Judge orders monitor appointed to oversee controversial Arizona sheriff

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

PHOENIX | Wed Oct 2, 2013 3:29pm EDT

(Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge on Wednesday ordered a monitor be appointed to oversee the work of hardline Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio to ensure that his officers no longer use racial profiling in stops of Latino drivers in a crackdown on illegal immigration.

U.S. District Judge Murray Snow had in May ordered the Maricopa County sheriff to stop using race as a factor in law enforcement decisions, in response to a lawsuit brought by Hispanic drivers that tested whether police could target illegal immigrants without profiling U.S. citizens and legal residents of Hispanic origin.

On Wednesday, the same judge ordered that a monitor be appointed within 60 days to oversee the work of the 81-year-old lawman, who styles himself as "America's toughest sheriff."

(Reporting by David Schwartz; Writing by Tim Gaynor; Editing by Cynthia Johnston)


Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/02/us-usa-arpaio-arizona-idUSBRE99113020131002

[leftynyc]

1. Excellent

Perhaps he'll be so angry he decides to retire.

[eggplant]

2. He'll be sheriff until he drops dead. Unfortunately. n/t

[mysuzuki2]

3. I just bet Arpaio will cooperate FULLY with the monitor.

Riiiigggttt...