Judge rules against Arizona sheriff in racial profiling suit

Yahoo News (Reuters) ^ | 5/24/2013

[South40]

PHOENIX (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday found hardline Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio had violated the constitutional rights of Latino drivers in his crackdown on illegal immigration, and ordered him to stop using race as a factor in law enforcement decisions.

The ruling against the Maricopa County sheriff came in response to a class-action lawsuit brought by Hispanic drivers that tested whether police can target illegal immigrants without racially profiling Hispanic citizens and legal residents.

U.S. District Court Judge Murray Snow ruled that the sheriff's policies violated the drivers' constitutional rights and ordered his office to cease using race or ancestry as a grounds to stop, detain or hold occupants of vehicles - some of them in crime sweeps dubbed "saturation patrols."

[DoughtyOne]

We like to refer to it as affirmative inaction.

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I agree, who was his chief of staff , that is the person at fault. my guess is this guy may have been recommended by John Mcpain.

[DoughtyOne]

Oh, you don’t mean it... LOL

[hondact200]

Sheriff joe response Sprechen Sie Englisch? Nein? Sehr Gut! You are under arrest! See they could not speak English, so I arrested them. ( in fine print Joe could ask in Navajo too). english is just derived from a Germanic language so he is actually asking in English.

[Hojczyk]

I think DUI check point stops are legal....They check everybody...

[Menehune56]

I have to wonder if there's any relation in this ruling to the upcoming revelations by the Cold Case Posse.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/3021750/posts

[freedumb2003]

Everytime I see one of those “click it or ticket” TV spots, the offending person is usually a white male.

Chris Rock -- how not to get your a** kicked by the police

A rare true funny bit and of course, NSFW.

[Carry_Okie]

You've got it exactly.

[Carry_Okie]

I think DUI check point stops are legal....They check everybody...

Hence, considerations about race trump probable cause. Now, where is that in the Constitution???

[Brown Deer]

His father was Mormon bishop, Karl Stanton Snow. How many of Snow’s relatives fled to Mexico because they were polygamists?

Sounds like a conflict of interest to me!

[Hojczyk]

I think you can stop anyone with probable cause...not sure what a saturation patrol is??

[Carry_Okie]

I think you can stop anyone with probable cause..

Stopping everyone is proof that the authorities don't have it.

[justiceseeker93]

There was no claim by the plaintiffs in this suit for monetary damages. Their main thrust in this suit could have been to tar Arpaio with a tag of “racist” so as to weaken and divert attention away from Arpaio’s Cold Case Posse’s pending report on Obama’s birth certificate, which could cast more doubt on Obama’s constitutional eligibility for the presidency and could lead to criminal charges of fraud against some of his henchmen.

[SkyDancer]

Sheriff should send out his posse targeting that judges car. Stop him numerous times to show they’re not profiling.

[justiceseeker93]

I have to wonder if there's any relation in this ruling to the upcoming revelations by the Cold Case Posse.

Agreed. Please see my post # 33.

[DrDude]

Lack of standing!

[combat_boots]

“A federal judge “

nuf said

[South40]

Judge Murray Snow was nominated by President George W. Bush.

nuff said

[RedMDer]

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[righttackle44]

Let’s profile his honor and see if minority defendants are treated differently from others.