Joe Arpaio

Normally, I would not dedicate a post to just one person, but this is a very interesting exception. The U.S. Department of Justice is suing a shariff from Arizona, named Joe Arpaio, on the grounds of failure to cooperate in an investigation. And what was being investigated? His department was accused of violating Hispanic people's rights. And on the heels of that, he is being called out for possible abuseing of his power. Namely, pushing bogus charges/investigations and and intimidation of county workers. Someone even went so far as to compare him to a character in the movie "Machete." This character kills a Hispanic woman to prevent her from giving birth in the U.S. Joe is very well known it seems. Among his other actions, he has brought back the chain gang. The chain gang is a group of prisoners shackled together to do menial labor. Sexually explicit meterials were banned after complaints from female guards, who claimed harrassment by the prisoners. Apparently, they would compare the guards to the models and make comments. There is an in house radio station, which is, in all honesty, something that I have never even heard of. But perhaps the biggest thing is his "Tent City." People have criticized it because a majority of the people in the tents, outside, next to the building, are not yet convicts. Critics say that his comment that the people there should shut up because it's "hotter in Iraq, have to wear armor, and didn't commit any crimes." All righty, let's see. How should I put this? First, he should be declared innocent until proven guilty. All people have this right. He did well to can the jailhouse pornography, although the idea of inmates having Playboys to begin with is kind of odd. Let's wait and see how this ends, now.