(08-28-2017, 06:59 PM)MalabarJag Wrote:

(08-27-2017, 04:40 PM)rollerjag Wrote: You are either willfully ignorant or incredibly naive. I know you'll discount anything done by the Obama era DoJ, but Arpaio was a bad actor.

(08-28-2017, 02:03 PM)rollerjag Wrote: I never mentioned the Justice Dept., I referred to the judge's decision, you conflated judges with the AG.

Ok, I will concede your point, there is no evidence I can find anyone was detained solely because their skin color was brown. I meant it as a euphamism, but you got me on a technicality. Bravo. But, despite your attempt to discredit the judge as partisan, the fact is enough evidence of illegal profiling was presented for a federal judge  to order Arpaio to stop, which he openly defied.

Arpaio wasn't merely a typical overzealous cop, he was Trump's kind of cop. Check him out, let it sink in.

See your quote about the DoJ. You were right, I discount anything claimed by the Obama-era DoJ, especially with regards to race (although neither Mexican nor Illegal Immigrant is a race, Obama's DoJ treated them that way).

How do you know what "Trump's kind of cop" is? Trump is pretty left wing on social issues. I doubt Trump approves of Arpaio's policing methods. Trump probably only knows of Arpaio's emphasis on deporting foreigners illegally in the US. Frequently Trump doesn't delve deeply into issues to get the full story (at least that's my impression), and the full story of Arpaio is much worse than just rounding up foreign invaders. As I read more about Arpaio I agree that he deserves jail time, and shouldn't have been pardoned.

My point was that what one judge calls "illegal profiling" may not actually be illegal in spite of the overwhelming evidence of profiling. Not all profiling is illegal, but there are judges who consider all profiling illegal. Profiling by skin color is illegal.

If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already.
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