Racist, nativist Sheriff Joe Arpaio doesn't like being on the other side of the law.......

:nopity:



AP, via WaPo:



Ariz. sheriff under scrutiny wants tables turned


By JACQUES BILLEAUD
The Associated Press

Tuesday, June 2, 2009; 10:46 PM


PHOENIX -- A lawyer for an Arizona sheriff who has aggressively cracked down on illegal immigration has asked for a probe of federal officials who are investigating the sheriff's office for alleged discrimination and unconstitutional searches.

Robert Driscoll, a lawyer for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, said in a letter that Department of Justice investigators conducting the civil rights probe improperly shared documents with the Department of Homeland Security, which is auditing Arpaio's use of federal immigration powers.

"They are not playing fair," Arpaio said Tuesday. "There is a political motive behind all of this _ and ethical violations. Right now, I'm fighting back."

Arpaio said both examinations are focused on his immigration enforcement efforts, which include arresting more than 1,000 illegal immigrants under a state smuggling law and setting up a hot line to report immigration violations. Arpaio also has led crime and immigration sweeps in some heavily Latino areas in metropolitan Phoenix.

Critics say deputies racially profiled people during the immigration sweeps and that Arpaio abused the powers that the federal government gave dozens of his deputies to make immigration arrests. Arpaio said people pulled over in the sweeps were approached because deputies had probable cause to believe they had committed crimes. ..........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/02/AR2009060204250.html

God, these pukes squeal, cry, and whine like 2-year-olds. Beyond pathetic.

It just goes without saying. :sarcasm:

It must really suck having to pay real American wages for menial labor in Maricopa county 'cause all the Hispanics are staying away. I have to wonder how that's working out for all those old white people who lurve them some Sheriff Joe.

he is ...