2 Sheriff Joes on the stand in contempt hearing

Joe FINAL copyBy Megan Cassidy, The Republic | azcentral.com

There were two Sheriff Joe Arpaios in federal court Wednesday.

The one on the witness stand facing civil-contempt allegations seemed browbeaten, hoarse and removed from the operational details of his office.

It was a marked contrast from the confident, defiant Arpaio of March 2012, appearing on the courtroom video monitor Wednesday.

That Arpaio struck a different tone, vowing to continue the brand of illegal-immigration enforcement that made him famous.

Arpaio took the stand for the first time this week to answer allegations he violated a federal judge’s orders stemming from a class-action racial-profiling suit.

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