EXCLUSIVE: Sheriff Joe Arpaio says he'll "never" apologize to Latinos

[DonViejo]

Arpaio, who spoke to Univision News two weeks after being pardoned by President Trump, claims he was just "doing his job" when he authorized tactics that led to racial profiling that spread fear among the Latino community in Arizona.

Por: Fernando Peinado
Publicado: sep 09, 2017 | 11:09 AM EDT

Former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio told Univision News that he will "never" apologize to Latinos for the fear he inflicted on the Arizona community with his hunt for undocumented immigrants in work places, neighborhoods, and on the highways.

His persistence in using some of those tactics led to his conviction in July, though he received a controversial presidential pardon two weeks ago.

Donald Trump's pardon of Arpaio was unusual because presidents usually forgive criminals who have expressed at least some degree of regret. Arpaio claims he did nothing wrong.

"An apology for doing my job? That would never happen," Arpaio said during an exclusive interview at his office in Fountain Hills, Arizona. "I think if I stood on a big tower and I screamed at everyone, at all Hispanics, and I said that I disagreed with all the deportations and said 'I love you all' it wouldn't make any difference." He belives he will be demonized by the media no matter what he says.

The energetic 85-year-old former sheriff of Maricopa County, was convicted of disobeying the federal judge who ordered him to stop illegally detaining Latino drivers on suspicion that they were undocumented. He was awaiting a sentence that would likely have resulted in only brief jail time.

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[underpants]

1. He's just gonna ride his gin blossom off into the sunset.

[unblock]

2. news flash! old bigot still a bigot!

will wonders never start?

[MontanaMama]

3. Karma will have its way

with Sheriff Joe. It won't be pretty either.

[Bettie]

4. Being a giant assclown

means never thinking you have to say you're sorry.

He's a terrible person, so of course he thinks he's never done anything worthy of apologizing for.

[Turbineguy]

5. Well, I guess not....

If he thoughy he would have to apologize, he would have treated people differently.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

6. Would anyone actually listen to an apology from this asshole?

It would be agony to hear him twist the apology into insult. "I'm sorry that you people ...".

[Initech]

8. Nah, they're completely incapable of delivering apologies, so why try?

[JonLP24]

10. When his department was found to have improperly investigate sex crimes (sadly this is a problem in

a lot of corrupt or incompetent police departments)

He said "I apologize to the victims, if there are any victims."

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

12. That's probably a good preview of his next apology:

"I apologize to the law-abiding blacks and hispanics, IF there are any law-abiding blacks and hispanics."

Good old Joe.

[oasis]

7. Then don't asshole. You're already radioactive and a public disgrace.

America's Mussolini. That's how you'll go down in history.

[Angry Dragon]

9. now he and the Justice dept. wants his conviction thrown out

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141864276

[struggle4progress]

11. Arpaio ... Arpaio ... That name sounds familiar ... Wait ... It'll come to me ...

Wasn't he the Russian hitman with the umbrella that shot out ricin balls?

[dalton99a]

13. "I'm pretty sure I'll go to an all-white English-speaking heaven"

[SummerSnow]

14. well phuck u too

[Solly Mack]

15. He's a piece of shit that will die a piece of shit.

And in his death, nothing will change that he is (and was) a piece of shit.

[Alice11111]

16. Then Trump should appoint him to be Special Czar of Hate Crimes, given his prior appointments