Posted on 06/01/2016 10:17:14 AM PDT by Cyberman
...Snow declared that Arpaio, his Chief Deputy Jerry Sheridan, Lieutenant Joe Sousa, and former executive chief Brian Sands were guilty of civil contempt for the MCSO's defiance of the judge's orders arising from the civil-rights case Melendres v. Arpaio, in which Arpaio and his agency were found to have committed widespread racial profiling against Latinos in Maricopa County. In a 162-page "Findings of Fact," Snow ruled that Arpaio, Sheridan, and others at MCSO "willfully" and "intentionally" thumbed their noses at the court's dictates and were dishonest with the court and the monitor appointed to watch over the agency.
The purpose of Tuesday's hearing was to discuss remedies for the civil contempt violations and the possibility of referring Arpaio and others to the U.S. Attorney's Office for Arizona for criminal contempt charges, which could carry prison sentences.
During the hearing, Snow said he was considering four individuals for criminal contempt referrals: Arpaio; Sheridan; the former head of the MCSO's internal affairs unit (known as the Professional Standards Bureau), Captain Steve Bailey; and longtime attorney for the MCSO Michele Iafrate....
In its response to Snow's recent findings, the ACLU, which represents the plaintiffs, asked Snow in a memorandum to refer Arpaio and Sheridan to the U.S. Attorney for investigation and possible prosecution for perjury, obstruction of justice, lying to the monitor, and other federal crimes. The ACLU also requested that the sheriff personally be fined $300,000 as part of a civil remedy. ACLU attorney Cecillia Wang raised these issues again at the hearing, flatly stating that "perjury was committed" by Arpaio and Sheridan during their testimony last year....
(Excerpt) Read more at phoenixnewtimes.com ...
The elites want open borders.
Saber rattling without a substantial case to prove.
It sounds bad to arraign people on criminal charges but when the charges are dropped for lack of evidence or the case is dismissed in court, the original instigators of the false hysteria will never be confronted with their waste of resources nor will they ever be pinned to have engaged in a political witch hunt.
Apparently only Ødungo and hillary-dillary can thumb their noses at rulings they don’t like...
Is there really a scandal? Or is the “ACLU” creating one?
Liberal judicial takeover of America.
Yet Hildabeast walks free.
Sad.
The Holder/Obama operation going according to plan.
Murray Snow is a federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. He joined the court in 2008 after being nominated by President George W. Bush.[1]
I seriously doubt those charges.
So, Sheriff Joe is accused of breaking a rule.
Big deal.
Snow was nominated by President George W. Bush on December 11, 2007.
Most of the feral judiciary is Uniparty.
no scandal here. just a leftist smear and political persecution of an innocent—but very effective conservative politician. one of a handful in office at this time. thank God for sheriff joe.
Stand firm Arizona, the Mulatto hates us in AZ...tell your Reps to back Sheriff Joe. Thanks!
murray snow is a Mormon, like our “good friend”, the piece of Mitt.
Reminds me of Orwellian definitions of Justice
Basically Arpaio is being hounded for trying to enforce the law. The judge and the ACLU want the law broken.
W - The gift that keeps on giving.
Depends on what the meaning of ‘is’ is.
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