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Trump Pardons Racist Criminal Joe Arpaio

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The president has made it clear -- he's declaring war on minorities.

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After proceeding with a ban on transgender people serving in the military, President Trump doubled down on cruelty Friday by pardoning disgraced Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, who was convicted of criminal contempt last month for defying a judge's order to stop "sweeps" that racially profiled Hispanic people in search of undocumented immigrants.

Trump is sure to inflame race relations with his latest action, which many see as a direct attack on Latinos, who Arpaio hunted during his reign as Maricopa County sheriff.

Arpaio was ordered by a federal judge in 2012 to stop his "sweeps" of Latino neighborhoods in search of people violating immigration law; the U.S. Justice Department found the previous year that these raids amounted to racial profiling. But Arpaio refused to comply. He lost reelection in 2016 and was found guilty in July of ignoring the judge's order; he hadn't yet been sentenced but could have faced up to six months in jail.

A statement from the White House announced the pardon, which was tweeted by Buzzfeed's Chris Geidner:

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Neal Broverman is the Editorial Director, Print of Pride Media, publishers of The Advocate, Out, Out Traveler, and Plus, spending more than 20 years in journalism. He indulges his interest in transportation and urban planning with regular contributions to Los Angeles magazine, and his work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He lives in the City of Angels with his husband, children, and their chiweenie.
Neal Broverman is the Editorial Director, Print of Pride Media, publishers of The Advocate, Out, Out Traveler, and Plus, spending more than 20 years in journalism. He indulges his interest in transportation and urban planning with regular contributions to Los Angeles magazine, and his work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He lives in the City of Angels with his husband, children, and their chiweenie.
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