Tag Archives: Sheriff Joe Arpaio

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio committed numerous violations against the constitutional rights of Latino residents, a federal judge ruled Friday, and must cease using race as a reason to detain and harass the people of Arizona. Arpaio systematically discriminated against people of Hispanic origin in policy and practice as part of his zealous quest to rid the state of undocumented immigrants, the court decided in a 142-page opinion that denounces the county’s profiling regime from top to bottom. “To the …

An Arizona developer has settled a lawsuit against Maricopa Country, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio and former County Attorney Andrew Thomas for $1.4 million. Conley Wolfswinkel had filed suit after his office was publicly ransacked by Arpaio’s henchmen as part of a politically motivated and ultimately unfounded investigation against the Sheriff’s enemies. Corruption investigations that Arpaio and Thomas launched against their political foes in 2008 and 2009 have cost the county $4.2 million and counting in lawsuit settlements. Arpaio’s deputies raided Wolfswinkel’s …

From forcing inmates – even obviously mentally ill ones – to wear pink underwear, to requiring them to pay for their food, Sheriff Joe Arpaio seems to be bent on finding new ways to humiliate people who are unfortunate enough to go to prison in Maricopa County, Ariz.   ‘Pink Underwear’ Appeal The U.S. Supreme Court on March 4 refused to hear an appeal by Arpaio’s county in a case brought by the estate of an arrested schizophrenic man who …

Former baseball All-Star Mark Grace is now a guest of Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Grace started a four-month stint in Sheriff Joe’s Tent City this weekend after being convicted last year for a second DUI in the state. It’s unclear if Grace will be compelled to wear the sheriff’s famous pink underpants. Grace played first base for 16 years for the Chicago Cubs and Arizona Diamondbacks, and had been a broadcaster for the Diamondbacks until his most recent arrest. He …

Infamous Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio is among a number of sheriffs across the country who are vowing that they will not enforce any new gun laws imposed by the federal government. “Now if they’re going to tell the sheriff that he’s going to go around picking up guns from everybody, they’re going to have a problem,” America’s toughest sheriff told a radio station in Maricopa County. “I may not enforce that federal law.” His comments reflect an unfounded fear among …