Justice Department To Sue Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio Over Civil Rights Abuses

[babylonsister]

Justice Department To Sue Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio Over Civil Rights Abuses
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, with Cold Case Posse lead investigator Michael Zullo by his side.Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, with Cold Case Posse lead investigator Michael Zullo by his side.
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Ryan J. Reilly April 11, 2012, 11:35 PM 3251


The Justice Department has given up on settling with Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio and is planning to sue the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office for systematic civil rights abuses of Hispanic residents, a DOJ official indicated in a terse letter to Arpaio’s lawyer on Wednesday.

“It is clear that DOJ’s concerted effort to attain voluntary compliance by your client has failed,” Deputy Assistant Attorney General Roy Austin of DOJ’s Civil Rights Division wrote in a letter to Arpaio lawyer Joseph Popolizio obtained by TPM.

“It is also clear that we should not discuss anything else by telephone because you will not accurately portray those conversations,” Austin wrote. “At this point, it is best to let a court determine the appropriateness of appointing an independent monitor as well as imposing other relief in order to address MCSO’s constitutional and federal statutory violations.”

Arpaio’s office first came under federal scrutiny back in 2008, and DOJ announced in December that its probe found that Arpaio had “promoted a culture of bias” and that his officers had discriminated against Latinos. DOJ and Arpaio have been in contentious negotiations over the findings for months, but prospects now appear dim for a negotiated settlement.

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[snooper2]

1. Oh don't worry sheriff Joe, in your next life

you can make (or be in) videos like this

[Iliyah]

2. In his next life

he should come back as a latin male living in his district in AZ.

[snappyturtle]

3. Great news! nt

[Mz Pip]

4. It's a start

IT's unfortunate that he can't be sued for being a pig ignorant dumb shit asshole birfer freak.

[Old and In the Way]

5. I've been waiting for this.

I'm convinced that the whole "birther investigation" was done to provide Arpario with a talking point that this investigation was initiated to stop him from exposing Obama's BC fraud. He will play the persecuted victim in this investigation as a way to deflect the civil rights abuse that he's charged with. Hope he gets some of the same humiliating treatment he's given to others.

[felix_numinous]

6. YES!!!

I dance for justice.

[Uncle Joe]

7. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, babylonsister.