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    The Arpaio Pardon Is a Flagrant Assault on Civil Rights

    President Trump’s pardon of the Arizona sheriff sent a signal to law enforcement that there will be no consequences for violating the Constitution when pursuing people of one ethnicity. Will voters stand for that?
    by Conor Friedersdorf Aug 26, 2017 3 minutes
    Source: Brian Snyder / Reuters

    The pardon that Donald Trump granted Joe Arpaio, the former sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, sends this message to American law enforcement: if you violate the civil rights of Latinos while enforcing immigration law, the president of the United States approves—and even if you’re one of the vanishingly few sheriffs or police chiefs that the Department of Justice charges with a crime, he’ll intervene to spare you.

    The pardon is thus a slap in the face to Latinos, and ought to be an affront to all fair-minded Americans who value the Constitution, the rule of law, and the legitimacy of the system.

    For American citizens who look Mexican, or Guatemalan, or El Salvadoran, or Columbian, the pardon creates new vulnerability to racial profiling and other violations of the 14 Amendment right to equal protection of the law. Should outrage

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