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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: aliens; arpaio; civilrights; civilrightsdivision; doj; ericholder; holder; joearpaio; naturalborncitizen; profiling; sheriffjoe; thomaseperez
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To: DoughtyOne

If I remember correctly, the sheriff has authority to arrest any lawbreaker that enters his county.

Here’s hoping the communist gun-runner tries to visit the Sheriff.


21 posted on 12/15/2011 12:05:58 PM PST by Westbrook
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To: WOBBLY BOB
Ramirez is a genius.

Reminds me of Larson's "Far Side"

22 posted on 12/15/2011 12:07:52 PM PST by Osage Orange (HE HATE ME)
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To: markomalley

If he did violate some Federal law then convene a Grand Jury and indict him. Otherwise STFU Holder you gun-running accessory to Murder.


23 posted on 12/15/2011 12:09:16 PM PST by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: molson209
Is this in response to his investigation(may have something good) into Obama’s Birth Certificate

No.

Justice has been investigating Arpaio for years. This administration has had a hard-on for Arpaio since they were elected.

24 posted on 12/15/2011 12:09:50 PM PST by Tex-Con-Man (T. Coddington Van Voorhees VII 2012 - "Together, I Shall Ride You To Victory")
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To: Osage Orange

Amazon sells a whole book of his stuff.


25 posted on 12/15/2011 12:11:56 PM PST by WOBBLY BOB (Congress: Looting the future to bribe the present.)
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To: markomalley

Eric Holder’s DOJ has no moral grounds to enforce any law anywhere.


26 posted on 12/15/2011 12:12:43 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: markomalley

If Perez had turned around, bent over and made his statement in that position, he wouldn’t have sounded any more ridiculous, desperate and stupid. Got a Spanish-surnamed government goon working for a guy being investigated by Sheriff Joe, trying to discredit our sheriff.

By the way, if Perez had made his statement in the bent-over position, he might have strengethned the homosexual vote.


27 posted on 12/15/2011 12:13:11 PM PST by righttackle44 (I may not be much, but I raised a United States Marine)
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To: markomalley
following an often hostile three-year investigation


Three years ago, hmm, I'm trying to remember what happened three years ago
and why this started three years ago.

The burden of proof belongs to the RAT-Fed-feds.

28 posted on 12/15/2011 12:16:00 PM PST by MaxMax
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

-——no moral grounds -——

Morals are irrelevant. The only thing that matters is what they think is the law.

To a democrat, the law is what ever you can get judge to rule.

The point of being a criminal progressive democrat is to have no morals.


29 posted on 12/15/2011 12:17:30 PM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 ..... Crucifixion is coming)
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To: WOBBLY BOB

That cartoon is racist. /s


30 posted on 12/15/2011 12:22:01 PM PST by mas cerveza por favor
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

La RAZA

Saturday, July 23, 2011
12:30–2:30 p.m.
National Affiliate Luncheon
Embrace Now

Introductory Remarks
Daniel R. Ortega, Jr., Chair, NCLR Board of Directors

Welcome and Awards Presentation
Janet Murguía, NCLR President and CEO

Keynote Speaker
Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, United States Department of Justice


31 posted on 12/15/2011 12:24:55 PM PST by WellyP (REAL)
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To: markomalley

They should accuse the sheriff’s office of having automatic weapons then blockade and burn his headquarters down along with anyone trapped inside.


32 posted on 12/15/2011 12:28:43 PM PST by Razzz42
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To: markomalley; A_Former_Democrat; Albion Wilde; algernonpj; AmericanVictory; AngelesCrestHighway; ...
There is no doubt that this is getting a lot of press coverage NOW, because Arpaio is close to making public what his posse has learned about Obama's secret past...

Dummett: "I can say, because it has already been released to the press and I can verify it, that he will produce a report in February, and it will be devastating. I can’t say what it is, but I know what it is.”
Presidential Candidate: Meeting with Sheriff Joe Arpaio Yielded “Devastating” Information

and this...

Alluding Obama could conceivably be an illegal alien, which he said was “not that far off,” Arpaio chided the mainstream media for ignoring the issue...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2817194/posts

33 posted on 12/15/2011 12:29:00 PM PST by Future Useless Eater (Chicago politics = corrupted capitalism = takeover by COMMUNity-ISM)
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To: bert
To a democrat, the law is what ever you can get judge to rule.

That will not work if conservatives regain the necessary backbone for challenging judicial abuse of power.

34 posted on 12/15/2011 12:30:43 PM PST by mas cerveza por favor
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To: Future Useless Eater

In my opinion, Arpaio shouldn’t wait until February - he should go public with it now!


35 posted on 12/15/2011 12:33:48 PM PST by SatinDoll (NO FOREIGN NATIONALS AS U.S.A. PRESIDENT)
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To: markomalley

I stand with Arpaio . Obama’s America can go straight to hell.


36 posted on 12/15/2011 12:38:43 PM PST by Gator113 (~Just livin' life, my way~.. Newt/Palin-West-2012."got a lot swirling around in my head.")
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To: markomalley
This is completely politically motivated. The timing is very suspicious.

Perhaps Arapio should release these “findings” tomorrow.

37 posted on 12/15/2011 12:39:44 PM PST by wintertime (I am a Constitutional Restorationist!!! Yes!)
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To: markomalley

Form a posse and arrest Holder for Crimes Against Humanity, Mexico and Arizona. Go git em Sheriff.


38 posted on 12/15/2011 12:47:18 PM PST by TomasUSMC ( FIGHT LIKE WW2, FINISH LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM)
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To: markomalley

The Justice Department (Oxymoron) accusing anyone of this tripe is complete hypocrocy.


39 posted on 12/15/2011 12:49:05 PM PST by dirtymac (Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country., Really! NOW!!!)
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To: SatinDoll
In my opinion, Arpaio shouldn’t wait until February - he should go public with it now!

Agreed. But there are probably legal procedural steps he must take before he goes public, like exhaust every law enforcement option to refute or confirm what he has discovered.

I would bet for example, that a court in Maricopa county is also serving Hawaii with a subpoena for the 1961 Microfiche Roll, because if Obama's April 2011 forged B.C. is NOT identical to, (or not even ON) that microfiche roll that confirms this monumental historic fraud. Things like this take time, often 30 days or more.

Hawaii Issued Subpoena For Obama's Original Birth Certificate and 1961 Microfiche Roll(Court Issued)

Also, because Arpaio has implied that Obama may not even (still) be a U.S. citizen, that would also take time to confirm through official channels.


40 posted on 12/15/2011 12:55:33 PM PST by Future Useless Eater (Chicago politics = corrupted capitalism = takeover by COMMUNity-ISM)
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