rssSheriff Joe Arpaio Continues to Delay Civil Rights Investigation
Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at 5:14 pm
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Earlier this month, the Department of Justice threatened to sue controversial Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio if he did not agree to turn over documents for a civil rights investigation. But so far, the sheriff’s office has still refused to cooperate, The Washington Post reported today.
The Civil Rights Division investigation is looking into claims of “discriminatory police practices and unconstitutional searches and seizures” by Arpaio’s department, according to the Post. Arpaio has claimed since 2009 the he is being investigated for political reasons. On August 5, his lawyer accused the Justice Department trying to coerce him into cooperating with the civil rights investigation. “DOJ cannot require the reproduction of millions of pages of documents so DOJ can ‘see what it can find,’” his attorney wrote.
He still has not turned over documents to the DOJ:
Arpaio’s resistance is highly unusual: Justice Department officials said even the threat of such a lawsuit is rare. They added that they plan to meet with Arpaio’s lawyers next week in a last-ditch effort to forestall litigation. If the Justice Department eventually files a broader civil lawsuit, it could result in the department terminating the several million dollars in grants to Arpaio’s office each year or a judge’s order forcing him to change his policies.
Arpaio is also being investigated by a grand jury seeking to determine whether he abused his power to intimidate political opponents. Arpaio’s lawyers told the Post he is cooperating fully with the grand jury investigation.
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Comment posted August 17, 2010 @ 10:45 pm
That's right, Holder, go after a Sheriff for trying to maintain the rule of law; but, drop the charges against the New Black Panthers when you have a slam-dunk case against them (including video tape of their criminal activities and plenty of witnesses.)
And you wonder why the peasants are heading toward the castle gates with battering rams.
Be warned: We (conservatives) will turn the tables on you liberals and investigate every sleazy thing you've been ivolved in or the Republicans we elect to replace you, will find themselves in the same situation. That's a promise.
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Comment posted August 17, 2010 @ 11:16 pm
I don't know what the Federal Government is going to do about the Good Sheriff. Sheriffs are Constitutional officers, not U. S. Constitution but State Constitution.
The people created the Constitution which empowers the Federal government to protect the people. Also, the Tenth Amendment reserves to the states respectively, or to the people, any powers the Constitution did not delegate to the United States, nor prohibit the states from exercising.
The office of sheriff is created by the Constitution of the great state of Arizona. The sheriff is bound by the oath to uphold the Constitution of the state and answerable only to the people of the county NOT the Federal Government. The office of sheriff IS a part of the checks and balances of the United States of America. It is there to prevent the Federal Government from doing what it is trying to do today.
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