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Man arrested in Canada for allegedly threatening sheriff in Arizona
KVOA Tucson Channel 4 News ^

Posted on 07/18/2006 5:50:33 PM PDT by SandRat

A man was arrested in Canada on suspicion of threatening the sheriff of Arizona's most populous county and his family, authorities said.

Canadian authorities took Matthew Carl Sanderson, 37, into custody Friday although he since has been released.

A spokeswoman for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said detectives were going to sift through Sanderson's computer and other evidence obtained in a search of his Toronto home to determine his motive, what charges to bring and whether he should be extradited to Arizona or prosecuted in Canada.

The threat came in an e-mail June 2 through the sheriff's Web site, said spokeswoman Lisa Allen.

The e-mail reportedly said Arpaio and his family were targeted for death because of his "flagrant disregard for basic human rights and flippant attitude towards the life of another American."

Arpaio has made national headlines in past years for having female chain gangs and forcing jail inmates to wear pink underwear.

Recently, he has come under fire from immigrant-rights activists who call him heartless for arresting illegal immigrants under Arizona's new smuggling law.


TOPICS: Canada; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: allegedly; arizona; arpaio; arrested; canada; man; maricopa; sheriff; threatening; wierd

1 posted on 07/18/2006 5:50:36 PM PDT by SandRat
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To: HiJinx; Spiff; Borax Queen; idratherbepainting; AZHSer; Sabertooth; Marine Inspector; A Navy Vet; ..

It's not smart to mess with Sheriff Joe; no matter where you are.


2 posted on 07/18/2006 5:51:25 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: SandRat

Just don't tug on superman's cape.


3 posted on 07/18/2006 5:51:59 PM PDT by cripplecreek (I'm trying to think but nothing happens)
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To: SandRat
I would like to this clown threaten Sheriff Joe to his face.
5 posted on 07/18/2006 5:55:49 PM PDT by msnimje (There is no way we can lose if we stay in Iraq and no way we can win if we cut and run.)
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To: SandRat

I think Matt's gonna be "pretty in pink" to the lifers.


6 posted on 07/18/2006 5:58:55 PM PDT by Kenny500c
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To: SandRat
The e-mail reportedly said Arpaio and his family were targeted for death because of his "flagrant disregard for basic human rights...

Isn't it weird how left-wing wackos never realize how self-contradictory they are?

7 posted on 07/18/2006 6:08:11 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
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To: SandRat

That Sherif is something else. Saw him on the history channel I think, funny as hell. It might have been smartly edited, but he was yucking it up with the inmates.


8 posted on 07/18/2006 6:10:32 PM PDT by mojo_the_migo
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To: mojo_the_migo

Nope that's really him -- until you cross him then he's harder than Cuban Ironwood.


9 posted on 07/18/2006 6:12:43 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: SandRat

Arpaio may not be perfect, but he's one of the best there is. I wonder what it's like being one of his deputies.


10 posted on 07/18/2006 6:17:52 PM PDT by Mad Dawg (If the gates of Hell prevail against it, it probably never was a church anyway.)
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To: SandRat

Having had my e-mail account spoofed, I think I'll wait awhile before assuming the guy's guilty.


11 posted on 07/18/2006 6:17:54 PM PDT by Grut
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I bet this guy is going to hate wearing pink underwear in 120 degree heat, while eating a green baloney sandwich.


12 posted on 07/18/2006 6:21:10 PM PDT by AmericaUnited
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To: Texas Eagle

Actually, I think they believe that dignity is a basic human right, but life is not. So, if he killed someone in a dignified way, that would be ok....
susie


13 posted on 07/18/2006 6:23:25 PM PDT by brytlea (amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)
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Actually, I think they believe that dignity is a basic human right, but life is not.

Hence their stance on abortion.

They're just bizarre.

14 posted on 07/18/2006 6:25:58 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
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To: Texas Eagle
Isn't it weird how left-wing wackos never realize how self-contradictory they are?

It's because their entire intellectual life consists of cliches. Bumper stickers.

Picture a little electric train track, with little toy train cars, that runs round and round and round. Now picture, on each toy car, a little plaque with a cliche printed on it. Bush = Hitler. Bush Must Go. War Is Not the Answer. Hate Is Not a Family Value. Round and round the little train runs.

You are now visualizing the internal intellectual life of a typical liberal.

15 posted on 07/18/2006 6:34:13 PM PDT by Steely Tom
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To: Texas Eagle

Bizarre indeed.
susie


16 posted on 07/18/2006 6:36:20 PM PDT by brytlea (amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)
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To: Mad Dawg
Arpaio may not be perfect, but he's one of the best there is. I wonder what it's like being one of his deputies.

Actually, I know several deputies over in Maracopa County ... I talk to them every time I go to gun shows in that county ... most of the ones I talk to agree ... Joe usually does the right thing ... but for all the wrong reasons ... but not a one would want to work any where else ... :)

17 posted on 07/18/2006 9:29:50 PM PDT by Neil E. Wright (An oath is FOREVER)
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