Former Deputy Chief Brian Sands of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office has written a memoir titled “Arpaio De Facto Lawman” detailing his experiences with Sheriff Arpaio and the office. Stephen Lemons of the Phoenix New Times has an article on it. Fine Stephen, but we already know that Sheriff Joe is a narcissist. Tell us about the birthers!
For that, you will have to buy the book, and you will not be disappointed. The birthers get their own short chapter (7) titled, duh, “Birthers.” It mentions “probable cause,” a concept Sheriff Arpaio was not too fluent in. Sands puts it this way in terms of the Obama birth certificate investigation:
Arpaio’s perspective is I want to be involved, so let’s figure out how to establish an excuse for the reasonable test.
One of the questions surrounding the Cold Case Posse investigation was: just who was the Cold Case Posse. Sands answers this by saying:
At first, Zullo had several other Posse people “working” on the case, two of whom were civil private practice attorneys. The attorneys, for whatever reasons, distanced themselves. Now it was primarily Zullo and the newly-recruited [Brian] Reilly.
Enter Jerome Corsi, who was given office space by Arpaio. The Hawaii trip is discussed. When Deputy Chief Sands questioned Zullo about what evidence he had that would lead to a probable indictment, Zullo said nothing.
Sands does not take a firm stand about where Obama was born, but he maintains skepticism about Arpaio and the CCP investigation and makes this reasonable statement:
When the State of Hawaii came out and officially said that Obama was born in the State and denied Arpaio’s claims of not maintaining secure records[, y]ou would think nothing more could be investigated.
Of additional interest, Sands confirms Brian Reilly’s story on some detail points, some up until now, unpublished.
Update: A comment from Brian Reilly
Having just completed reading chapter 7, entitled “Birthers,” I have a few comments to make about former Chief Deputy Sand’s new Kindle book on Amazon.
Sands wrote that Arpaio asked us as Tea Party members to do a petition requesting the birth certificate investigation, and we were to bring the petition back to Arpaio. This was not an accurate statement. When we first met with Arpaio on August 18, 2011, we presented him with a petition with 242 signatures that we gathered the previous night on August 17, 2011. The petition idea was mine and mine alone. Arpaio knew nothing about the petition idea until it was presented to him at the August 18 meeting. At the August 18, meeting, Arpaio asked us to write a formal letter requesting an investigation of the Obama birth certificate and he said “put me in a box” and told me to come back to give all of our evidence and the petition and the letter to him on August 22, 2011, which I did alone.
Additionally, Chief Deputy Sands confirmed that I was unhappy with the conduct of the Zullo birth certificate investigation. (I was not impressed at the time with the biased way in which the investigation was being conducted along with other issues related to liability and I resigned from the Cold Case Posse. )
Chief Deputy Sands also confirmed that no taxpayer dollars were to be used in the investigation, and in fact tax dollars were used.
Sands also confirmed that Zullo had a few years of law enforcement, not the “decades” of law enforcement experience that Carl Gallups has advertised on his Freedom Friday radio show.
Of special note was what Sands related about Zullo’s lack of evidence regarding the birth certificate investigation. Very telling indeed.
I was very impressed with Chief Deputy Sands when I met him on August 18, 2011 when I was a Tea Party member and also when I was a Cold Case Posse member. Chief Sands was the only one to question whether the Jerry Corsi provided “witnesses” were actually considered “experts” and whether they had ever testified in court as experts. As a Cold Case Posse member, I can honestly say, I respected Chief Sands and his “by the book” approach to police work.
And one final note, Sands confirmed that Zullo and I were the only Cold Case Posse members who were actively involved in the investigation.
Other critical books about Joe Arpaio:
- A Question of Credibility: A Conflict of Interest, Dallacroce and Bruning. My article about the book – “New book investigates the Cold Case Posse”
- Justice Denied: The Improper Clearance of Unsolved Crimes by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, Bolick
- Mission Unaccomplished: The Misplaced Priorities of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, Bolick
Update:
“Arpaio: De Facto Lawman” is now in its second edition. I added the colon because the 2nd part is in a different color on the title page.
First, it has to be said: what a stupid book title. Get a comma or a colon in there.
Second, I cannot wait for the wailing and the rending of garments this will inspire over at Birfer Bob’s cesspit.
I could almost pity Zullo, if he wasn’t such a contemptible seditionist.
Cross posting for completeness…..
bovril August 17, 2014 at 2:46 pm (Quote) #
Pants, just bought it….
Still not a total waste, it confirms
Reilly’s narrative about how he kicked off and became disillusioned and unhappy with the posse
How Arpaio has no actual grasp of basic legal niceties such as probable cause
Pinhole was told that a replacement BC is never going to look like the original but refused to accept it
The “posse” now consists of Zullo and no one else
Cori is correctly identified as nothing more than a blogger with a wild conspiracy mind set
Zullo, when pushed in a corner and asked to explain exactly what his “great evidence” was in the context of actual indictments basically admits he has nothing
Zullo is a true believer
Pinholes entire reason for this was financial, voter stir up, and attempt to put the DOJ off and a hopefuls poke in the eye to Obama who he believes is orchestrating a witch hunt
Nothing new but further confirmation of what is already known or suspected
bovril
“The “posse” now consists of Zullo and no one else.”
“One” is the loneliest number you’ll ever know.
The graphic on the cover of that book is as unattractive and ridiculous as anything any birther has ever produced.
The Cold Zullo Posse
usurpers beware
your time will come
once we find a horse
for a posse of one
burma shave
That’s great aarrgghh!
You see I’ve gone through the motions on a horse with no mane
It felt good too I’m completely insane
In the posse you just remember my name
‘Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no evidence
Zoo Low Low, LOW, Low-lo-lo-low, Lo-lo-LOW-LOW-low.
I had the same thought.
Currently #53 in “True Crime” LOL!
Truly, “Zullo Universe Shattering.”
It’s a song I’ve truly come to appreciate, and better than he deserves…
Nevertheless, since it seems to be 70s night at OCT (what with George, Benji and I all referencing that decade’s music,) here’s Gilbert O’Sullivan singing Zoo-Low’s new theme song “Alone Again… Naturally.”
http://youtu.be/D_P-v1BVQn8
“Sittin’ here resting my bones,
And this loneliness won’t leave me alone.
It’s two thousand miles I roamed,
Just to make this dock my home.”
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UCmUhYSr-e4
THAT’S NOT THE 70s
i’m sensing a posse tribute album in the offing …
“All by my seeellllfff…”
Which one are you referring to? Otis (1967) or Gilbert(1972)?
I suppose it could be argued that the 60’s really ran from 1963 to 1973, but I was there so I can’t quite recall exactly. 😎
I heard he sang a good song;
I heard he had a style
http://youtu.be/O1eOsMc2Fgg
Here we are enjoying the imagery of Birther-quandry song references while the poor Birthers are getting that sinking-further feeling.
Isn’t it interesting that so many of them brush aside the fact that they have seen hundreds of nails driven down through the lid of the coffin Birtherism has been buried in, and are still waiting for that 380th or 417th or 873rd nail to sink home before they decide to admit that there is nothing alive in there?
Denial is a powerful instrument of self-deception.
But one by one, all but a very crazy few of them will know Zullo played them for fools.
Otis. No one could look at Gilbert’s outfit and hairstyle and think anything but 70s.
Klown Kar Kap’n,
Dat Klown Kar Kap’n,
He mus’ know sump’n,
But he don’ say nuthin’.
Klown Kar Kap’n,
He jus’ keep griftin’ along.
Keith
“I suppose it could be argued that the 60′s really ran from 1963 to 1973, but I was there so I can’t quite recall exactly.”
Ahh, but 1967 was such a good year. Far better than 1977. And I just love the Otis rendition.
According to this song, Zullo must really miss the other half of the Cold Case Posse. The lyrics are excellent.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=22QYriWAF-U
But this really sums up the musical Birther tribute top 50 for the other half of the remaining Cold Case Posse disaster………
https://www.youtube.com/embed/6EEW-9NDM5k?autoplay=1
Geeze, Hutton and Greenspan must have felt left out on that one. The LSO played all the Keyboards you could want and Cory Wells did the vocal. At least Allsup got to pretend to be playing guitar.
Edit: Whoops, I think I referenced the wrong post. I meant to post the previous ‘one’.
And the title picture has BR photoshop quality, and it says “POLICTICS” right on the title page. Sloppy…
Brian Sands isn’t exactly a literary genius or a clear thinker!
Why does Sands describe Arpaio as “de facto” lawman? What does he think de facto means? Arpaio isn’t de facto a lawman; he IS a lawman! De facto refers to a person occupying a position or fulfilling a role without having been duly elected or appointed (whichever would be appropriate). It would be less incorrect to describe Arpaio as ex officio lawman, but that is still misleading because that implies the position of lawman comes from holding another office – once again, Arpaio IS a lawman.
Based on the preview, it’s an extremely poorly written book, as if the bar bore is telling a bunch of victims his life story. Sands clearly doesn’t have a feel for the written language; he writes as if he hasn’t read anything more stretching that the local newspaper for many years.
Thank you to those who did pay up and have picked out the shiny objects from the debris.
He could have used an editor to his benefit.
Perhaps it means “lawman” by virtue of position, but not by virtue of embracing the ideals of the law, and not executing the office for something other than his own gratification.
There is no explanation in the book of the term, which is used only once in the text:
Even better, he could have used a good ghostwriter.
a graphic artist wouldn’t have hurt either.
Maybe he meant to write “de facto felon” and got confused?
So, its just as everyone suspected, Zullo playing pretend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RsnXwMZxb0 haha
A current picture of Arpaio’s Cold Case Posse ……… A posse of one.
tantem bike with one rider
I’ll try again. A current film of the Cold Case Posse of one riding a tandem Cold Case Posse bike.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5SkprZIo6JA
is there anything about Monckton in the book ?
Okay, it’s close enough to zombies. I’ll buy it.
An excellent selection. Notice how the rider has incompetently chosen the approach with the least amount of control, and the greatest possibility of serious injury in the (highly likely) event of a crash.
All it needs is Corsi running alongside him, calling out bad advice.
Struck me as odd, too.
Considering that Arpaio is still insisting that the PDF is a forged “official government document”, “Duh Jure” might’ve worked better.
I think it’s nothing more complicated than the common phenomenon of a person of low-to-average intellect hearing someone they consider “smart” using a phrase, not understanding the meaning or context, and misappropriating it so he or she can sound “smart,” too.
Somewhere, sometime, Sands likely heard someone referred to as “the de facto boss of that operation,” where that person was the unofficial boss who was also ruthless and out-of-control. Misunderstanding the context and meaning, Sands likely thought de facto meant out-of-control, which certainly describes Shurf Joke.
Just a guess. And even if that is the case, he still needs punctuation to set the descriptive phrase apart from Shurf Joke’s name.
Almost as priceless as the constant abuse of “prima facie”, both in meaning and spelling, by birther plaintiffs. 😉
I am less interested in Mr. Sands’ literary skills (or lack thereof) and more intrigued with his unveiling of the MCSO operations behind the scenes. He paints an insider’s portrait of a public agency gone mad at the whims of its elected executive.
It’s unlikely that “Arpaio De Facto Lawman” will make the bestseller list. But it may become a useful reference for more a capable critical work that will undoubtedly be written about Sheriff Joe’s legacy upon his departure from public life.
No.
I’m working my way through the book, and it sure had potential to be something better– like Doc said, he could have used an editor. But sticking to the birther chapter, this quote’s interesting:
“He (Arpaio) went on to say what one of them (the Surprise! Tea Party! gang) had mentioned, that what Obama had recently released on the internet was a computer fraud and that would give him jurisdiction. I (Brian Sands) told him the computer part of it is true (!!!!!!!!!), however, there was no financial gain attempted so fraud was a stretch.”
Try to imagine Mike Volin of BR reading this book and seeing any wild hope that the posse actually had something, evaporate!
Volin had to be at least somewhat aware of this, since he’s at least somewhat an “insider”.
I think what would really shock him would be the New Times’ revelation that much of what he put into his “Son of Shurf’s Kit” DVDs was BS provided by Montgomery. If he already had a bunch made in anticipation of the March “Big Reveal”, he’s pretty seriously screwed financially.
Carl Gallups and Mike Volin should review Sand’s book. It would hopefully show them that they are now part of the sham investigation. The nuggets of gold in Sand’s book are priceless.
Gallups preys (sic(sick(sic))) on superstitious followers in his regular job, so a sham investigation can’t hide from him in the end, and he may even turn on the Zullo fiasco if it gets too well-documented or turns out to be provably criminal. Gallups needs to preserve the income earning potential of his other public personas.
But Mike Volin, who really has been made the biggest public fool of all by Zullo, will simply disappear when Zullo gets busted by the fullness of time and tries to fake a summation with no court worthy or investigation-provoking evidence of anything left on the table. The “shattering” promises went on for too long.
By then, it will have become obvious that Zullo never got close to a real investigation, and was totally bamboozled by another con-man.
Volin and Zullo are also “moral cowards” and they will never admit that they are wrong about Obama no matter how completely they are proven wrong.
It’s just fun to imagine them both twisting despairingly in the wind on separate strings, especially Volin, who is probably just smart enough to finally see, with this latest insight into the CCP, that he’s been suckered into eagerly acting as Zullo’s character-vouching press agent and will now be remembered as having been the duped author, publisher, and megaphone for endless Obama-bashing on-line and in-person disinformational poop-fests.
Benji F,
Right on target!
Never underestimate the ability of grifters to adapt to changed circumstances. They will, at some point, admit Montgomery tried to mislead them (not that he succeeded) and that they are investigating who Montgomery was working for, so any day now they will uncover the omniverse-shattering evidence which is “much bigger than the BC” and “still bigger than the universe-shattering stuff” so be patient, birfers, they will release it in February when Congress starts impeachifying the usurper, we promise, cross our hearts and hope to grift. (Note we didn’t say February of *next* year, though, just to keep in mind in case you’ll still be waiting 6 months from now.)