Lawrence Gilchrist posted:

Secular Humanist posted:

yes its very important that they are WHITE.

they are terrible people, and they are also WHITE people, so i think as i have clearly demonstrated my racism is super duper justified

i wonder if any racists in history have ever felt morally justified in their dumb lovely racism?

Secular Humanist posted:

yes its very important that they are WHITE.

they are terrible people, and they are also WHITE people, so i think as i have clearly demonstrated my racism is super duper justified

i wonder if any racists in history have ever felt morally justified in their dumb lovely racism?

Rutibex posted:

Joe is an elected official. the people who put him there will just elect someone else to do his job they way they want it done

The Biscuit posted:

Out of interest has the new sheriff cleaned house?

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From: itstimetogo@mac.hush.com
Date: September 8, 2016 at 11:36:31 AM MST
To: j_sheridan@mcso.maricopa.gov, a_lake@mcso.maricopa.gov, m_vendredi@mcso.maricopa.gov
Subject: OPEN LETTER TO SHERIFF ARPAIO FROM MCSO EMPLOYEES

Sheriff Arpaio, even with the presence of court-appointed monitors and a federal court order, we are forced to write this letter anonymously due to the retaliation that occurs under your reign of terror, as we are forbidden to express our opinions. Not only have you brought wrath the community you are sworn to protect, you have also brought wrath upon your employees. This letter has been written by your employees' and shall serve as the voice of the vast majority of your 3000+ employees: detention officers, deputies, and civilians.

Because of your shameful practices, the citizens of Maricopa County, those whom we are entrusted to serve and protect both on the street and in the jails, believe we are corrupt and unprofessional. We believe it is important that they not confuse you, with us. Those terms only apply to you. You will do anything and everything for media recognition and political gain, no matter the impact it has on the community or your employees.

Our jail facilities are dangerously understaffed, running continual overtime to keep the inmates and officers safe. There is a solution to this, but you refuse to do it. Our deputies are tired of being called racists because of the decisions you have made. Sergeants are chained to chairs, unable to help their people because of the court orders imposed on MCSO, again because you chose politics over policing. You blame the court and the monitors, but we blame you for thumbing your nose at the court, thus saddling the taxpayers with this tremendous expense for years to come. The irony, as several years ago you rolled out your "Integrity, Accountability, Community" initiative. Those words do not apply to you, Sheriff.

Your recent decision to keep the nearly empty Tent City Jail open for your continued political gain sacrifices desperately needed detention officer positions in other areas and is unsafe. There is plenty of bed space to move those inmates and officers inside, which would increase staffing in our jails. You have suddenly become a voice for jailed veterans when the truth is that you see this as a way to garner more votes. A well-devised plan, but devised for the wrong reasons. You spent money to put flags on inmate uniforms for no reason other than personal media attention. You have to come up with taxpayer money to pay the fees for the racial profiling lawsuit that you lost. Safety is not your priority, politics and name recognition are, as evidenced by your name being on every vehicle or document within our organization. What a ridiculous expense to the taxpayers. There is more to your lack of leadership: According to the news, Executive Chief Mike Olson is on admin leave with pay for not coming to work. He has a very large annual salary and has been absent for years.

As reported on the news and in a recent mandatory internal training document, you have now lost control of your Professional Standards Bureau because you and select members of this organization lack integrity. Within that recent internal training document, we note the following:

"The court found that the Defendants failures were in bad faith." "The court also found that MCSO knowingly attempted to deceive the Monitor Team at the July 20, 2015 meeting." "The Court found that MCSO's Seattle Investigation involving Mr. Montgomery demonstrates Sheriff Arpaio's many intentional misstatements under oath and his attitude of hostility toward the Court's orders." "The Court also found that Chief Deputy Sheridan also knowingly made misstatements of fact under oath about the Montgomery Investigation." "MCSO failed to conduct adequate internal investigations." "The mishandling of investigations by Chief Deputy Sheridan and/or Chief Olson..." This list goes on and on.

Sheriff, the key words here are "bad faith, knowingly, and intentionally." You claim to the media that there is a conspiracy against you, but this fact is quite clear: the only conspiracies around here are the ones you continue to propagate. It has become complete bedlam with all the infighting amongst your senior aides. Paranoia, distrust, and disrespect run rampant. You've lost control of our organization, Sheriff, and you've long lost the respect of "your" employees. We find you unfit to lead this organization, as you and your Chief Deputy have admitted to civil contempt charges and are now facing possible criminal charges. You continue to openly state "I support my Chief Deputy." Oddly enough, you supported your former Chief Deputy, as well. He was fired for lying, but only after an investigation by another agency after the information became public. We see a trend here.

It is well documented that some years ago you siphoned nearly $90 million from the voter-approved Detention Fund for use in other components of MCSO, which you were forced to pay back. You failed to investigate hundreds of sex crimes; instead choosing to assemble raid teams to arrest mom and pop "illegals" who were working menial jobs. You left victims of the worst types of crimes all alone, while instead focusing on detaining legal members of our community who did not deserve to be victimized by you. You violated their rights. You champion yourself as a national voice on illegal immigration, but we know the truth: it is all about personal media attention. You may fool the public but you cannot fool us. We are against illegal immigration, but we believe in only enforcing the law within the proper scope of our authority. It is unfortunate you do not share the same sentiments.

You've investigated anyone who disagrees with you, including Maricopa County board members and their staff, Superior Court judges and their staff, and other government officials and their staff. The cost of these investigations, subsequent lawsuits, and their settlements have cost taxpayers untold millions. The total cost to taxpayers for all of the things you have done is hard to estimate, but many place that cost close to $200 million dollars, just over the last 10-15 years. That toll continues to rise every day. If that isn't enough, you are still "investigating" a Presidential birth certificate, and you continue to brag about it.

Once this letter gets out, you may hold a press conference and force your commanders to stand behind you on stage to make it look like they support you, but if they have any honor or personal integrity, they will speak their minds for the citizens of Maricopa County, and the employees who work tirelessly to do the right thing. Don't worry Sheriff; we will keep doing our jobs even though you can't do yours because we are the true public servants. We care about the communities we serve and the job that is entrusted unto us. You only care about yourself. We ask that you stop referring to us as "your deputies and detention officers." We don't work for you, we work for the people.

It is time for you to go, and for all the reasons stated above, we give you an eternal vote of NO CONFIDENCE. You can tell your chiefs to stand down. We will not do anything to hurt the public trust and safety; we will not strike, we will not walk out. We are better than you.

Sincerely,

The MCSO Employees who do the right thing.

Space Camp fuckup posted:

Yeah for the most part. Tent city is in the process of being dismantled, it might be closed already.

Even Arpaio's deputies loving hated him, they sent out this letter in September

Gammatron 64 posted:

Holy crap that letter is amazing lol

Space Camp fuckup posted:

Yeah for the most part. Tent city is in the process of being dismantled, it might be closed already.

Even Arpaio's deputies loving hated him, they sent out this letter in September

...and the pitch! posted:

It's really good.

CharlestonJew posted:

i cannot wait for this old gently caress to die

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That Letter

Telephones posted:

Lock him up, throw away the key, forget about the key, forget about him. And he rots rots rots.

There should be a tent somewhere in this process.

Space Camp fuckup posted:

Yeah for the most part. Tent city is in the process of being dismantled, it might be closed already.

Even Arpaio's deputies loving hated him, they sent out this letter in September

Space Camp fuckup posted:

The letter

Secular Humanist posted:

probably yeah im sure he found the tent cities very impressive

CharlestonJew posted:

the worst part is when this hateful gently caress dies everyone on the news will have to pretend he was a great man and anyone who says differently will be shouted down "how dare you have you no respect too sooooooooon"

Harakiri Potter posted:

I'll never understand men like Joe Arpaio or Charles Askins.

Just seems like they got a big hangup from something that happened early in life. Didn't anyone ever just ask Joe to shut up and collect his drat pension? Maybe take up golf or talk to someone about his problems?

Harakiri Potter posted:

There will be so many people urinating on his headstone, moss will never gain purchase on that stele, nay, his headstone will gleam with the piss of a thousand illegal immigrants

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Despite Arpaio's media-hungry nature, Arpaio targeted the New Times' co-founders, Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin. The journalists were jailed in 2007 on charges, which turned out not to be true, that they had violated the secrecy of a grand jury. Lacey and Larkin later were awarded a $3.75 million settlement. 

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PHOENIX - Maricopa County has agreed to pay $200,000 to settle a lawsuit by a former inmate in one of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s jails who claimed her rights were violated in 2009 when officers restrained her before and after she gave birth to her son at a hospital.

Zorodius posted:

Arizona is itself a prison for all who dwell within

Pththya-lyi posted:

https://twitter.com/RealTrillBill/status/892194761259593730

your friend a dog posted:

why do people post these weak rear end owns and think they're clever

Secular Humanist posted:

lol why is it important to note that they are white you god drat literal racist