Thompson
Mesa,#2Author of original report
Sun, March 06, 2022
Hard to forget good old Joe's continuing lie that he was "of Portuguese extraction". It was established decades ago the fat, insane, senile charlatan coward was of CALABRIAN descent.
That's southern Italy, across from Sicily. It's verified by the ton. The man cannot utter truth. Just can't!!
jimbo
Mesa,#3Consumer Suggestion
Sat, September 28, 2002
The Citizens of Maricopa County continue to pay for the endless and ridiculous sins of the fool who has dubbed himself "THE TOUGHEST SHERIFF IN AMERICA". Quite aside from Arpaio's history as the only "tough guy" who got the hell kicked out of him by a hair dresser, Arpaio's endless falsehoods, hogwashes, exaggerations, and publicity stunts are putting down his dubious "legend" as a scam artist, just a few Many charges here flow from mistaken identity, dishonest cops like those in Mesa, fraudulent evidence from paid snitches who cannot get facts straight, or just some lowlife's need to "clear" a case and make quota. Others are so grotesquely exaggerated that, when a court date actually comes up, they are reduced to almost nothing. But the jail system forces easy "plea greements" These are not "Plea Bargains"...nothing involved with this system is a bargain. TB, Hepatitis, and worse are very serious dangers in these filth holes, and it is not merely the tents. Certainly, an extreme DUI deserves punishment, and so does domestic violence, two of the more common offenses for which defendants wind up at Tent City. But a death sentence--which is what many of the chronic diseases acquired there really amount to--is not appropriate. This is why many inmates, having experienced or heard of both, WANT to go to prison, rather than stay in these revolting climes. And many will "confess" rather than be further confined, even if they are innocent. ANY trip to one of Arpaio's jails is "cruel and unusual punishment"... This is not the "Toughest Sheriff in America"... But he is surely the "Most Expensive Phony Cop" in the entire world. Even the n**i concentration camps were cleaner. The food was probably similar.