Joe Arpaio Admits Racial Profiling, as MCSO Deputies Pass Racist E-Mails
The new century GOP never met a racist they didn’t like, and continuing that neo tradition past the Trump debacle we can see that Wingnut Hero Joe Arpaio and his MCSO deputies don’t have a clue as to why it’s illegal for employers to ask about national origin, or why people don’t ask about national origin during normal polite conversation.
How on earth did it become possible in this supposedly free country for bigoted Arizona police officers to ask people about national origin during routine traffic stops? With the passage of AZ 1070 we’ve enabled new century apartheid in the American Southwest please hope that it gets taken down in court.
With their own words and deeds, they are damned.
I’m talking about what’s in the latest filings in the American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit against Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office over claims that his anti-immigrant sweeps racially and ethnically profile Latinos in Maricopa County.
Both sides in Melendres vs. Arpaio have asked for summary judgment from federal District Court Judge G. Murray Snow. Arpaio’s lawyers want Murray to rule that the plaintiffs lack standing and that the case should be dismissed because, Arpaio’s attorneys insist, the racial profiling allegations cannot be proven.
The plaintiffs, however, want Murray to rule in their favor, essentially agreeing with them that the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office engages in “a policy, pattern and practice of targeting Hispanic drivers and passengers…during traffic stops,” which in turn violates their 14th Amendment right to equal protection under the law.
Please also click out to Stephen Lemons article, where he details some of the racist emails passed by the deputies.
Ultimately, the plaintiffs are seeking an injunction from the court preventing the MCSO from doing this and putting in place a mechanism to ensure such widespread racial profiling does not again occur. They are not seeking damages.
