Deputy: Arpaio told me to defy court order

[Ptah]

Source: Arizona Republic

A sergeant for the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said Sheriff Joe Arpaio
personally instructed him to effectively disregard a federal judge's orders to
stop enforcing federal immigration law, according to Tuesday testimony.

In Dec. 2011, Judge G. Murray Snow instructed Sheriff's officials to
stop detaining people solely on the suspicion of being in the country illegally,
and without suspicion of a state crime.

But Sgt. Brett Palmer, formerly a supervisor in the human-smuggling unit,
testified Tuesday that despite his efforts to implement training that would
reflect this order, his training suggestions never made it to patrol deputies.

When plaintiffs' attorney Cecillia Wang asked if Palmer had an opinion of
why the training never materialized, Palmer responded that it
"was contrary to the goals and objectives of the sheriff."



Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2015/04/21/arpaio-contempt-hearing-opens-abrk/26121557/

[kairos12]

1. Bloated Joe headed for criminal contempt. We can only hope.

[Downwinder]

3. Tent City or the VIP quarters in Mesa?

[DonViejo]

2. Friends living in Phoenix and other parts of Az, are convinced if Arpaio

is convicted on one serious charge, the floodgates will open; Deputies and other LEOs will be more than willing to start talking.

[Demeter]

9. What are they, bunch of cowards?

It's not like Ed Snowden, for chrissakes! They aren't going to lose their citizenship rights and passport.

[DonViejo]

11. I guess we could call them cowards; they are allegedly afraid of retaliation...

from Arpaio, his cronies and supporters. I've worked with people like this before, they have the information, but won't come forward unless subpoenaed. I can understand the fear, I think, especially for those working in an environment like that which must exist around Arpaio.

[AngryDem001]

4. Ol' Joe will resign and find a place on Fox Noise.

[lobodons]

5. Pink under wear

I see pink under wear in his future.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

12. I think they should get rid of the pink underwear thing.

EXCEPT for Lover-Boy Joe!!

[pnwmom]

6. A Federal Judge has ordered them "to stop enforcing federal immigration law"?

[Hassin Bin Sober]

7. Yes.

A) it's not their job to enforce the law absent any other wrongdoing.

And

B) they were doing it wrong - profiling.

So the court told them to knock it off.

[Demeter]

8. That underling is too stupid to live...

but then, so many are.

[davidpdx]

10. Joe "I'm above the law" Arpaio

Someone get that jackass a cape