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Justice Department: Arizona Sheriff Arpaio violated federal law
The Washington Times ^ | December 15, 2011 | Jerry Seper

Posted on 12/15/2011 11:40:17 AM PST by markomalley

The Justice Department, following an often hostile three-year investigation, said Thursday the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) in Phoenix under the leadership of Sheriff Joseph M. Arpaio violated federal law and the Constitution in its handling of persons arrested and inmates held in its jail system.

Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez, who heads the department’s Civil Rights Division, said investigators concluded there was reasonable cause to believe that sheriff’s deputies engaged in a pattern or practice of unconstitutional conduct and violations of federal law that jeopardized the agency’s commitment to fair and effective law enforcement.

The not-unexpected decision said investigators found discriminatory policing practices including unlawful stops, detentions and arrests of Latinos; unlawful retaliation against persons exercising their First Amendment right to criticize the agency’s policies or practices, including its discriminatory treatment of Latinos; and discriminatory jail practices against Latino inmates with limited English proficiency by punishing them and denying them critical services.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: aliens; arpaio; civilrights; civilrightsdivision; doj; ericholder; holder; joearpaio; naturalborncitizen; profiling; sheriffjoe; thomaseperez
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1 posted on 12/15/2011 11:40:19 AM PST by markomalley
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To: markomalley
I heard the weasel making the accusations. He sounded like a mouse.

If they had something, they wouldn't be whining, they'd be indicting.

They've got nothing, and they're getting scared.

2 posted on 12/15/2011 11:42:36 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (FOREIGN AID: A transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries)
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To: markomalley

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


3 posted on 12/15/2011 11:43:51 AM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: markomalley

Watch the other hand. They are about to try something else.


4 posted on 12/15/2011 11:44:05 AM PST by mountainlion (I am voting for Sarah after getting screwed again by the DC Thugs.)
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To: markomalley

“Justice-Joke” dept or Sheriff Arpio?

Which one do you think has violated the law?

Hey lying Holder, when are you going to ‘fess up and go to jail, butthole?

We don’t believe a single statement coming out of your venal, corrupt, and demonstrably uneducated mouth.

Were it not for affirmate action, you’d be diggin ditches.

And that’s not racist...it’s the plain truth.


5 posted on 12/15/2011 11:44:59 AM PST by Da Coyote (Liberalism - when you absolutely, positively have no ability to produce wealth.)
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To: markomalley

When the next civil war starts, I think it will start in Maricopa County.


6 posted on 12/15/2011 11:45:03 AM PST by fwdude
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To: markomalley

Nothing but threats from Obama because Sheriff Joe is investigating Obama.

Sheriff Joe needs to show the feds who’s boss.


7 posted on 12/15/2011 11:45:31 AM PST by CodeToad (Islam needs to be banned in the US and treated as a criminal enterprise.)
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To: markomalley
The response from Arpaio should be:

"Now, what we have heeyah...
is faylyer t'comune-cate."


8 posted on 12/15/2011 11:46:25 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations - The acronym explains the science.)
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To: markomalley

“...While no formal findings of pattern or practice violations have been made, Mr. Perez said the investigation remains ongoing...” WITCH HUNT!


9 posted on 12/15/2011 11:46:37 AM PST by WellyP (REAL)
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To: markomalley

Perez is a La Raza stooge whose needs a cell with his boss.


10 posted on 12/15/2011 11:47:42 AM PST by wac3rd (Somewhere in Hell, Ted Kennedy snickers....)
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To: markomalley

The criminalization of conservative values continues apace.


11 posted on 12/15/2011 11:48:12 AM PST by Albion Wilde (A land of hyper-legalisms is not the same as a land of law. --Mark Steyn)
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To: markomalley

Nothing concrete, just a bunch of unproven allegations being rehashed. Typical BS release from a prosecutor or investigator who has absolutely nothing but wants to make it sound like he does so he can get the green light to keep fishing.


12 posted on 12/15/2011 11:51:18 AM PST by kevkrom (Separation of Business and State)
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To: markomalley

Well, if that’s Arpaio’s big sin, then mObama must be in very serious trouble, since he swore to abide by Article IV Section IV of the United States Constitution.

“The president shall protect the states from invasion.”

FAIL!


13 posted on 12/15/2011 11:52:33 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Why back in '88, Conservatives backed Gore in Texas. What Reagan revolution? What laegacy?)
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To: WellyP
“...While no formal findings of pattern or practice violations have been made, Mr. Perez said the investigation remains ongoing...” WITCH HUNT!

Hey, be fair. They've only been investigating for three years.
14 posted on 12/15/2011 11:53:02 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (May Mitt Romney be the Mo Udall of 2012.)
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To: markomalley

Is this in response to his investigation(may have something good) into Obama’s Birth Certificate


15 posted on 12/15/2011 11:54:54 AM PST by molson209
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To: kevkrom

Aw let’s toss this fisherman a bone.

He’s in a flimsy row boat, so lets make it a 5,000 pound one.


16 posted on 12/15/2011 11:55:24 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Why back in '88, Conservatives backed Gore in Texas. What Reagan revolution? What laegacy?)
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To: markomalley

The Justice Department has violated federal law, not the sheriff.


17 posted on 12/15/2011 11:58:40 AM PST by Jane Austen (Boycott the Philadelphia Eagles!)
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18 posted on 12/15/2011 12:03:25 PM PST by WOBBLY BOB (Congress: Looting the future to bribe the present.)
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To: markomalley
The not-unexpected decision

That's one way to put it....

19 posted on 12/15/2011 12:03:34 PM PST by Burkean Buckleyite
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To: Jane Austen

The illegal immigrants also violated federal law. This whole country has turned upside down...


20 posted on 12/15/2011 12:03:51 PM PST by NEMDF
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