OT, from way back in March?!:
Criminal pasts don’t disqualify members of Arpaio posse
Arpaio wants his army of 3,000 volunteer posse members to look like sworn deputies and sometimes perform the same duties. But an in-depth project by CBS 5 Investigates uncovered a number of posse members with arrests for assault, drug possession, domestic violence, sex crimes against children, disorderly conduct, impersonating an officer - and the list goes on.
If only there were some examples from history we could use as a reference for what usually happens when some tin-horn despot throws together a personally-loyal band of thugs and criminals to crack down on “undesirables.”