Posted on 04/03/2012 3:57:56 PM PDT by Nachum
DOJ TO SHERIFF ARPAIO: “MONITOR ABSOLUTELY MANDATORY”
ARPAIO TO DOJ: “I WILL NOT SURRENDER MY OFFICE TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT”
(Phoenix, AZ) A series of meetings between representatives for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the U.S. Department of Justice were slated to begin tomorrow to discuss ways to resolve allegations of racial profiling by Sheriff’s employees.
But hours before the first meeting, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Roy Austin of the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division called Arpaio’s attorneys with an ultimatum. Austin stated that it was absolutely mandatory for the Sheriff’s Office to agree to have an outside monitor otherwise there is no reason for further meetings.
Appointment of an outside monitor essentially usurps the powers and duties of an elected Sheriff and transfers them to a person or group of persons selected by the federal government. Every policy decision, every operation, every new program in the jails and in enforcement, virtually everything would have to be approved by the monitor, nullifying the authority of the elected Sheriff and eviscerating the will of the citizens of Maricopa County.
“I am the constitutionally and legitimately elected Sheriff and I absolutely refuse to surrender my responsibility to the federal government. And so to the Obama administration, who is attempting to strong arm me into submission only for its political gain, I say, ‘This will not happen, not on my watch!’”
(Excerpt) Read more at teapartyorg.ning.com ...
Just wait till every Sheriff office has to have a “monitor” from the Fed.
Thats when we should have another “Fort Sumter”
Maybe you should write to your representatives in Federal government and tell them that they need to call the DOJ off!
Or Arpaio may not be there the next trip you make.
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The republicans will hang Sherif Joe out to dry.
This move would relinquish all his powers, not his position which would make him just be a man wearing a star. Then it would give the Feds all the info to destroy about Obama, cleaning up his background.
Joe knows full well that any DOJ presence would be the camel’s nose under the tent. He can’t, absolutely CAN NOT, give them any slack at all.
The DOJ under Holder has zero credibility and strongly damaged legitimacy. Virtually all US Federal Agencies are under clouds because of the willingness the Obama Administration has shown to use them as political tools.
Sheriff Arpaio is the first, but I don’t believe he will be the last.
I will go back that many years if I can still have indoor plumbing....used an outhouse as a kid....yuk
“If the feds are ready to order an elected sheriff to relinquish his post, then it seems to me that “plans” are farther along than we think.”
Yes, I agree...much secret stuff going on, there’s no doubt in my mind that much is already in place. We need to keep praying for Sheriff Joe and for good men (and women) everywhere to stand up.
Joe is America’s Sheriff.
Believe me, I am re-reading that novel intensely these days, along with Matt Bracken's novels and Mike Vanderboegh's. The time is coming closer.
Of course they are.
Go play with the other kids. The adults are having a discussion.
God Bless this man.
Prayers up for Sheriff Joe’s safety.
This is why you never get rid of the office of sheriff. They are the top lawman in any county and the feds can only operate there with the consent of the sheriff.
It’s why the feds have been pushing plans to eliminate sheriffs for the last twenty years. As part of their federalizing the country. If sheriffs go away feds can operate without any state oversight in any county they want.
self ping
Vanderboegh’s got a novel?
Right. That’s what I am for.
Go f*ck yourself, newb.....and while you're in foreplay mode, try reading the article.
(Gotta love the feisty little keyboard warriors that sometimes infest this place....)
Taught it? Like all other aspects of Obummers inflated, but never verified by specifics, resume ... who knows?
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