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Arizona sheriff denies investigating racial profiling case judge
Source: Reuters
US | Fri Oct 2, 2015 11:55pm EDT
Arizona sheriff denies investigating racial profiling case judge
PHOENIX | BY DAVID SCHWARTZ
Arizona's controversial lawman, Joe Arpaio, took the witness stand on Friday during his civil contempt hearing and denied that his office used a confidential informant to investigate the judge presiding over his racial profiling case.
During questioning, Arpaio said the probe had stemmed from the informant’s allegations that the federal government had cracked into about 150,000 local bank accounts.
He repeatedly denied his office's investigation was focused on U.S. District Court Judge Murray Snow, who is overseeing his long-running racial profiling case. The judge was alleged to have had one of those accounts.
"I wanted to get to the bottom of this massive infiltration," Arpaio said during the hearing in U.S. District Court in Phoenix.
The all-day testimony was part of the contempt proceedings against Arpaio and four aides launched by Snow, for violating his orders in a 2007 racial profiling case.
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Arizona sheriff denies investigating racial profiling case judge
PHOENIX | BY DAVID SCHWARTZ
Arizona's controversial lawman, Joe Arpaio, took the witness stand on Friday during his civil contempt hearing and denied that his office used a confidential informant to investigate the judge presiding over his racial profiling case.
During questioning, Arpaio said the probe had stemmed from the informant’s allegations that the federal government had cracked into about 150,000 local bank accounts.
He repeatedly denied his office's investigation was focused on U.S. District Court Judge Murray Snow, who is overseeing his long-running racial profiling case. The judge was alleged to have had one of those accounts.
"I wanted to get to the bottom of this massive infiltration," Arpaio said during the hearing in U.S. District Court in Phoenix.
The all-day testimony was part of the contempt proceedings against Arpaio and four aides launched by Snow, for violating his orders in a 2007 racial profiling case.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/03/us-usa-arizona-arpaio-idUSKCN0RX04F20151003
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