The Arizona PD are courteous and I've never had problems with them unlike the LAPD who tortured and nearly killed me 12 years ago. Marijuana is legal in AZ, and the wildlife is protected, even plants. It's illegal to cut down cactuses. Firearms are legal which means you have the freedom to protect yourself from violent assailants. Free health care (medicaid) is really good there, such that you can see all the specialists you might need. Why do you call it a shithole state?

Having lived in 5 states including NY and CA, I'd call those two shitholes before I called AZ a shithole.

I don't know if I'd call Arizona a shit hole (I've never been), but it did have the worst racial profiling under Sheriff Arpaio.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Arpaio

https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/us-department-justice-fi...

In CA, it was Sheriff Bacca.

Literally part of a Neo-Nazi gang: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynwood_Vikings

Got nailed after his officers tried to kill an FBI agent who was investigating prison abuse.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/former-la-county-sherif...

With AZ, there was a big issue with prison abuse ie. "Tent Prison" [1]

All I can speak to is my experiences, all of this is really shitty.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maricopa_County_Sheriff%27s_Of...

If you can't see why AZ is a shithole you might be the problem.

There's no such thing as "The Arizona PD"