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10 Disgusting Things Joe Arpaio Did as Sheriff of Maricopa County, Ariz.
Recently, Sheriff Joe Arpaio was crowned some kind of racist folk hero, keeper of the Barack Obama Birther theory and all-around example of an abusive cop. So of course, our president thought him a man deserving of a pardon. Whether you believe Donald Trump pardoned Arpaio because he wanted to divert attention from the umpteenth…
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Trump Pardons Ariz. Sheriff Who Defied Court Order and Continued to Illegally Harass Latino People
Updated Friday, Aug. 25, 2017, 8:30 p.m. EDT: On Friday, Donald Trump gave a presidential pardon to the former sheriff of Maricopa County, Ariz., who was convicted of intentionally defying a judge’s order in an immigration case that has cost the state of Arizona millions in legal-defense bills because of the sheriff’s actions. The White…
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An Ariz. Man Is Out of a Job After Posting About Plan to ‘Drive Through’ Trump Protesters
When will the troglodytes learn to keep their shitty comments offline? Will they all lose their jobs before this is over? Only time will tell. But, for now, one Arizona man is facing the music after making a vile Facebook post about driving his vehicle through people looking to protest President Donald Trump’s rally earlier…
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Someone Tarred and Feathered a Jefferson Davis Monument in Ariz.
A Confederate monument in Arizona dedicated to the first and only president of the Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis, was recently tarred and feathered. The Arizona Department of Public Safety on Thursday was called in to investigate the vandalism of the Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway monument, which is located along state Route 80 outside…
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Black Leaders in Ariz. Push for Removal of State’s Confederate Monuments
African-American leaders in Arizona are the next to call for the swift removal of the state’s Confederate monuments, joining an overall cry across the nation by those who know that the monuments celebrate slavery and racism and, generally, just the wrong side of history. The battle against Confederate symbols and memorials was brought to the…
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‘White Power,’ Swastikas Spray-Painted on Ariz. High School
And so we’re here again. Another day, another racist incident at some high school across the nation. This time, staff and students discovered racist graffiti painted on school grounds at the Pinnacle High School in Phoenix over the weekend, sparking a police investigation. The graffiti, which was mostly centered on the outside of the school’s…
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Wait, the Ariz. Senate Just Passed Bill Allowing Cops to Do What to Protesters?
Looks like the Republican-controlled Arizona Senate is following the Trump playbook to denounce all things it doesn’t like, since it has passed a bill to allow authorities to seize the assets of protesters. That’s right. If a protest turns violent, whether people were engaged in the violence or not, just being at the protest would…
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Ariz. Trying to Ban Social-Justice Courses in State Schools. Guess Who This Targets?
Let’s start this off by reminding folks that Arizona was one of the last states in the nation to recognize the Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday (and lest we forget, Republican Sen. John McCain voted against its recognition, too). Living up to that lovely legacy, Republican lawmakers in the state are now advocating legislation…
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NM Mother Who Allegedly Beat and Sexually Assaulted Her Son Arrested
Police in Albuquerque, N.M., say a mom accused of beating and sexually assaulting her son before taking her six other children and fleeing police has been arrested, KRQE reports. Genoveva Fazio was arrested Sunday in Arizona and taken to the Navajo County Jail in Holborok. Fazio had been on the run from police since Friday…