Posted on 02/14/2009 4:18:21 AM PST by radar101
Members of Congress asked the Justice and Homeland Security Departments on Friday to investigate accusations that the sheriff who presides over the Phoenix metropolitan area has engaged in a pattern of racial profiling and other abuses against Latino residents.
Four members of the House Judiciary Committee, including the chairman, John Conyers Jr., Democrat of Michigan, raised of concerns about the sheriff, Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County.
Sheriff Arpaio, a publicity magnet who is a hero to those who campaign against illegal immigration and a pariah to immigration advocates, brushed off the requests as political high jinks.
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They are committee Chairman John Conyers Jr. of Michigan, Zoe Lofgren of California, Jerrold Nadler of New York and Robert Scott of Virginia.
Last year, Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon, along with civil-liberties and immigrant-advocacy groups, called for similar investigations of Arpaio.
Probably the best sheriff in he country.
It isnt any news that these a-holes are after him , it’s surprising it took so long.
They just can’t stand that he makes the rest of them look so bad.
If Conyers picks a fight with Joe, he might get a lot more than he bargained for.
Democrats are drunk with power and over reaching. The backlash will come.
I suppose it is racial profiling if you consider people who knowingly and willingly violate our immigration laws as a race.
Congressional Privilege does not cover this sort of trip, since it is not travel to or from the sessions of the House and the Senate. I would love to see this sheriff visited by these clowns and witness them stepping out of line.
With Obama now in power, it's not surprising they would make a bold move. They undoubtedly expect the Obama Justice Department to take action against Sheriff Joe and remove him from office on some trumped-up federal civil rights charge. This is very possible under the new Attorney General, the corrupt Eric Holder.
I know freepers are connecting the dots as to what's starting to happen across the country. On another thread, I just commented on Obama's attempt to seize control of the U.S. Census and put the control into the White House office of Rhambo Emmanuel.
The leftists are moving on every aspect of public life abd personal freedoms in the attempt to take over with naked power grabs.
Leni
Personally I think Conyers does this to distract from his own problems. His wife has been named in an FBI investigation along with the Kilpatricks and I have trouble believing that Conyers himself is completely insulated from that.
Stay out of state affairs you fat-cat, weasely marxists!
True, Joe will not play nice if called to testify in front of Congress. I can just see him them to “shit in your hat and pull it over your ears”.
The leftists are moving on every aspect of public life abd personal freedoms in the attempt to take over with naked power grabs.
Could it be that BDS was a ruse so they would have just such an excuse once the one was elected. Probably not, since BDS preceeds the ONE Which must mean it is just the way they are.
20 states now have something like it being introduced or in the works.
“Democrats are drunk with power and over reaching. The backlash will come.”
You are sooooo right. Even some friends of mine who are Democrats are really getting upset over what they see happening. Perhaps people will be a lot more careful about voting next time....
“Democrats are drunk with power and over reaching. The backlash will come.”
Couldn’t agree more. Rats, unchecked and left to their own vices will inevitably run the country into the ground with their unabashed socialism. All things considered, Zero won with 53% of the vote. I don’t see how we can’t turn 4% of the voting public in our favor after the current and coming economic fiasco.
God I hope so. This is like an explosion of power. I feel like I am watching a five year go crazy with a hundred dollar bill in a candy store and gorging itself to misery.
“I don’t see how we can’t turn 4% of the voting public in our favor after the current and coming economic fiasco”
The Democrats are AWARE of this....thus the monies being funneled to ACORN (and a similar organization), the push to increase welfare rolls....and to move the Census to the White House, where it can be manipulated to Democrat advantage in future elections (not to mention funding).
Is there a list of the 20 states?
Really? Your friends are starting to see it too? Mine who were all caught up in the ‘really cool people think George Bush is a dork and Obama is really cool, like me’ and now they are realizing (I mean this literally) that cool doesn’t play well when you are the one losing. And sometimes really cool people aren’t GOOD people. Especially when given power over you.
My liberal father wasn’t real pleased with the “Comparative Effectiveness” portion of the Stimulus Bill, but he ran right back in his room and drank a little more of the Olbermann flavored Kool Aid and feels better because Obama really wants to take care of us all. (I’m barfing as I’m writing this)
Don’t forget, Obama grabbed the census. Never before in the history of our country has that happened and there is a reason why.
So I’m not confident of voting our way out of this.
BTW, Dan Itse was on Glenn Beck's show on FNC yesterday. The vid should be available by now.
I see my state, NYS, isn’t on the list. Figgers.
Stop and think. We’re only a few weeks into this administration. There’s more to come and lots of Americans (all parties) are beginning to get concerned. These nut cases running our government are hoisting themselves on their own petard.
I am also beginning to see people so angry...who would never have mentioned it before. Example: Husband and I went to the bank yesterday to sign some paperwork and the bank manager, who is very professional, freely expressed his anger with us for over 25 minutes (as soon as he discovered that we were completely against the “Stimulus” bill).
Question for NH: Would you please think about annexing Upstate?
I’ve never seen people “Angry” like this before either. And I don’t mean general grumbling about the goings on in DC, but specific “How the hell can they do this” sheer anger.
I’m a down stater, so there is no hope for us. It will only get worse.
Our dumb-assed democrat congressman has seldom visited this part of his district because he can make more money from the urban graft opportunities elsewhere in the district, and because this part of the district is historically republican. With his imbecilic and uninformed vote for this current socialistic bailout, the term “congressman” is no longer associated with his name, and instead, terms like “that asshole”, “the dumb bastard”, “the stupid son of a bitch”, and “that god damned crook” are the words that precede his last name as he is discussed in public places. I doubt he will ever come around here again. I don’t think he would want to risk having his car break down hereabouts, nor have the media actually get to see how angry people are hereabouts now.
You could not get more entertainment than having Sheriff Joe called to testify before Congress about his fidelity to enforcement of the law, and Mark Levin called to testify about Congress reimposing the Fairness Doctrine. There wouldn't be a RAT able to sit for weeks after those appearances.
And how says there is no good news.
They'd probably soil their knickers in fear if they were confronted 1-on-1 by Sheriff Joe.
Considering the number of people and jobs bugging out of NYS, there are a lotta folks who agree with you. I do, too, but we're not leaving.
May I suggest Port-au-Prince?
Sherrif Joe: Tell them NO, (then Run For Congress). Maybe you can take John McCain’s place!..
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