Arpaio Pardoned

Did Arpaio deserve a pardon?


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Presumably that doesn't mean he's allowed back to running concentration camps, stuffing up sexual assault cases and engaging in racist policing, though? Just get to go home and rot away in retirement? Right?
 
Trump is going to give him a Presidential Medal of Freedom. Just to complete the destruction of something else good in America.
 
Presumably that doesn't mean he's allowed back to running concentration camps, stuffing up sexual assault cases and engaging in racist policing, though? Just get to go home and rot away in retirement? Right?
yeah, he got voted out of office in 2016. He'll be like 88 or something when 2020 election rolls around
 
Oh right, the whole elected cops thing.

At any rate, Trump has continued to shred any semblance of doubt as to his affiliations and sympathies. This bloke literally tortured people pre-trial who he'd imprisoned based on their racial/ethnic background.

Those individuals unfortunate enough to languish in the county jails, which Arpaio’s office operated, suffered grievously. Arpaio’s deputies allegedly put Spanish-speaking inmates in solitary confinement to punish them for not understanding English. They also refused to accept requests for basic daily services that were written in Spanish and pressured Latino inmates into signing deportation forms. The vast majority of inmates in these jails were Latinos detained on suspicion of being undocumented. Jail staff regularly referred to Latino inmates as “wetbacks,” “Mexican *****es,” and “stupid Mexicans.” A federal judge ruled twice that Arpaio’s deputies unlawfully deprived detainees of food and medical care, and tortured inmates who were on psychotropic medication by locking them in unbearably hot solitary confinement cells, which caused an increased risk of heat-related illness. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed that these practices violated the Eighth Amendment’s bar on cruel and unusual punishment.

Arpaio, who once acknowledged in court that he did not know the contents of the 14th Amendment, specialized in this sort of heat-based punishment. He set up “tent cities” to house overflowing jail population and boasted that they were actual “concentration camps.” In the summer, the heat in these facilities reached 145 degrees Fahrenheit; inmates’ shoes literally melted. Arpaio told the inmates not to complain, declaring: “It’s 120 degrees in Iraq and the soldiers are living in tents and they didn’t commit any crimes, so shut your mouths.”

In fact, many of these inmates had not yet been convicted of a crime—but Arpaio treated all detainees as though they had already been found guilty. He introduced a number of schemes designed to humiliate inmates, including chain gangs for women and juveniles, and a live webcast that broadcast video of jailed pretrial detainees on the internet. One camera captured the toilet in the women’s holding cell. The 9th Circuit ultimately blocked these webcasts, but not before millions of people had tuned in.

(from here - http://www.slate.com/articles/news_...ring_pardoning_former_sheriff_joe_arpaio.html)

He also ignored or inadequately investigated hundreds of sexual crimes, including at least 32 reported child molestations due to ignoring crime against Latinos.

Very much the white supremacist's fever dream.
 
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Also, are my time zones right, did the coward sneak this piece of red meat to his racist base on a Friday arvo as a large hurricane hit?
 
Has anyone ever been pardoned for ignoring a court order before?
 
I'm curious to know whether Arpaio's conviction was for some form of statutory contempt, or as a result of the inherent power of the courts. If the latter, how does the executive power extend to interfering with the conviction?
 
Also, are my time zones right, did the coward sneak this piece of red meat to his racist base on a Friday arvo as a large hurricane hit?


It also occurred too late to make the evening news programs.
 
How long until Trump puts Arpaio in charge of border security?
 
A wrong act, but an ultimately meaningless one - stinks to high heaven of a distraction, meant to incense the left and please (his side of) the right and make them ignore what the other hand is doing.
 
I'm curious to know whether Arpaio's conviction was for some form of statutory contempt, or as a result of the inherent power of the courts. If the latter, how does the executive power extend to interfering with the conviction?

It was a federal conviction. The President has the power to pardon federal crimes.

Anna Navarro has an interesting insight. She opines that Trump is sending a message to everyone entangled in the Russia scandal. Don't worry if you're guilty of anything. Trump can and will pardon you.
 
Sad day with this pardon. Trump's practicing. The question for the Russian investigation is whether or not granting preemptive pardons is obstruction of justice.
 
I give Trump a point for consistency.

Sad day with this pardon. Trump's practicing. The question for the Russian investigation is whether or not granting preemptive pardons is obstruction of justice.
IIRC That was settled in 1989, concerning Secretary Weinberger, with relation to the Iran-Contra affair.

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It was a federal conviction. The President has the power to pardon federal crimes.

Anna Navarro has an interesting insight. She opines that Trump is sending a message to everyone entangled in the Russia scandal. Don't worry if you're guilty of anything. Trump can and will pardon you.

I was watching an expert on TV and she said if Trump pardons people, they're admitting guilt and while not subject to criminal prosecution, they still have to testify and remain open to perjury or contempt charges if they lie or refuse - and they cant cite their 5th Amendment right against self-incrimination cuz they've been pardoned.
 
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