Sheriff’s Office arrests four Joe Arpaio critics at Maricopa County meeting

Phoenix Business Journal ^ | December 17, 2008 | Mike Sunnucks

[Jet Jaguar]

Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested four activists from ACORN Wednesday for allegedly disrupting a Maricopa County Board of Supervisors meeting.

Protesters from the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now were at the meeting to criticize Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s policies, including his focus on illegal immigration. ACORN and other critics say the immigration focus takes away from other priorities.

Arpaio said the four were warned by deputies not to disrupt the meeting and that Wednesday’s disorderly conduct charges follow the arrest four ACORN protesters Monday.

“They’re always griping about me,” said Arpaio.

ACORN political coordinator Teresa Castro said the group has been petitioning the county board to have formal, public discussions about Arpaio, but members only get to talk during public comment sessions. Castro said ACORN and other groups have been making such requests since June and just want to have their concerns heard.

Arpaio said his deputies were keeping order and protecting the supervisors during the Wednesday meeting. About 10 deputies were at the board meeting and between 30 and 40 protesters attended.

One observer of the arrests — with ties to neither ACORN or the MCSO — said deputies appeared ready to act quickly to quell any disturbances.

Board Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox questioned the arrests. "I believe that the actions of law enforcement at today’s meeting, particularly the arrest of citizens, were excessive and unwarranted," she said.

Arpaio has a tough stand on immigration and has initiated sweeps of day labor sites and areas where undocumented immigrants are said to congregate. He also has conducted raids on some Phoenix-area businesses accused of hiring illegal immigrants.

Arpaio said he will continue his immigration efforts, noting his recent reelection to a fifth term as sheriff.

ACORN was in the forefront of national politics during the presidential campaign with some of its voter registration drives questioned. The group is active on housing market issues and has sought assistance for home owners facing foreclosure.

[Jet Jaguar]

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[Glenn]

Do not protest, idiots. Put some ice on it instead.

[SandRat]

Pass the POPCORN this should be fun.

[Jet Jaguar]

ACORN ping.

[TheConservativeParty]

Sheriff Joe, American Hero!

[DuncanWaring]

A bunch of nuts.

[highpockets]

Any doubt concerning ACORN's leftist agenda has now been swept aside.

I wonder how many victims of illegal immigrant crime ACRON has sought out to assist?

ACRON's registration of illegal immigrants to vote in our elections is not only corrupt, but deliberate. Only by fraud can totalitarian regimes succeed.

[freekitty]

You gotta love Sheriff Joe. He gets right down to business. Why should he or anyone else have to put up with these idiots?

[gubamyster]

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[Enchante]

Obama’s buddies are always active, breaking laws and working to subvert whatever’s left of our democracy....

[Maine Mariner]

The question that I would like to have answered is how many times have Republican lawmakers at all levels of government voted for appropriations that included funding for ACORN?

I think the amounts are not small.

[Pontiac]

The television reporter was expressing outrage over the years of sectarian bloodshed unleashed by the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.

Doubts!

Somebody had doubts?!

Who had doubts?!!!!!!

[DuncanWaring]

The group is active on housing market issues and has sought assistance for home owners facing foreclosure.

What the reporter meant to say is "A goodly portion of the subprime mortgage fiasco can be laid directly at the feet of ACORN."

[kickonly88]

What this country needs are more Sheriff Joes and Sarah Palins !

[Jeff Chandler]

Mary Rose Wilcox - Old Lead Bottom.

[Frantzie]

ACORN and SEIU were founded by the same people. They are one in the same.

SEIU is the illegal alien union. Obama will open the borders more to insure Dems are the dominant party for the next 100 years. Thanks to SCOTUS decding the Constitution is meaningless - export to lose more freedoms by the day.

[Larry381]

Maricopa county has a cool web site that shows the mug shots of recently arrested scumbags-you pick a crime and the mugshots of those accused of that crime appear.

Mugshots

scroll to near the bottom of the page and select a crime to see them

[donna]

Sheriff Arpaio stars in reality TV mini-series
December 16th, 2008

"Smile! You're under Arrest!" That's the title of a new reality television show starring Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

The show features actors who lure several suspects to a location with a promise that they might have a modeling career. Suspects were arrested when they arrived.

Arpaio said the taping of the three-part show led to hundreds of arrests. (snip)

The three-part series starts Dec. 27 on the Fox Reality Channel, which can be found on Cox (Digital) 144, Dish Network 190 and Direct TV Channel 250.

http://www.ktar.com/?nid=6&sid=1009879

[SunkenCiv]

Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested four activists from ACORN Wednesday for allegedly disrupting a Maricopa County Board of Supervisors meeting.