Department of Justice Cuts Off Negotiations With Sheriff Joe Arpaio

[EFerrari]

Source: Colorlines

by Jorge Rivas, Tuesday, April 3 2012, 5:18 PM EST



The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division has cut off negotiations with Joe Arpaio’s Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, according to Talking Points Memo. According to a letter obtained by TPM, Arpaio’s office is refusing to consider working with an independent monitor which is said to be a “non-negotiable component of any settlement.”

In December, the DOJ accused Arpaio’so office of engaging in a pattern or practice of unconstitutional policing, including racial profiling in traffic stops, immigration operations and discriminating against Spanish speakers in the county jails.

“DOJ considers the oversight of an independent monitor to be an absolute necessity for meaningful and sustainable reform of MCSO,” DOJ Deputy Assistant Attorney General Roy Austin said in the letter. “It was disappointing, to say the least, for you to contact us 24 hours before our negotiations were scheduled to continue and raise, for the first time, a precondition that you understood would result in the cancellation of negotiations — and, by extension, the initiation of a civil lawsuit — and calls into question whether you were ever interested in settling this matter.”

“This is Arpaio being Arpaio,” said Julianne Hing, Colorlines.com’s immigration reporter.

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[arely staircase]

1. if i were under federal investigation ànd the feds "cut off negotiations"

I would be concerned.

[saras]

6. I was hoping it meant they'd send the ATF & FBI in with weapons.

No such luck - they did such a great job in Waco & Ruby Ridge.

[MADem]

2. The first time I ever heard that (name) being (name) thing, it was in reference to Manny Ramirez.

Whenever he acted like a noxious, unsportsmanlike, anti-team spirit asshole, everyone said "Well, that's Manny being Manny."

"Manny being Manny" didn't end well for Manny, at the end of the day.

I doubt that "Arpaio being Arpaio" will end well either, if there's any justice in the world.

[arely staircase]

7. yeah isually someone is defending a real a##hole when it is invoked nt

[Dawson Leery]

3. Wizard Joe is not co-operating with the investigation.

Perhaps it is time to bring up those federal charges.

[southernyankeebelle]

4. Joe isn't the governor of the state. What can be done now? They can put financial burden on

Joe by not giving him any money. They can redirect it to handle the money.

[anti-alec]

5. Oh for crissake, just send the FBI to arrest Arapaio

and his cronies.

Easy enough. No negotiation needed. Sic him to the max.

[indepat]

8. Arpaio's inimitable style: giving the middle finger to any/all who would

reign in his seeming rampant criminality: hopefully DOJ will teach him a good lesson.

[jmowreader]

9. This hopefully means they are about to federalize MCSO

Deputy AG Roy Austin is wrong about one thing: rather than appointing an independent monitor, removing the sheriff of Maricopa County from his post and throwing him in the worst gulag we can find is an absolute necessity for meaningful and sustainable reform of MCSO, but of course the feds will never do that.

[wordpix]

10. how old is this guy? He looks REAL old

[Thor_MN]

11. Seems to me, it would be most efficient to put him in one of his own prisons

He already knows the rules, he knows everyone there, etc.

[Swede Atlanta]

12. Can we send him to Gitmo because he is a domestic terrorist?

If so I would love to have the videotape of his first night in detention. It would be a classic "cry baby" response.