Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/joe-arpaio/ Our Thing Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:27:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://remezcla.com/wp-content/themes/remezcla/assets/images/social/precomposed-144x144.png Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/joe-arpaio/ 144 144 Despite Contrary Evidence, Joe Arpaio Says He Respects Immigrants https://remezcla.com/culture/joe-arpaio-former-maricopa-county-sheriff-says-he-respects-immigrants/ Wed, 04 Sep 2019 14:19:42 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=267213 Joe Arpaio, the former Maricopa County sheriff, has demonstrated time and time again that he is xenophobic and anti-Latino. In 2017, a judge found Arpaio guilty of contempt of court for not putting an end to traffic patrols that targeted immigrants and Latinos, despite a court order. He also mishandled at least 400 sexual assault

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]]> Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio Files Petition To Run For U.S. Senate Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio speaks to the media in front of the Arizona State Capitol before filing petitions to run for the U.S. Senate on May 22, 2018 in Phoenix, Arizona. Photo by Ralph Freso/Getty Images Sacha Baron Cohen Tricked Joe Arpaio Into Saying He’d Accept Blow Job From Trump https://remezcla.com/culture/sacha-baron-cohen-joe-arpaio-who-is-america/ Tue, 07 Aug 2018 15:15:03 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=245597 Former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio is a vile man. During his tenure, he unfairly targeted undocumented immigrants, and humiliated and dehumanized inmates. While Arpaio received a pardon from President Donald Trump (after he racially profiled Latinos and immigrants), he couldn’t escape Sacha Baron Cohen’s masterful trolling. On his new Showtime show, Who Is America?, Cohen

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]]> Republican National Convention: Day Four Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio gestures to the crowd as he delivers a speech on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images News After More Than 20 Years, Joe Arpaio’s Inhumane Tent City Jail Has Shuttered https://remezcla.com/culture/joe-arpaio-inhumane-tent-city-jail/ Thu, 12 Oct 2017 18:19:15 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=228561 Tent City Jail is no more. The seven-acre facility that former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio built has shuttered. Back in April, the man who unseated Arpaio, Sheriff Paul Penzone, announced the that he’d close the jail that Arpaio installed in his first year as sheriff in the early 90s. The open-air jail, where inmates

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]]> Maricopa County Sheriff Runs Tent City Jail For Immigrant Prisoners Undocumented immigrant Sam Ramos, 39, shows off his jail-issued pink underwear in the Maricopa County "Tent City Jail" on April 30, 2010 in Phoenix, Arizona. Photo by John Moore/Getty Images News The Arizona Group That Helped Unseat Racist Sheriff Joe Arpaio Now Sets Sights on Trump https://remezcla.com/features/culture/bazta-arpaio-arpaio-trump/ Tue, 29 Aug 2017 21:52:00 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?post_type=re_features&p=225172 The news that President Donald Trump pardoned former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio for criminal contempt of court on Friday sent shockwaves throughout the nation. Politicians across the spectrum criticized the action, legal experts questioned the lawfulness of a president blocking a federal judge’s effort to implement the Constitution, and Twitter users lambasted Trump for interrupting vital coverage of Hurricane Harvey to make

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]]> Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump Campaigns Throughout Iowa Sheriff Joe Arpaio (R) of Maricopa County, Arizona endorses Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump prior to a rally on January 26, 2016 in Marshalltown, Iowa. Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images Trump Pardons Convicted Racial Profiler Joe Arpaio, Making it Clear He Stands With White Supremacy https://remezcla.com/lists/culture/trump-pardons-maricopa-county-joe-arpaio/ Sat, 26 Aug 2017 01:02:32 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?post_type=re_guides&p=224956 Days after President Donald Trump hinted that he’d pardon former Maricopa County Joe Arpaio – whose racist policing adversely affected black and brown communities for more than two decades – he has followed through. US District Judge Susan Bolton found Arpaio guilty for disobeying a 2011 judge’s order to put an end to the racial profiling

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]]> Republican National Convention: Day Four Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio gestures to the crowd as he delivers a speech on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images News Racial Profiling Is Only One of the Many Ways Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio Failed to do His Job https://remezcla.com/lists/culture/sheriff-joe-arpaio-history-of-discrimination/ Wed, 23 Aug 2017 17:35:51 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?post_type=re_guides&p=224681 Following President Donald Trump’s inability to call out the white nationalists who have incited violence in the last several weeks, several speakers at an Arizona rally on Tuesday evening tried to reinforce the idea that the president isn’t racist. However, any gains they made were obliterated when Trump stepped on the stage and ranted for

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]]> Republican National Convention: Day Four Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio gestures to the crowd as he delivers a speech on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images News Trump May Pardon Sheriff Arpaio, Who Was Found Guilty in Racial Profiling Case https://remezcla.com/culture/sheriff-joe-arpaio-trump-pardon/ Mon, 14 Aug 2017 20:39:15 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=224078 When a judge found former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio guilty of contempt of court after he failed to comply with a court order to end traffic patrols that targeted immigrants and Latinos, many of those directly affected by his policies celebrated. For decades, Arpaio enacted controversial policing methods that targeted and harmed communities of

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]]> Republican National Convention: Day Four Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio gestures to the crowd as he delivers a speech on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images News Joe Arpaio, the Infamously Anti-Immigrant Former Sheriff, Is Found Guilty in Racial Profiling Case https://remezcla.com/culture/joe-arpaio-found-guilty/ Mon, 31 Jul 2017 20:07:51 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=223023 Today, a judge found former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio – who gained notoriety (and popularity) for his anti-immigrant policies – guilty of contempt of court for not putting an end to traffic patrols that targeted immigrants and Latinos following a court order. U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton found Arpaio guilty for disobeying a 2011

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]]> Republican National Convention: Day Four Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio gestures to the crowd as he delivers a speech on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images News After More than Two Decades, Joe Arpaio’s Inhumane Tent City Will Shutter https://remezcla.com/culture/maricopa-county-to-shut-down/ Wed, 05 Apr 2017 15:44:43 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=213925 With the November elections, came the end of Joe Arpaio’s 24-year run as sheriff of Maricopa County. Now, the inhumane Tent City – an open-air jail where inmates endured extreme weather and forcibly wore pink underwear – that he installed in his first year as sheriff will come crashing down as well. On Tuesday, the man who unseated

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]]> Republican National Convention: Day Four Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio gestures to the crowd as he delivers a speech on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images News 5 Young Activists Working to Unseat Joe Arpaio, Arizona’s Infamous Anti-Immigrant Sheriff https://remezcla.com/lists/culture/joe-arpaio-bazta-arpaio/ Mon, 19 Sep 2016 16:52:28 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?post_type=re_guides&p=194615 Fifty days. That’s all that stands between today and what could mark the beginning of the end for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. As the 84-year-old seeks re-election, Bazta Arpaio has brought together a group of young activists passionate about stopping him. For many of them, Arapaio’s 23-year run as sheriff has defined most of

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