Judge Seeks Criminal Contempt Charges Against Trump Sycophant, Joe Arpaio
This is the problem with modern Republicans, they are under the assumption that their interpretation of the law is the only valid one, and that the law doesn’t apply to them. They forget that “equal” should always precede the word justice, that we live in a representative democracy with rights belonging to all. This whole case wouldn’t have happened if Joe Arpaio were not highly selective about who he applied the laws of Arizona against, and how he would apply them. In my judgement contempt charges are overdue for this Trump sycophant.
PHOENIX, Aug 19 (Reuters) - A federal judge recommended on Friday that prosecutors bring criminal contempt charges against Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio, finding that the controversial sheriff had violated court orders stemming from a 2007 racial profiling case.
U.S. District Court Judge Murray Snow also urged criminal contempt charges against Arpaio’s second-in-command, Gerard Sheridan, along with Maricopa County Sheriff’s Captain Steve Bailey and an Arpaio attorney, Michele Iafrate.
In a written order, Snow asked federal prosecutors to file contempt charges for three alleged violations by Arpaio, who styles himself as “America’s toughest sheriff” and has built a national reputation for strong rhetoric and aggressive actions to crack down on undocumented immigrants.
Federal prosecutors must still decide whether to bring criminal charges in a case that grew from a lawsuit challenging conduct by the sheriff’s department as unconstitutional.
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