Federal Judge Slaps Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio With Contempt-Of-Court Hearing

[DonViejo]

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona sheriff known for clashing with the federal government and cracking down on illegal immigration will face a civil contempt-of-court hearing because his office repeatedly violated orders issued in a racial-profiling case, a U.S. judge said Thursday.

U.S. District Judge Murray Snow ruled in 2013 that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office had systematically singled out Latinos in regular traffic and special immigration patrols.

The judge scheduled an evidentiary hearing for April 21-24 on allegations Arpaio and his top aides acted in contempt during the case. If Arpaio is found in contempt, he could face daily fines.

Snow said attorneys for people who claim they were illegally pulled over provided sufficient evidence that the agency violated court orders. The office conducted immigration enforcement activities in defiance of an injunction and botched an effort to collect videos of traffic stops, according to the judge.

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[rpannier]

1. Understandable

He is a contemptable creature

[Thinkingabout]

2. PINK UNDERWEAR PLEASE

[JDDavis]

3. Yeah, throw him in a jail wearing pink underware

all the way until his trial for contempt charges, maybe a year or so from now.

[KamaAina]

4. Can't wait for that selfie!

[Thinkingabout]

10. Are you sure you want to see? LOL

[randys1]

5. This racist punk ought to be slapped with more than paperwork

What a punk...

[Major Nikon]

7. He costs his county taxpayers tens of millions in lawsuit payouts yet still gets elected

You can't fix stupid.

[randys1]

8. Which is the proof that righty does not care about truth, justice, anything other than hate

[Major Nikon]

9. It's also proof that hate can be packaged and marketed

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

6. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[kairos12]

11. He will never leave office. Too much to investigate for his successor.