Ex-Sheriff Joe Arpaio has been convicted and could face jail time Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian the hosts of The Young Turks break it down Tell us what you think in the comment section below federal judge on Monday found Joe Arpaio — the 85-year-old former sheriff of Maricopa County Arizona — guilty of criminal contempt for violating a federal court order to stop a controversial policing tactic to catch undocumented immigrants
“Not only did defendant abdicate responsibility he announced to the world and to his subordinates that he was going to continue business as usual no matter who said otherwise Judge Susan Bolton wrote in her decision
She added that Arpaios actions showed a flagrant disregard for a federal judges order preventing the former sheriff from detaining persons for further investigation without reasonable suspicion that a crime has been or is being committed
Arpaio willfully violated the order by failing to do anything to ensure his subordinates’ compliance and by directing them to continue to detain persons for whom no criminal charges could be filed Bolton wrote
Arpaio who styled himself as Americas toughest sheriff lost a reelection bid in November after 23 years in office He spent many of those years as a polarizing figure for how he ran his department He housed inmates in a Tent City and made them wear pink underwear and he campaigned for President Trump and promoted the idea that President Obamas birth certificate was a fraud”
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