https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2017/07/31/maricopa-county-sheriff-joe-arpaio-found-guilty-criminal-contempt-court/486278001/


Over his nearly 24 years as sheriff, Arpaio had racked up a legacy of lawsuits, inmate deaths, and allegations of rights abuses and constitutional violations.
In an interview with The Crime Report Tuesday, former Mesa Police Chief George Gascón, who now serves as San Francisco District Attorney, said Arpaio's fixation with arresting undocumented immigrants left the sheriff's office drained of resources that were necessary to investigate crimes.
Gascónon also said that during his tenure at the Mesa police department between 2006 and 2009, his city saw a reduction in both violent and property crime. Yet just across the city lines, in the areas of Maricopa County that were policed by Sheriff Joe Arpaio, "crime consistently went up," Gascón said.
A report by the conservative, Arizona-based Goldwater Institute partly confirmed Gascón's analysis, determining that reported violent crimes in Maricopa County rose by 69% and homicides leapt 166% between 2004 and 2007, meanwhile Mesa's violent crime rate dropped by 11% and its homicide rate remained stable. Over the entire span of Arpaio's tenure, however, crime overall tended to fluctuate year by year, with property crime dropping significantly, while violent crime remained stable or dropped slightly in certain years.
https://www.businessinsider.com/ex-sheriff-joe-arpaios-obsession-with-arresting-immigrants-spiked-crime-2017-8

Who is right? I don't know! As usual, there are two sides to every story. And his is troubling.

I do know that if Obama's Administration and ICE had done their job, Arpaio would not have needed to bother with illegal aliens. Now, this entire article is a case of "According to Gascón,...", "Gascón attributed,...", Gascón's analysis...", "Gascón also said..." Gascon is the guy who is now the San Fiasco District Attorney, and he will not cooperate with federal authorities, essentially turning the city into a sanctuary city. This is the city that taxes residents extra for homelessness programs that don't work, attracts more homeless, allows drug users to shoot-up in the hallways of city building, lets the mentally ill and homeless wander the streets to defecate anywhere they like, allows gay fetish festivals with nudity and sex acts in public that would make Sodom and Gomorrah blush if they could. Yeah, I put a lot of credence in what Gascon says. I am sure the family of Kate Steinle has nothing but the utmost respect for Gascon (sarcasm). Remember Kate Steinle? I would say Gascon is no choirboy himself.

If you want to read all about Arpaio here is a link to his Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Arpaio
Of Course, we all know that Wikipedia is the unvarnished truth and 100% accurate all the time and is free of any bias.

The sherriff was put in an unfair position...

Regardless of the policies of an administration, the law of the land is still the law of the land...

He chose to make a stand and serve the people who elected him...

I have always been torn by the case... I believe that lae enforcement officers have a duty to obeY the federal government.. But the federal government has a duty to obey the laws put there by the federal government...

In my opinion he did the right thing...

The sherriff was put in an unfair position...

Regardless of the policies of an administration, the law of the land is still the law of the land...

He chose to make a stand and serve the people who elected him...

I have always been torn by the case... I believe that lae enforcement officers have a duty to obeY the federal government.. But the federal government has a duty to obey the laws put there by the federal government...

In my opinion he did the right thing...