Saturday, May 25, 2013

Judge: Ariz. sheriff's office profiles Latinos

Sheriff Joe Arpaio has been doing the job that Obama has refused to do. AP article.

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"PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that the office of America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency racially profiles people.

The decision by U.S. District Judge Murray Snow in Phoenix backs up years of allegations from Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's critics who say his officers violate the constitutional rights of Latinos in relying on race in their immigration enforcement."

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