of course I don't think he personally had anything to do with it. The reason I brought it up were the conditions in Tent City, which were inhumane. Everyone knew what he was like that lived there. A good number of them thought it was awesome he treated people like dogs. Phoenix in the 80s and 90s was one of the most backwoods big cities in the country. For instance, the governor at that time, who was impeached for being a racist, once said at a fundraiser in response to charges he was a racist, "I am not a racist, I have black friends, and black people who work for me, and it's not because they are black, it's because they're the best at their cotton pickin' jobs." True story. You can look it up. this isn't a response directly to your post but it really starts to strike me and I'm sure many others as whatever when you keep hearing terms like up racist racist racist racist all the time it's almost upon deaf ears at this point. So when you say someone's racist I just shrug and say what the !@#$ ever isn't everybody supposedly to some people you know that or Hitler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 I lived there 11 years. Never met one person who didn't know who he was. Everyone knew the same way that everyone knew who John McCain was. This was my favorite. He faked an assassination attempt on himself and framed some guy for it. Not just some rumor. The guy spent nine years in prison and then all charges were thrown out. Arpaio, well taxpayers, had to pay over a million dollars in a settlement. Two of his staffers were caught making it up. Nice guy that Joe. http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/a-phony-murder-plot-against-joe-arpaio-winds-up-costing-taxpayers-11-million-6629798 Maybe that's what he should have been convicted for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Maybe that's what he should have been convicted for. Or arresting the two owners of that newspaper for writing critical stories on him and then having to pay them $3.75 million in a settlement for it. His reign of terror literally had 13,000 legal complaints. He paid out, well taxpayers, $140 million in settlements, legal fees and court awards. He's a racist scumbag no matter how many other racist accusations there are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unbillievable Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Maybe that's what he should have been convicted for. I'm starting to wonder how he got re-elected so many times. The guy was literally Hitler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 this isn't a response directly to your post but it really starts to strike me and I'm sure many others as whatever when you keep hearing terms like up racist racist racist racist all the time it's almost upon deaf ears at this point. So when you say someone's racist I just shrug and say what the !@#$ ever isn't everybody supposedly to some people you know that or HitlerWhile I agree with you, this is the guy that cancelled MLK Day in Phoenix. Said Asians' "eyes get round" who visit Phoenix golf courses. Defends his use of calling little black kids "pickaninnies." The list goes on and on. I'm starting to wonder how he got re-elected so many times. The guy was literally Hitler. Phoenix was extremely Republican for decades. The last 10-15 years it has changed a bit. Trump won the last election by three points and Sheriff Joe lost by 11-12 points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Brown Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 I'm starting to wonder how he got re-elected so many times. The guy was literally Hitler. I picture him as more like Colonel Jessup on A Few Good Men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 I picture him a bit more along these lines... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeYouToTasker Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Or arresting the two owners of that newspaper for writing critical stories on him and then having to pay them $3.75 million in a settlement for it. His reign of terror literally had 13,000 legal complaints. He paid out, well taxpayers, $140 million in settlements, legal fees and court awards. He's a racist scumbag no matter how many other racist accusations there are.I lived in Scottsdale for 8 years durring Arpaio's tenure, and while I wasn't a fan, I didn't find him to be racist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 ^ No surprise there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 I lived in Scottsdale for 8 years durring Arpaio's tenure, and while I wasn't a fan, I didn't find him to be racist.So you approved of the Latino section of Tent City did you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 So you approved of the Latino section of Tent City did you?was it a Latino section or a gang area? Segregation in prison is popular and smart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bilzfancy Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 no matter what sheriff Joe did or didn't do, its not on the same level as the scumbags Obama put back on the streets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeYouToTasker Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 So you approved of the Latino section of Tent City did you?You'll have to be more specific, and provide a source please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Or arresting the two owners of that newspaper for writing critical stories on him and then having to pay them $3.75 million in a settlement for it. His reign of terror literally had 13,000 legal complaints. He paid out, well taxpayers, $140 million in settlements, legal fees and court awards. He's a racist scumbag no matter how many other racist accusations there are. Don't know if he's racist or not...but I am hearing far more "generic !@#$" stories about him than I am "racist" stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeYouToTasker Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Don't know if he's racist or not...but I am hearing far more "generic !@#$" stories about him than I am "racist" stories. Correct. As I said, I was not a fan of Arpaio. His concept of justice was broken, as he used a pre-trial prison as punishment for crimes yet to be prosecuted. He wasn't a good person, but that doesn't make him a racist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 I didn't get to the stage of reading the 800 page biography of Arpaio, looked like a cartoon character to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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