County taxpayers were forced to shell out nearly $150 million to “litigate and settle” legal claims from Arpaio’s reign of terror, which included rampant abuse in his jails and illegal traffic stops targeting Latinos. 

Trump may have saved the criminal Arpaio from his due justice, but among Arizonans in particular, no presidential pardon can ever prevent Arpaio from being remembered for the racist, lawless authoritarian he is long after he’s gone: