{"id":9769,"date":"2020-09-27T13:34:37","date_gmt":"2020-09-27T13:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.incirliseviye.com\/?p=9769"},"modified":"2020-09-27T13:34:37","modified_gmt":"2020-09-27T13:34:37","slug":"americas-toughest-sheriff-violated-court-order-to-stop-racially-profiling-latinos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/?p=9769","title":{"rendered":""America's Toughest Sheriff" Violated Court Order to Stop Racially Profiling Latinos"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Joe Arpaio\u2014the former sheriff from Maricopa County, Arizona, who famously ordained himself “America’s toughest sheriff”\u2014was found guilty of criminal contempt for violating a federal court order mandating that Arpaio and his deputies refrain from racially profiling Latinos with traffic stops and detentions, based on suspicions about their immigration status.<\/p>\n

“Ex-Sherriff Joe Arpaio broke the law by wrongfully targeting immigrants. Now, justice is being served.”
\u2014National Immigration Law Center<\/p>\n

U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton said on Monday that Arpaio demonstrated a “flagrant disregard” for the order, rejecting the former sheriff’s defense that the order was unclear and the violations unintentional. Arpaio, who is 85, could face up to six months in jail, and is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 5.<\/p>\n

Even as he has faced legal battles for racial profiling and violating Latinos’ constitutional rights, the former sheriff has become a prominent political and media figure during the immigration debates over the past several years. Prosecutors from the Justice Department used his own public statements about his and his officers’ practices to secure this most recent conviction, the Los Angeles Times<\/em> reported:<\/p>\n

The conviction was lauded by the ACLU, which previously represented plaintiffs in a civil suit brought against Arpaio.<\/p>\n

“This verdict is a vindication for the many victims of Joe Arpaio’s immigration policies, which were unconstitutional to begin with, and were doubly illegal when Arpaio flouted the court’s orders,” said ACLU deputy legal director Cecillia Wang. “Joe Arpaio learned his lesson the hard way\u2014no one, not even America’s so-called toughest sheriff, is above the law.”<\/p>\n

“This verdict is a vindication for the many victims of Joe Arpaio’s immigration policies, which were unconstitutional to begin with, and were doubly illegal when Arpaio flouted the court’s orders.”
\u2014Cecillia Wang,\u00a0ACLU\u00a0<\/p>\n

Local immigrants rights activists with Puente Human Rights Movement also celebrated the ruling, and called on the county’s current sheriff, Paul Penzone\u2014who announced in February \u00a0that county jails would no longer detain individuals for Immigration and Customs Enforcement\u2014to continue overhauling county police practices established under Arpaio.<\/p>\n

“Justice for us means that Sheriff Penzone will do his due diligence and proceed to dismantle the hateful practices and the racist practices that have been implemented for the past 24 years,” said Maria Castro, a Puente organizer.<\/p>\n

Last November, Penzone defeated Arpaio, who was initially elected in 1992 and was running for his seventh term as sheriff. Arpaio’s reelection bid “was undone by Latino voters who responded to his hard-line position on illegal immigration, which included workplace raids, frequent traffic stops, and harsh talk,” the New York Times<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n

The New York Times<\/em> further described Arpaio’s long tenure as sheriff:<\/p>\n

Arpaio’s attorney said Monday he plans to appeal Judge Bolton’s ruling in hopes of receiving a trial by jury. The sheriff was denied a jury trial in May because it was not legally required, due to the short length of his potential jail term.<\/p>\n

Immigrants rights groups and politicians applauded Arpaio’s conviction online:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Joe Arpaio\u2014the former sheriff from Maricopa County, Arizona, who famously ordained himself “America’s toughest sheriff”\u2014was found guilty of criminal contempt for violating a federal court order mandating that Arpaio and his deputies refrain from racially profiling Latinos with traffic stops and detentions, based on suspicions about their immigration status. “Ex-Sherriff Joe Arpaio broke the law … <\/p>\n

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