Amazing Bias by the AP -- Sheriff Joe Arpaio

Joe Arpaio is sheriff of Maricopa County in Arizona. He is well known as an opponent of illegal immigration. According to the AP, the federal government issued a report today that accused the Maricopa Country sheriff's office of bias against Latinos. While all of this may be intersesting, what I noticed clearly in the AP report is that the statements against Arpaio and his staff were all in simple form. Arpaio did this, or the Maricopa Country Sheriff's Office did that. These are all unproven allegations coming from the most politicized Justice Department in decades, but they are stated as if they are facts. This comes from the same AP that calls Major Hassan who murdered 13 army personnel at Fort Hood and alleged terrorist or an being held on allegations of murder. The DC sniper was and alleged murderer. Even folks whose crimes were caught on videotape were just alleged criminals. But the sheriff of Maricopa country who contests all these allegations made by the Justice Department is already convicted by the AP.

I do not know if there is any truth to the allegations. It does not matter. Arpaio is entitled to at least as good treatment from the AP as Islamic terrorists and mass murderers.