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Big of him: an Arpaio deputy actually lowered himself to save an undocumented worker once.

Big of him

by digby

I think we’re supposed to be very impressed by this:

A deputy from a controversial Arizona sheriff’s office fought off accusations of racial profiling by telling a court on Thursday that he had gone as far as risking his life to rescue a Hispanic undocumented immigrant from kidnappers.

Carlos Rangel told a civil trial alleging Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his office engage in racially profiling Latinos that, at the behest of federal immigration police, he played the role of the immigrant’s relative to meet kidnappers. They were subsequently arrested and the immigrant was released.

In cross examination defense counsel Tom Liddy asked Rangel if he risked his life protecting a Hispanic who was not from the United States, Rangel said: “Yes.” Liddy asked Rangel if he was an “anti-Hispanic bigot”, to which he replied “No. I am not.”

Imagine that. A Sheriff’s deputy lowering himself to risk his life to help an “illegal.” Why the next thing you know, we’ll find out that he once sat next to one on a bus. And even ate in the same restaurant.

I’m fairly sure that trained law enforcement doesn’t get extra moral points for rescuing a human being who happens not to be a citizen of their own country, but I could be wrong. Some people do things differently down there in Arizona.

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