Lawyers for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his department again say a group of Latino plaintiffs failed to prove the sheriff or any of his deputies engaged in unconstitutional racial profiling.
Attorneys filed their last round of written closing arguments Thursday in a lawsuit brought by a small group of Latinos who accused Arpaio's department of discrimination. They claim they were pulled over only so that authorities could perform immigration status checks.
Plaintiffs' lawyers also are expected to file written arguments, but they weren't immediately available by Thursday evening.
U.S. District Judge Murray Snow hasn't publicly revealed when he would deliver his verdict.
The plaintiffs aren't seeking money damages. They are seeking a declaration that Arpaio's office racially profiles and an order that requires it to make policy changes.
downtownresident posted at 6:51 pm on Thu, Aug 16, 2012.
If there's any justice in the world, Arpiao will be found guilty and be forced to resign!!!!!
Dale Whiting posted at 7:40 pm on Thu, Aug 16, 2012.
Downtownresident,
No chance a judge could force Arpaio to resign. But where the US Supreme Court noted that those challenging SB1070 had failed to prove their case on profiling, a verdict that Arpaio was already profiling before SB1070 took effect could be helpful.
samkat posted at 8:25 pm on Thu, Aug 16, 2012.
Well darn, if the legal Americans of Hispanic heritage would help to enforce our immigration laws this would be a non issue. As is, you cannot throw a rock in any direction and probably not hit a couple of illegals.
PS: My wife and I will vote for Joe since he is one of the few public officials willing to take a stand against illegal immigration. Our president has chosen to put illegals ahead of our citizens so you can take it to the bank that he is not going to get our votes in November. I suspect the 14 million unemployed Americans and their families will think twice before voting for him as well.
wherewasi posted at 11:59 am on Fri, Aug 17, 2012.
Samkat - you are wrong about that. Most Arizona public officials are blatant about their desire to rid Arizona of illegal immigrants. I hope you are not one of those people that think that Arpaio's television antics are actually EFFECTIVE anti-immigrant tactics.
Arpaio wants one thing and one thing only. Fame. If it won't get him on television with a microphone in front of him, he wants nothing to do with it.
I will be voting for Penzone for Sheriff. We need a sheriff who is actually a law enforcement officer, not a bloated, self-absorbed, corrupt politician.
Paul The Wall posted at 1:29 pm on Mon, Aug 20, 2012.
@samkat How do you know they are Illegal did you check their papers or maybe you got special detection powers or are they just Hispanic?
We let Arpaio's filthy goomba ancestors into our country do you think a couple of Mexicans are going to ruin it now? Now I would not marry a mexican but they have been for all of my 80 years in the valley and more of them speak english now then when I was a kid.