Joe Arpaio rose to fame by placing himself above the laws of his country. His 24 years as the Sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, were marked by the abuse of suspects’ rights and by tireless self-promotion. “America’s toughest sheriff,” as he styled himself, set up an outdoor jail in which prisoners, many of them still to be tried, sweltered in the desert heat. In 2008, a judge found conditions in Maricopa county’s other jails so cruel as to be unconstitutional. The sheriff also had a penchant for stunts such as showing prisoners on public webcams, or sending a deputy to Hawaii to look into President Obama’s birth certificate. Above all, he chased and detained, in much-hyped “posses”, anyone who he thought might be in the country illegally.
乔•阿尔帕约（Joe Arpaio，文首图右）因把自己置于美国法律之上而声名鹊起。在担任亚利桑那州马里科帕县(Maricopa County)警长的24年里，他肆意践踏嫌疑人的权利，并且不遗余力地自我炒作。他自诩是“美国最严厉的警长”。他设立了一个室外监狱，让犯人们在酷热的沙漠中汗流浃背，其中很多犯人还没有受审。2008年，一位法官裁定马里科帕县其他监狱的条件过于严酷，违反了宪法。阿尔帕约还有着做出惊人之举的癖好，例如用公共摄像头拍摄囚犯，派副手到夏威夷调查奥巴马(Obama)总统的出生证明。最重要的是，他追捕并拘留所有他认为疑似非法入境的人。