ACLU board to monitor MCSO concerns
The American Civil Liberties Union has appointed a panel to gather community concerns about the policies of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his agency.
Dems offer remediation plan for Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office
Democrats and Latino groups at a press conference today called for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to resign, but admitting the call will fall on deaf ears, they also offered a more realistic option.
Class-action attorneys: Racial profiling by Arpaio’s office proven
Attorneys who alleged systematic racial profiling in Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's immigration patrols said they proved their case at a trial that ended last week and emphasized that the agency doesn't have adequate safeguards against singling people out based on their race.
Arpaio lawyers: racial discrimination charge unproved
Lawyers for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his department told a federal judge Thursday that a group of Latino plaintiffs failed to prove during a civil trial that the sheriff or any of his deputies engaged in unconstitutional racial profiling.
Arpaio deputy denies slamming pregnant woman
Lawyers for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio mounted a defense Wednesday against allegations that he and his deputies racially profile Latinos, drawing testimony from an officer who denied slamming a pregnant Hispanic woman stomach-first into her car during a traffic stop.
Testimony set to end in Arpaio racial profiling trial
Testimony is set to end Thursday at a trial aimed at settling allegations over whether Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office racially profiles Latinos in its immigration patrols.
Arpaio seeks reversal of recently imposed immigration enforcement limits
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's lawyers urged an appeals court to reverse a ruling that barred his deputies who are enforcing Arizona's immigrant smuggling law from detaining people based solely on the suspicion that they're in the country illegally.
$94k in fees awarded to lawyers suing Arpaio in racial profiling lawsuit
A judge awarded $94,000 in fees and other costs to lawyers representing a handful of Latinos in a lawsuit that alleges racial profiling in Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's immigration patrols.