This $hit really stinks....

[Th1onein]

It seems that Maricopa County Sheriff Arapaio wants to run for office, so he set up some poor kid to fall for an assassination attempt against him, to garner publicity. This is old news, but for God's sake, someone needs to do something about this kind of thing. Several inmates have died under this guy, Arapaio, and the abuse he condones and supports in his jail, is well-known.

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/issues/1999-08-05/news/feature_1.html

News of the attempted assassination sent reporters scurrying to interview Arpaio, who had returned to his Scottsdale home to "comfort his wife," according to Hendershott.

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Channel 3's interview with Arpaio ended with the sheriff extolling the virtues of his $70,000 armored car, which, he boasted, "is supposed to be missile proof, bomb proof and gun proof."

Score another media coup for the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, whose primary and enduring mission has become to generate the most publicity possible for Arpaio -- local, national and international -- at any cost.

Even if it requires setting up a troubled, impressionable and scared kid who was recruited by a mentally ill prison snitch and coached into committing a "newsworthy" crime that could bring a life sentence.

[BattyDem]

1. There was a TV movie in the 80s with Harry Hamlin ...

I think it was called "Favorite Son"

Anyway, the plot was similar ... Hamlin wanted to run for president so he staged an assassination attempt. He gave a great speech after being wounded and the country fell in love with him - but the whole thing was a setup.

It sounds like this sheriff saw the movie.

[NJCher]

2. this guy is a nut

Who needs to be removed from office.


Cher