Dupnik's Real Outrage: Detroit-on-the-Desert

American Thinker ^ | 1/12/11 | Stuart Schwartz

[markomalley]

Clarence Dupnik, extraordinary and courageous law enforcement officer, personally congratulated by our president. That's the portrait of the Pima County sheriff who has become a hero to the national media by blaming the Tucson Safeway massacre on, among others, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, and the Tea Party.

But reality tells another picture. A little digging and the media that have used the shooting to, as one American Thinker contributor put it, "declare war" on the conservative opposition to Democratic expansion of government would discover a reality completely at odds with the bulk of the reporting by conventional media. But why allow truth to stand in the way of a convenient narrative? Reality: Pima County, the crime capital of Arizona, home of a politicized sheriff's department where progressive ideology and political correctness -- not competence -- rules.

The New York Times editorial board has cast the sheriff as a valiant warrior fighting against an epidemic of violence that makes his beloved Pima County the epicenter of "the anger, the hatred and the bigotry that goes on in this country." Meanwhile, MSNBC, the mainstream networks, the Washington Post and others pile on, with the new parent of Newsweek hailing "Arizona's New Star Sherriff" who is "winning raves" for his willingness to blame the shooting on conservatives nationwide. Harvard-trained progressive broadcaster Amy Goodman, from her headquarters in the trendy Chelsea section of Manhattan, contrasts the quality of law enforcement offered by the "humanity" of Democrat Dupnik with the head of law enforcement of neighboring Maricopa County, where the "notorious" Sherif Joe Arpaio "jails people" -- even, much to the dismay of Attorney General Eric Holder, illegal immigrants -- under "harsh conditions."

But a trip to the Uniform Crime Reports database of the FBI tells a different story. Forget the boosterish statistics reported by Dupnik on his taxpayer-financed website.  Forget the media applause. They bear as much relation to reality -- crime on the ground -- as the deliberately altered statistics offered by climate researchers to prove global warming. Although the county has had reporting problems (the Sheriff is a remarkably sloppy administrator), the FBI has enough data to allow us to come to this conclusion: The citizens of Pima County are up to their necks in crime, especially when compared to neighboring Maricopa County. Thirty years of hyper-partisan Democrat-led law enforcement have resulted in the highest crime rates in Arizona. The citizen who lives in Pima County, compared to media-reviled Joe Arpaio's territory just next door, will have almost three times the chance of being murdered; is more than seven times as likely to be raped; is more than six times as likely to be assaulted; and more than seven times as likely to have experienced a property crime such as burglary, arson or car theft.

The Arizona Republic tells us that Dupnik is not just a law enforcement officer but "the Democratic (emphasis added) sheriff of Pima County" who is "recklessly antagonistic" and has shown "his agenda as partisan." The FBI crime reports tell us that three decades of progressive, politicized Democratic law enforcement by media hero Dupnik have given Arizona a new first...Detroit-on-the-Desert.

[Frantzie]

The kid could not find a job, he was smoking dope and his mom worked for the state/county aka govt worker.

Obama’s Depression was more responsible for this than private citizen Sarah Palin.

[tophat9000]

The Arizona Republic tells us that Dupnik is not just a law enforcement officer but "the Democratic (emphasis added) sheriff of Pima County" who is "recklessly antagonistic" and has shown "his agenda as partisan."

And the Arizona Republic is a very lib paper telling you that

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

The left lives in an imaginary world that it has constructed out of its radical leftist agenda. The real world does not exist for them.

[denydenydeny]

The citizen who lives in Pima County, compared to media-reviled Joe Arpaio's territory just next door, will have almost three times the chance of being murdered; is more than seven times as likely to be raped; is more than six times as likely to be assaulted; and more than seven times as likely to have experienced a property crime such as burglary, arson or car theft.

When I lived in Tucson in the late seventies, it was almost crime-free. I had a job at a pizza parlor on 6th street just off the U of A. I got off work at 1 AM after the buses stopped running and I would walk home the two miles to my apartment on Speedway and Alvernon. I never, ever felt afraid, not even once. Times change.

[GregH]

This Sheriff is in the same class as Nifong, putting politics above public service.

[FlingWingFlyer]

And the Arizona Republic is a very lib paper telling you that.

You've got that right. Most native Arizonans refuse to read that liberal rag. It's the out of state "snowbirds" that are keeping it alive.

[Nevadan]

re: This Sheriff is in the same class as Nifong, putting politics above public service.

Good comparison

[lormand]

This sheriff has inflamed people in a most irresponsible way. Liberals have no shame.

[Dogbert41]

I thought shouting “fire” in a crowded theatre was a crime. Essentially what sheriff Dupnic and the media have been doing nonstop since the shooting.

[rockinqsranch]

Regardless the man known as Jared Lee Loughner is responsible for all the deaths, and injuries suffered in Tucson at that event on Saturday, and he should be the focus for justice. Anything else is just anything else.

[Liz]

This is the plusperfect example of the way sap-happy liberals ignore our laws to advance their cockamamie lefty agendas. People Like Ohaha and Dupnik are a clear threat to US national security......they have no compunction about undermining our constitutional freedoms.

THE STORY THIS FAR Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik was beatified as a courageous law enforcement officer-----personally congratulated by our president----- b/c Dupnik blamed Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, and the Tea Party for the Tuscon shootings.

Now it's been revealed the shooter had made previous death threats that were reported to DUPNIK's office----BUT DUPNIK DID NOTHING ABOUT IT. News reports say at least five other calls about Loughner were made to Pima County L/E BEFORE the shootings.

Was there any pressure not to prosecute? What personal/political relationship does Pima County Sheriff Dupnik have with the suspect’s mother? Loughner’s mother works for the Pima County Board of Supervisors.

Wadda ya wanna bet-----any day now Ohaha will be eating his words.

Dupnik and is now under investigation by Internal Affairs. The FBI needs to nail him, as well.

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[VeniVidiVici]

After shooting off his mouth nonstop for several days, Dumbass Dupnik has been deathly quiet since Tuesday.

I’m just waiting for the first lawsuit to be filed. Hmmm. Come to think of it, why hasn’t one been filed yet? Where are all of the ambulance chasers at?

[XHogPilot]

bump

[lapsus calami]

 

Although the county has had reporting problems (the Sheriff is a remarkably sloppy administrator), the FBI has enough data to allow us to come to this conclusion: The citizens of Pima County are up to their necks in crime, especially when compared to neighboring Maricopa County.

 

Very interesting. Step 2 is now to go to taking a hard look at the personal worth (ie. assets of real estate, personal finances, personal property, etc.) of Dupnik, his family (immediate and extended), ranking deputies as well as some other associated county officials. Time to determine how incompetent and/or on the take and in with the bad guys he may be.

 

 

 

[DocH]

Virtually ALL cities and towns/counties of any significant size, most anywhere in America, if run by left-wing democRATS, are crime-ridden sh*tholes, or “Detroit-on-the-PICK YOUR FAVORITE TITLE”, as this American Thinker article CORRECTLY suggests of DUPE-nik’s self-created crime-infested county.

[Sybeck1]

How did he get the money for the pistol?

[Frantzie]

I do not know. He may have saved up or had odd jobs or stole the money.

I obviously have the most sympathy for his victims but this kid appears to have had real mental problems. The family looked poor but why did they not try to get him help?

I knew somebody like this and they are pretty much incapable of holding it together. The sad thing is that a lot of drugs are available now that can help with schizophrenia.

[mulligan]

dupnik is a 100% dummkopf.

[BlessingsofLiberty]

“I’m just waiting for the first lawsuit to be filed. Hmmm. Come to think of it, why hasn’t one been filed yet? Where are all of the ambulance chasers at?”

I can hear the shuffling of paper in the background.

I can honestly say that I have NEVER seen anyone associated with a county Sheriff’s Department crawl to the level of Sheriff Dupnik.

He wouldn’t have survived one term in my county, much less sponged off of the taxpayer for over 20 years.