Not a smart move.

Immigrant rights advocate e-mails unflattering picture of sheriff


Associated Press - August 15, 2007 9:54 PM ET

PHOENIX (AP) - A picture of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio dressed in a Ku Klux Klan outfit, holding a noose with a Hispanic man in the background, is stirring controversy.

The picture was distributed to media organizations today by immigrant rights advocate Elias Bermudez.

Bermudez says he didn't create the picture, but he e-mailed it out.

Arpaio is upset about the picture.

He tells KTAR Radio they're "placing me and my wife in danger."

Arpaio says it won't stop him from doing his job.

Another person who received the e-mail was Bill Strauss of the Anti-Defamation League.

Strauss says the picture doesn't further the cause of immigrant rights.

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