Sheriff Joe Arpaio Ignored Legal Advice on Following Judge’s Order, Attorney Says
Arpaio wasn’t taking direction from him, Casey testified. In fact, the longtime Maricopa County sheriff seemed to be agreeing with Casey’s advice one minute, then deliberately violating it the next day.
“My frustration was, [Arpaio] would say, ‘I understand, I understand,’ then do something totally different,” Casey said.
Casey spoke Wednesday as a contempt case against Arpaio drags on into a second week. The portrait of Arpaio that emerged in his testimony was one of a derelict ship’s captain too consumed with image and politics to focus on the very real threat directly ahead, in this case a federal judge’s preliminary injunction ordering him to stop profiling Latinos in traffic stops.
Casey testified under an order from U.S. District Judge Murray Snow that allows him to speak, in certain circumstances, about his conversations with Arpaio.
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