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HARDtalk: Joe Arpaio - Sheriff of Maricopa County, USA

HARDtalk: Joe Arpaio

23/08/2010

Joe Arpaio - Sheriff of Maricopa County, USA

BBC News Channel - HARDtalk, Joe Arpaio - Sheriff of Maricopa County, USA

In 2010, Stephen Sackur travelled to Phoenix, Arizona to interview Joe Arpaio.

Joe Arpaio has been pardoned by President Trump after being convicted of criminal contempt. In 2010, Stephen Sackur travelled to Phoenix, Arizona to interview him.

HARDtalk celebrates its twentieth anniversary with a repeat of one of its classic interviews. Sheriff Joe Arpaio has been pardoned by President Trump after being convicted of criminal contempt. In 2010, Stephen Sackur travelled to Phoenix, Arizona to interview him at the open air prison he had constructed known as Tent City. Sheriff Joe had been conducting sweeps through largely Hispanic neighbourhoods to round up suspects for minor offences but also to check on their immigrations status; a tactic which critics said was 'racial profiling.' Did that campaign ride roughshod over the US constitution?

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