Posted on 08/10/2010 7:07:22 AM PDT by I_Publius
Thomas Perez |
U.S. Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez warned attorneys for Sheriff Joe Arpaio, of the Maricopa County Sheriffs Office (MCSO) in Arizona, in a letter dated August 3, that unless Arpaio voluntarily cooperates by August 17 with an investigation by the Justice Departments civil rights division into allegations that Arpaios office has engaged in unlawful searches and seizures, discriminatory police conduct, and failure to provide basic services to individuals with limited English proficiency, the Justice Dept. will file a Title VI civil action to compel access to the requested documents, facilities and personnel.
GSN described Arpaios controversial tenure as sheriff in an article it published on August 3.
The letter from Perez reminds Arpaio that on March 25, 2009, the civil rights division supplied MCSO with its First Request for Documentation and Information and it has made several subsequent requests in writing and by telephone.
Perezs letter acknowledged that the Sheriffs office has provided his division with 11 pages of documents that it deemed partially responsive to three of the fifty-one requests in the First Request, and that the Sheriffs office had promised further information once it had completed installation and training on its new litigation support system.
However, the Perez letter continued, on May 29, 2009, counsel informed DOJ in writing that MCSO would not respond to any document requests from DOJ until appropriate assurances are made that DOJ was not improperly coordinating its investigation with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Arpaios lawyers said the following month that MCSO would not produce any documents or provide access to MCSO personnel, according to Perezs letter. In fact, Sheriff Arpaio held a press conference on July 7, 2009, at which he said, MCSO would not cooperate with the Divisions investigation, would not produce additional documents, and would not provide any access to MCSO facilities or personnel.
Nearing its conclusion, the Perez letter says, In order to avoid litigation, please provide a complete response to the First Request and an agreement to permit access to all pertinent MCSO facilities and personnel no later than August 17, 2010.
Although we would prefer voluntary compliance in this case as well, we will not hesitate to commence litigation after August 17, 2010, if MCSO continues to take the position that it need not cooperate with the Divisions investigation, wrote Perez.
According to an article by Channing Turner in the independent, Washington-based news site Main Justice, attorney Robert Driscoll, of Alston & Bird, LLP, who represents Arpaio, has described the Justice Departments threat to sue the Maricopa County Sheriffs Office as premature and has indicated that Arpaio will cooperate with certain elements of the probe.
But Driscoll also claimed that Arpaio had previously handed over thousands of documents in a lawsuit involving allegations that Arpaios deputies had racially profiled Hispanics, and that arguments contained in the Perez letter conflated the legal boundaries between two separate and ongoing investigations.
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In the words of Arizona Sheriff Paul Babeu: “Our Own Government Has Become Our Enemy”.
Hey, doesn't he know that vendetta stuff is Eye-tallion, not His-panic ~ Arapaio will tie a knot in his tale and hang him out to dry.
See my tag-line!
Sheriff Joe should just tear it up and deposit in round file.
Yet more proof the Federal Government is against America.
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Help Texas watch her borders.
Watch live on 14 cameras and report illegal alien invaders.
Night cams in operation
http://www.blueservo.net/index.php?error=nlg
Does it work? Yes.
Best time to catch them is at night.
Recently caught on cam and reported:
String of illegals running through brush with backpacks
Numerous sightings of boats crossing the river
Numerous vehicles late at night in isolated areas
IMMENSELY satisfying
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Joe Arpaio is about to show the feds that the county sheriff is the most powerful position in this country.
Justice department (an oxymoron if there ever was one) - - - shove it up your smelly Obama.
Make our day, Obamaholes.
indeed! and I certainly hope does!
Joe Arpaio is about to show the feds that the county sheriff is the most powerful position in this country.
That’s right. No one has more legal authority within his jurisdiction than a county sheriff.
I’d bet Joe Arpaio could deputize a bunch of people in short order.
Fort Sumter?
Thats probably why these jokers won’t ever step foot in his county.
Uh oh, the broke Federal govt will print more money to fight the states. Let’s pray Arizona doesn’t buckle. This is going too far. I guess we see which side Obama is on and it’s not the side of the American citizen.
Methinks its time for the people of Maricopa County to push their interim County Attorney Richard Romley to hold a Grand Jury and Investigate possible fraud by Barry Obama and subpoena records and witnesses. Two can play this game.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio is now under attack from both the Mexican drug cartels and the Justice Department. I am starting to see a pattern here. I wonder at what level the coordination is taking place.
Obama wants to turn Arizona into Mexico.
He is succeeding.
Searches and seizures are only lawful if the Feds do ‘em.
Back off Perez!
—Sheriff Joe flosses with barbed wire from the border.
—Sheriff Joe chews wooden fence posts like tooth-picks.
—Sheriff Joe eats scorpions for breakfast and burps up rattlesnakes.
—Sheriff Joe taught Chuck Norris how to do a roundhouse kick.
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