It's Official! Justice Dept. To Investigate Sheriff Joe!!

[tucsonlib]

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/nation/6304293.html


:bounce: :toast: :fistbump: :headbang: :applause: :woohoo:

[debunkthelies]

1. Second That!!!

:bounce: :toast: :fistbump: :applause: :woohoo: Bout Effin time:kick:

[L. Coyote]

2. Federal authorities told a high-profile Arizona sheriff Tuesday that they will investigate

his department over allegations of discrimination and unconstitutional searches and seizures.

The U.S. Justice Department said in a letter to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio that investigators will focus on alleged patterns of police discrimination based on national origin.

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probes announced this week are far different from their predecessors. They are taking place in full public view and, should the FBI find violations, the federal government can impose restrictions on how the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office operates, a first for a police agency that regularly boasts its independence.

“It changes the tenor and content of the investigation,” said Paul Charlton, former U.S. attorney for Arizona, “and it signals that there’s a new administration who has decided to dedicate a significant amount of resources to this issue.”

The U.S. Justice Department launched a new civil rights investigation of MCSO on Tuesday. Rep. John Conyers Jr., D-Michigan and chairman of the House judiciary committee, on Wednesday announced plans to hold congressional hearings on local immigration enforcement and call Arpaio as a witness in the coming months. .....

[jillan]

3. Woohoooo! It was in the Az Republic today too :)

[classysassy]

4. The senior

wackos around Phoenix love that racist clown,says a lot about them.

[Catshrink]

5. Sweep in my Mesa neighborhood...

mini-sweep I should say. Three MCSO cars, lights flashing, are parked at the end of the block. We have several Latino families in the neighborhood and, given Sheriff Joe's track record, I suspect that's whom they're looking for.

We're pretty quiet here -- mosty older people and low wage professionals like me. Seeing police vehicles around is a big deal.