By 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.