Organizers from the Hispanic Women’s Corporation denied Arpaio’s
office the opportunity to host a recruitment booth at their conference
for Latina Professionals.
And he is truly surprised at the decision.
The Sheriff who says that he wants to bring more Latinos into his
department has made the claim that voices of this ethnic group were
“being silenced” by this action.
Arpaio accused the Hispanic organization in charge of the conference of ‘playing politics’ with his office and targeting him.
Ironically, a federal judge found the Maricopa County Sheriff guilty
in May of this year of racially profiling Hispanics, a sizable
demographic in Arizona and targeting them.
The self-proclaimed ‘America’s Toughest Sheriff’ has a history of
discriminating against the Latino community, even after his office lost
that authority in 2009.
And Arpaio is also a seminal birther, challenging President Obama on
his citizenship status. Good thing Barack Obama wasn’t driving through
Maricopa County a decade ago. Hypothetically speaking.
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