Arpaio says graffiti won't deter him
378 commentsby Kelly McGrath - Jul. 8, 2008 10:54 AM
The Arizona Republic
Sheriff Joe Arpaio says the Mesa graffiti incident won't hold him back from doing his job.

Graffiti of Arpaio's head and the words "Nazi Joe" was recently spotted on several buildings in downtown Mesa.

Mesa police said the city covered the graffiti promptly and will not investigate the incident.
"You don't pull an investigation on every graffiti you see," Mesa police spokesman Christopher Arvay said.

Arpaio said this is just one of several instances of personal attacks against him.

"They can't stop me through the law because my deputies are doing the right thing, so now they are crossing the line and attacking me personally," he said.

Some similar incidents attacking Arpaio include demonstrators wearing KKK uniforms, calling him every name in the book and parading the streets with their children carrying Hitler signs, he said.

"There hasn't been one elected official to step up and say 'they shouldn't be saying these things about our Sheriff' regardless of what they believe," Arpaio said. "Where is everybody? For me, no one cares."

Arpaio said he has a message to all the critics trying to deter him:

"I will be back in full force to Mesa very soon and I will not forewarn anyone before we go over there," he said

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