“45” has changed the Pardoning process for years to come. [1]
- Presidents will now use Pardoning for political purposes
- Presidents will now undermine judicial authority
- The President will now force more cities to become sanctuary cities to protect the Latino community especially when it involves local crime.
- Latino voter turnout will increase
Ruben Gallego, US Congress, writes:
This was a cowardly act to appease the same racists who applauded Trump for defending Neo-Nazis after Charlottesville and for threatening to shutdown the federal government to build a wasteful and pointless border wall.
I’ve been fighting Arpaio for years. He’s the worst of the worst.
For those who don’t know him, here are a few facts:
1. He illegally targeted and harassed Latinos with raids designed to terrorize a community
2. He refused to investigate more than 400 sex crimes, some against children
3. He ran a prison that he described as a “concentration camp”
4. He spent state time and resources investigating President Obama’s birth certificate
5. He once staged an assassination attempt against himself so that he could get more TV coverage
6. After a federal judge confirmed that he had been illegally profiling Latinos, Arpaio hired a private investigator to dig into the life of both that judge and his wife
And you know what’s truly crazy? None of those things are what Arpaio was finally convicted for!!!
The law finally caught up with Arpaio after he lied to a federal judge and disobeyed an order from that judge — that’s how he was convicted of contempt.
I’m angry about this. I’m sad about this. And I’m fearful of what this could mean for the future.
This is more than just Trump giving his campaign supporter a pass, he’s acting on his anti-immigrant agenda.Arpaio ran a jail that he proudly described as a “concentration camp.” He was found guilty of contempt of court, because he ignored a court order and continued to racially profile latinos. Under his tenure, countless people were mistreated.
- Arizona Republic, August 27, 2017