Deputy of infamous sheriff Joe Arpaio to run for sheriff in 2020

[Borealis]

https://www.azmirror.com/blog/former-arpaio-top-aide-running-for-sheriff/

Jerry Sheridan, who served as Joe Arpaio’s chief deputy and faced civil contempt of court charges alongside his boss in a long-running racial profiling lawsuit, is running for Maricopa
County sheriff in 2020.

Sheridan, a Republican, filed to run for sheriff earlier this month. He is running to defeat Sheriff Paul Penzone, the Democrat who defeated Arpaio in 2016, ending his 24-year run as
Maricopa County’s top law enforcement official.

A federal judge in 2016 found Sheridan, Arpaio and another top aide from the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office to be in civil contempt of court – the judge later found Arpaio to be in
criminal contempt, which President Donald Trump pardoned him for – for ignoring a preliminary injunction ordering them to halt patrols aimed at apprehending illegal immigrants.

Sheridan acknowledged that contempt ruling and the findings in the underlying case that MCSO profiled Latinos and willfully disobeyed the court’s order will make his campaign more
difficult. But he said he believes he can still win, and wouldn’t be running otherwise.

[Sableye]

"I am not a crook, president trump said so!"

[JennyC6]

Why do I get the feeling that, if this guy wi s, Ol' Sheriff Joe will be pulling the strings?