Sheriff Joe Arpaio Found in Contempt of Court

A federal judge has ruled that Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the controversial anti-immigrant Arizona lawman, in in contempt of civil court.

U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow wrote in a 162-page ruling that “the Court finds that the Defendants have engaged in multiple acts of misconduct, dishonesty, and bad faith with respect to the Plaintiff class and the protection of its rights.”

Snow and his aides had failed to follow a previous court order written to prevent his agency’s alleged practice of racial profiling, the ruling found.

The Arizona Republic reports:

The contempt proceedings were based on three violations that occurred throughout the history of the underlying racial-profiling case: that the Sheriff’s Office failed to turn over video evidence that was required before the trial; that officials continued to enforce immigration law after Snow barred the practice; and that Sheridan failed to quietly collect evidence after the trial, as Snow had ordered him to do.

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