There’s a new addition to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s infamous posse: “The Motor City Madman” himself, Ted Nugent.Nugent was in town today for a special ceremony at which he was deputized by Arpaio. The two apparently had lunch, too. At least Arpaio claims they had lunch — the sheriff’s…
In somewhat of a concession to humanitarians leaving water out in the desert for thirsty migrants, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that it will allow more water stations on the 118,000-acre Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge in southern Arizona.Although Fish and Wildlife has permitted the group Humane…
Romley fights back against Arpaio and Montgomery in this new attack videoAlthough a Maricopa County judge today refused to halt Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s attack ads aimed at County Attorney Rick Romley, Romley has an answer for the guy Arpaio’s fronting in those ads: Romley’s GOP primary rival Bill Montgomery.In the…
Sheriff Joe is a little like the alien life force in the classic Star Trek original series episode “Day of the Dove,” wherein the alien feeds off hate and can only be defeated with laughter.Witness Arpaio’s recent excursion to speak at a country club in San Diego. Protesters, of course,…
A Maricopa County Superior Court judge has been asked to intervene in a spat between Sheriff Joe Arpaio and two candidates running for political office this yearYou see, Arpaio’s started running TV ads he claims are in support of his re-election campaign — a lofty claim for a guy who…
It’s no secret that we at New Times are no fans of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, but even we have to ask: is depicting America’s self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff” as Adolf Hitler over the line?A painting at the “Footprints” art show, featuring anti-SB 1070 art, depicts Arpaio as Hitler. Check it…
Despite the fact that District Court Judge Susan R. Bolton ripped out most of SB 1070’s spine on July 28, Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s still doing his anti-Hispanic dragnets. And if other law enforcement agencies in Sand Land don’t have the carte blanche they would have had under an un-enjoined 1070, this recent…
You shouldn’t expect subtlety from agitprop, and subtlety is definitely in rare supply at the anti-SB 1070 “FootPrints” show at Bragg’s Pie Factory, which continues through September.But seeing that Arizona’s debate over immigration is about as subtle as a cinder block to the cranium, such explicitness seems justified. Moreover, protest art is…
For anyone interested in immigration, sci-fi or both, director Alex Rivera’s debut feature Sleep Dealer is a must see, a futuristic and at times Blade Runner-ish trek through a world where America’s borders are sealed and all labor is imported electronically from “workers” hooked up via wire in Mexico. I…
This disturbing video comes to us from Pan Left Productions, and purports to show a woman being turned over to the U.S. Border Patrol after a traffic stop by the Tucson Police Department. I’ve put in a call to the TPD, but have yet to receive a call back. On…
The events of the last week have been so consuming that I missed this little ditty dated July 31 by reporter Alia Beard Rau in the Arizona Republic, entitled, “Civil-rights activist, Pearce plan summit on migrant issues.” The headline alone is enough to make your pupils pop. The day that neo-Nazi…
The film Sleep Dealer, showing Saturday at Madcap Theaters in a benefit for Puente/TonatierraThe future might look something like director Alex Rivera’s dystopian sci-fi flick Sleep Dealer if the nativists get their way. In it, an impenetrable wall guards the southern border, and workers on the Mexican side slave away…
As Jack Nicholson’s character writes over and over again in The Shining, “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.”Which is why I decided to take a break last night from immigration, Sheriff Joe, and all the drama here in Mari-Kafka County and pay a visit to the…
Though the false collar of Phoenix’s best known civil rights leader by a goon squad of sheriff’s deputies has rated only begrudging coverage in the Arizona Republic, the New York Times evidently thinks the incident significant enough to condemn.In a commentary on District Court Judge Susan R. Bolton’s 1070 ruling,…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio isn’t up for re-election this year — or next year. As far as we know he’s not planning on running for county attorney, either. But that’s not stopping him from airing “campaign ads” bashing his old foe, Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley.Romley’s not stooping to…
Sheriff Joe’s bully boys in beige targeted him for a political arrest on Friday, July 30, but now Phoenix civil rights leader Salvador Reza is sitting pretty, with even Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley agreeing that there was no probable cause for his arrest by the MCSO. Reza has Arpaio on…
Salvador Reza being hauled off to jail by MCSO deputies last Friday. As far as we can tell, the crime ” being Latino on a Friday afternoon” isn’t on the official books in Maricopa County. Nor is “activist on a Friday afternoon,” or “enemy-of-Joe-Arpaio on a Friday afternoon.”That didn’t stop some…
Assistant U.S. Attorney General Thomas Perez has sent a letter to Sheriff Joe’s legal counsel, threatening to sue the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office if it does not comply with the U.S. Department of Justice’s investigation into allegations of civil rights violations against the agency.You can read the entire letter, here…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio can’t be too thrilled that some of his national ink has been hijacked recently by Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu. But has media-whore Arpaio’s resorted to a game of media-one-upmanship with his Pinal County counterpart?As you may have heard, the latest bounty on Arpaio’s inflated head…
Update: Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley said during a press conference today that he agrees there was no probable cause for Reza’s arrest, and that the charge against Reza from July 30 will be dropped. Please see my colleague James King’s report, here. Yesterday, I obtained the “probable cause statement” in the…
All it takes is a cell phone text and bit of garbled audio to get Sheriff Joe Arpaio running around like a chicken sans head. “America’s toughest sheriff”? Puh-lease. As was reported by Fox 10 back on July 29, and is now being regurgitated by The Drudge Report and the Associated Press,…
Kudos to Valeria Fernandez and A.J. Alexander for their work on this video You never know when Sheriff Joe is going to blurt out a bit of the truth. Case in point: This video from the crew at 90daystoPhoenix.com, part of a documentary about Arizona currently in post-production. Crusading independent…
