Taxpayers to Foot Bill for Arpaio's Defiance of Court Order

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Taxpayers to Foot Bill for Arpaio's Defiance of Court Order

By JACQUES BILLEAUD, ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOENIX — May 28, 2016, 11:56 AM ET

Taxpayers already on the hook for $54 million in a racial profiling case against the longtime sheriff of metro Phoenix are about to get walloped with another worrisome cost.

Hundreds of Latinos will be able to seek money from the government for being illegally detained when Sheriff Joe Arpaio disobeyed a judge's order to stop his immigration patrols.

A judge concluded two weeks ago that Arpaio knowingly ignored the 2011 order because he believed continuing his immigration efforts would help his 2012 re-election campaign.

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But the difficulties of finding victims might keep down the costs to taxpayers.

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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/taxpayers-foot-bill-arpaios-defiance-court-order-39451090

[niyad]

1. hard to have sympathy when the people of maricopa county keep re-electing this asshole.

[Wellstone ruled]

2. Agree.

Talk about backward and uninformed.

[niyad]

3. I feel sorry for all the good, intelligent and decent people who live there.

[Wellstone ruled]

8. So much hatred towards

the Hispanic Population and the Media as wells the Sheriff play the victim card 24/7 . One large Religious Cult Group pretty much run the County via Mesa and Scottsdale.

[niyad]

9. sadly correct.

[Initech]

5. How has he not had a viable challenger yet?

My aunt lives in Maricopa County. Every time I go to visit, there's always commercials on TV talking about how horrible Sheriff Joe is. How has he not been voted out yet??

[niyad]

6. maybe a rigged system?

[Initech]

4. Define irony. Guy who makes a living accusing illegal immigrants of mooching off tax dollars...

Is mooching off tax dollars himself.

[niyad]

7. so very, very true.