the federal government says that he discriminates against Hispanics So we're going to sue him

The Washington Post --


Department of Justice officials in Washington are threatening to sue Sheriff Joe Arpaio a.k.a. "America's toughest Sheriff" it does not cooperate with investigations of whether he discriminates against Hispanics.

additionally, a federal grand jury in Phoenix is examining whether the sheriff has misused his powers to investigate and intimidate political opponents including misappropriation of government money.

"...Arpaio has in recent years become a kind of folk hero to those who favor his heavily publicized "crime sweeps," conducted mostly in Hispanic neighborhoods. But civil rights groups accuse the 78-year-old lawman of racial profiling..."

so he only discriminates against Hispanics, eh?
Okay, what the federal grand jury is actually saying is that he should discriminate against more races. [Just kidding]

I mean give me a break... if I was a detective working for the police department in the alcohol and drug division and I'm looking to nab a drug dealer... where would I start looking?

More than likely I would start with where known drug dealers hang out. [Nope, can't do that, that would be profiling.]

While I was in the suspected neighborhood known for drug dealing, I would look for somebody "suspicious" or that would "fit the typical description of a drug dealer." [Nope, once again can't do that, that would be profiling.]

Maybe I would set up a sting operation and try to buy drugs from the dealer. [No way, can't do that either. That's profiling and entrapment.]

So what's a sheriff to do?

let's analyze Sheriff Joe's situation and see if it actually passed the tests for profiling against Hispanics.

Fact: the largest and fastest-growing population of illegal aliens in the United States is from Mexico.

Fact: Arizona has an unusually high number of the illegal aliens in their state from Mexico.

Fact: most Mexicans are Hispanic.

Therefore... if I was looking to catch the largest number of illegal aliens in one raid, logic dictates that I would probably focus on the white, black, senior retirement neighborhoods or Chinatown [if Arizona has one].

NOT!