While Maricopa County, Arizona, Sheriff Joe Arpaio was denying allegations of racial profiling last year, he was accepting an award from The Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV), a controversial Confederate heritage group.Two officials with the Arizona SCV division presented the group’s J. Edgar Hoover Law & Order Award to Arpaio in his office in October of 2011. This has never been previously reported. “Sheriff Arpaio, a genial host (unless you’re in his jail!) gratefully accepted the award and, in return, gave Commander [Richard] Montgomery and Adjutant [Curt] Tipton some souvenirs of the visit, to include autographed posters, a photo and the infamous pink underwear!” according to the Fall issue of the official newsletter of the SCV’s Arizona Division, “The Rebel Yell.”The newsletter of the Tucson “camp” adds that Arpaio autographed photos of the ceremony. Here’s a picture of Arpaio accepting the award from “Rebel Yell”:Continue Reading... … Read More
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