The U.S. Justice Department sued Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Thursday, saying the Arizona lawman refused for more than a year to turn over records in an investigation into allegations his department discriminates against Hispanics.
The lawsuit calls Arpaio and his office's defiance "unprecedented," and said the federal government has been trying since March 2009 to get officials to comply with its probe of alleged discrimination, unconstitutional searches and seizures, and having English-only policies in his jails that discriminate against people with limited English skills.
Arpaio had been given until Aug. 17 to hand over documents it first asked for 15 months ago.
Arpaio's attorney, Robert Driscoll, declined immediate comment on the lawsuit, saying he had just received it and hadn't yet conferred with his client.
Arpaio's office had said it has fully cooperated in the jail inquiry but won't hand over additional documents into the examination of the alleged unconstitutional searches because federal authorities haven't said exactly what they were investigating.
It's the latest action against Arizona by the federal government, which earlier sued the state to stop its strict new immigration law that requires police officers to question people about their immigration status.
"The actions of the sheriff's office are unprecedented," said Thomas Perez, assistant attorney general for the department's civil rights division. "It is unfortunate that the department was forced to resort to litigation to gain access to public documents and facilities."
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[I'd say the actions of the US Justice Department are equally 'unprecedented'-- Editor]
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8 comments:
our government makes me sick
never trust the feds
I guess I need to go Arizonia to fight for my country. We need our Country back. God willing, that will happen in November.
Tax paying citizens of this country should be appalled at this government for actions like this. Its time for Americans to stand up and stop this nonsense NOW! When I was in grade school we were taught that you had to speak English to be a citizen of this country. What happened to that? English has been our language from the beginning of this country SPEAK IT OR LEAVE IT no exceptions! Get the illegal's out of here and you will put our own people back to work.
It's time to band together against our oppressive government Arizona is as good as any place to make a stand. Although I'm not sure how the Feds plan to meet the resistance nobody in uniform will raise arms against it's own citizenry.
"Although I'm not sure how the Feds plan to meet the resistance nobody in uniform will raise arms against it's own citizenry"
I'm not sure the folks at Waco would agree with that statement.
Although I'm not sure how the Feds plan to meet the resistance nobody in uniform will raise arms against it's own citizenry.
You might want to talk to people that were at Kent State, Ruby Ridge, Wounded Knee before making statements like that.
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