U.S. judge dismisses civil rights suit against Arizona sheriff

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

US | Thu Sep 3, 2015 3:04pm EDT

U.S. judge dismisses civil rights suit against Arizona sheriff

PHOENIX | BY DAVID SCHWARTZ

A federal judge has approved a deal between the U.S. Justice Department and Arizona's Maricopa County to resolve accusations of civil rights abuses and dismissed the department's lawsuit against controversial sheriff Joe Arpaio and his deputies.

The move by U.S. District Court Judge Roslyn Silver ended a long legal battle over the 2012 lawsuit in which the federal government accused the Maricopa County sheriff and his office of abuses including racial profiling of Latinos, improper workplace immigration raids and retaliation against public officials.

In a written ruling issued late on Wednesday, Silver formally approved the settlement between the Justice Department, Arpaio and the county under which the county agreed to federal oversight and will implement new policies, procedures and training to remedy the claims.

Silver rejected a Justice Department request to keep the case alive in her court until Arpaio's office is declared to be in full compliance for three years in a separate racial profiling case.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/03/us-usa-arizona-arpaio-idUSKCN0R326I20150903

[Fred Sanders]

1. Silver approved a settlement....and THEN the suit was dismissed....no wonder Americans are so

misinformed by distorted headlines the majority of which is the only thing read!

Even Reuters and AP are in on the action.

[randys1]

2. Travesty....this piece of shit needs to be in his own jail

[lpbk2713]

3. No problem with physical and mental abuse.

Everyone in his jail is assumed guilty whether they have been to court or not. Last I heard, that means they stay outside in tents in blistering heat and made to eat disgusting food.

[gratuitous]

4. I wonder what the enforcement mechanism will be?

It's hard for a leopard to change its spots, and Sheriff Arpaio has a record stretching back years of official misconduct. Without strong oversight, enforcement and penalties, I predict Maricopa County will be back to its old tricks by the time the next president is sworn in.

[yeoman6987]

5. He is 81. We have that going for us

He will retire eventually. Sooner rather then later.