Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio to face criminal contempt trial in Phoenix

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

U.S. | Mon Jun 26, 2017 | 12:17pm EDT

Arizona lawman to face criminal contempt trial in Phoenix

By David Schwartz | PHOENIX

A former Arizona lawman known for his hard-line stance against illegal immigrants is to appear before a judge on Monday on a criminal contempt charge for violating a court order related to a 2007 racial-profiling case.

Ex-Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, ousted from office in an election last November, will stand trial in U.S. District Court for defying a 2011 injunction that barred his deputies from stopping and detaining motorists solely on the suspicion of being in the country illegally.

The controversial traffic stops continued for about 18 months despite the judge's order.

The 85-year-old Republican lawman, who styled himself as "America’s toughest sheriff" during his 24 years in office and became a nationally known figure, faces up to six months in jail if convicted.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-arizona-arpaio-idUSKBN19H1YR

[procon]

1. True justice - and a bit of karma - would have this psycho

do jail time in that tent city prison he was so proud of.

[Gothmog]

2. This idiot needs to serve the sentence in one of his tent jails

[Initech]

3. When the cops are the crooks, who are the real police?