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Joe Arpaio Can be Sued by Detained Hispanics   NEW 01/08/2012

Judge Sets Up Sheriff Arpaio for Knockout in Racial Profiling Case; Ruling Describes Deputies' Dirty Tricks   NEW 01/08/2012



Joe Arpaio Can be Sued by Detained Hispanics: Judge Grants Class Status in Lawsuit to Hispanics Stopped by Arpaio's Deputies, Orders Halt to Human-Smuggling Enforcement in Current Form

By Ray Stern Fri., Dec. 23 2011 at 4:30 PM

U.S. District G. Murray Snow ruled today that any Hispanic stopped by Sheriff Joe Arpaio's deputies since January 1, 2007 -- or will be stopped in the future -- can sue the Sheriff's Office in a class-action lawsuit. The ruling in the Melendres racial-profiling case also enjoins the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office from stopping people based on a suspicion that they might be violating one aspect of the state's human-smuggling law, or any other law.

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http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2011/12/judge_grants_class_status_in_l.php

Judge Sets Up Sheriff Arpaio for Knockout in Racial Profiling Case; Ruling Describes Deputies' Dirty Tricks

By Ray Stern Fri., Dec. 23 2011 at 3:23 PM

U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow set up Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio for a knockout in his latest ruling on a racial-profiling lawsuit.

Snow's ruling (see below) in the Melendres Vs. Arpaio case eviscerates the sheriff's office for its record-shredding tactics, noting that deputies intentionally destroyed records that revealed their unethical enforcement operations. The ruling, made public today, comes a week after the U.S. Department of Justice revealed that a three-year investigation concluded Arpaio's shop routinely violated the rights of Valley Hispanics.

At a hearing in the lawsuit yesterday, Snow told Arpaio's attorney, Timothy Casey, that he believed a legal stance used by sheriff's office to justify its human-smuggling enforcement operations was "wrong." That could mean the end of another justification Arpaio's been using to bust illegal immigrants and generally hassle Hispanics.

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http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2011/12/judge_sets_up_sheriff_arpaio_f.php



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