The Feds

Joe Arpaio's Lawyers Fail to Get Sheriff Off the Hook in Justice Department Lawsuit

By Matthew Hendley Thu., Dec. 13 2012 at 1:41 PM
Categories: Another Stupid-Sheriff Story , The Feds
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Sheriff Joe Arpaio
Lawyers for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio have failed in their attempt to get the Justice Department's racial-discrimination lawsuit tossed.

Chief U.S. District Judge Roslyn Silver made a ruling this week on the June motion to throw out the suit against Arpaio, the Sheriff's Office, and the county. Only MCSO is being dismissed from the case, since it's a "governmental entity" -- which leaves the county on the hook for any MCSO misdeeds.

See also:
-Joe Arpaio Lawyers: Discriminating Against Spanish-Speakers Doesn't Violate Civil Rights
-Joe Arpaio, MCSO Sued by Justice Department for Racial Discrimination
-Joe Arpaio's Office Commits Worst Racial Profiling in U.S. History, Concludes DOJ


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The Feds

Colorado City Neighbor Hildale Says Justice Department's Claims Are "Disguised" as Facts

By Matthew Hendley Tue., Aug. 28 2012 at 11:36 AM
Categories: Religulous, The Feds
See also: Colorado City Sued by Justice Department
See also: Mohave County Sheriff's Office to Patrol Colorado City
See also: Someone Buried a Cat on Ex-FLDS Member's Property
See also: New Times special report: Polygamy in Arizona

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Colorado City and its neighboring town of Hildale -- the former stomping grounds of child-rapist Warren Jeffs -- both responded to the Justice Department's civil-rights lawsuit, and both towns want the suit tossed.

The feds say the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and Jeffs are still running Colorado City and the neighboring Utah town of Hildale to their fanatical religious liking, and attorneys for Hildale say the government isn't even producing facts.


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Justice Department Monitoring Election in Maricopa County to Keep the Racists at Bay

By Matthew Hendley Mon., Aug. 27 2012 at 9:41 AM
Categories: Down on Brown, The Feds
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The Justice Department is stopping by Maricopa County during tomorrow's elections just to make sure no one's being racist to an illegal degree.

The agency announced this morning that it's sending federal observers to three cities in Alabama, as well as Maricopa County to make sure everyone's complying with the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

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The Feds

Janet Napolitano's Alleged "Frat House" Leader Suzanne Barr Now on Leave

By Matthew Hendley Fri., Aug. 17 2012 at 8:43 AM
Categories: The Feds
See also: Janet Napolitano's Lady-Friends Don't Like Men, ICE Employee Claims

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Suzanne Barr: Arizona native and accused "frat house" leader.
One of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano's appointees is taking a little break from her job after word got out about a lawsuit accusing her of sexual harassment.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement chief of staff Suzanne Barr -- an Arizona native -- is accused by the special agent in charge of New York City investigations for ICE of creating "a frat-house type atmosphere that is targeted to humiliate and intimidate male employees."

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Janet Napolitano's Lady-Friends Don't Like Men, According to Angry ICE Employee

By Matthew Hendley Mon., Aug. 13 2012 at 8:47 AM
Categories: The Feds
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Former Arizona Governor and current Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.
According to a lawsuit filed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement supervisory agent, a couple of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano's lady-friends at ICE don't like men.

The lawsuit, filed by James Hayes Jr. -- the special agent in charge of New York City investigations for ICE -- says two women brought into the agency under the former Arizona governor's reign have been discriminating against him since they came into the agency in 2009.

As the lawsuit puts it, one of those women, ICE chief of staff Suzanne Barr, "...[C]reated a frat-house type atmosphere that is targeted to humiliate and intimidate male employees."

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Tom Horne Ain't Mad About Justice Department Suing Colorado City

By Matthew Hendley Thu., Jun. 21 2012 at 4:32 PM
Categories: Bad Cops, The Feds, Those Wacky Mormons
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That's Tom Horne, and he approves this lawsuit.
Believe it or not, an elected official in Arizona is pleased with something the federal government did.

Attorney General Tom Horne handed out his thoughts on the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division suing Colorado City -- the town on the Utah/Arizona border that child rapist Warren Jeffs used to call home -- and he's likin' what he's seein'.

"I am very pleased that the US DOJ has taken legal action to join us in this fight," Horne says. "I have offered the support of my office in pursuing this case and look forward to justice being served."

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Colorado City Sued by Justice Department; Child Rapist Warren Jeffs Still Running the Joint

By Matthew Hendley Thu., Jun. 21 2012 at 3:13 PM
Categories: Bad Cops, Religulous, The Feds, Those Wacky Mormons
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Colorado City -- the town on the Utah/Arizona border that child rapist Warren Jeffs used to call home -- is being sued by the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division for religious and housing discrimination.

The feds say the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and Jeffs are still running Colorado City and the neighboring Utah town of Hildale to their fanatical religious liking -- a fact several of Arizona's legislators continue to deny.

Much of the lawsuit brings allegations against the "Marshal's Office" for policing on the basis of FLDS law, instead of enforcing actual laws.

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Joe Arpaio Lawyers: Discriminating Against Spanish-Speakers Doesn't Violate Civil Rights

By Matthew Hendley Mon., Jun. 11 2012 at 12:44 PM
Categories: Another Stupid-Sheriff Story , The Feds
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It takes some creativity to defend this guy.
Lawyers for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio responded to the Justice Department's lawsuit alleging racial discrimination by the Sheriff's Office by, not surprisingly, asking that the suit be tossed.

You would expect that answering allegations of the worst racial-profiling tactics in the country's history would require an interesting response, and Arpaio's legal team delivered on that expectation.

Perhaps most interesting is that Arpaio's lawyers contend discrimination against people who speak a certain language isn't a civil-rights violation.

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Joe Arpaio's Justice Department Problem Could Cost County Way More Than $25 Million

By Matthew Hendley Fri., May 18 2012 at 2:50 PM
Categories: Another Stupid-Sheriff Story , County Craziness, The Feds
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On Wednesday, we told you about U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy asking Attorney General Eric Holder asking if Maricopa County could be on the hook for repaying up to $25 million in federal taxpayer coin, thanks to the Justice Department's civil-rights case against Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

Turns out, alleged civil-rights violations by Arpaio and the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office could potentially cost way, way more -- hundreds of millions of dollars.

It's unlikely, but county officials and the Board of Supervisors think there's a possibility the county could be liable for more than $400 million.

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Joe Arpaio's Justice Department Problem Could Cost County Up to $25 Million for His Use of Federal Tax Money

By Matthew Hendley Wed., May 16 2012 at 11:59 AM
Categories: Another Stupid-Sheriff Story , The Feds
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If a U.S. Senator from Vermont is right, then Maricopa County could be on the hook for repaying up to $25 million in federal taxpayer coin, thanks to the Justice Department's civil-rights case against Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

Senator Patrick Leahy wrote a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday, asking whether the government could recover the $25 million in grants the county's received since 2000.

As part of the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, counties are reimbursed for costs related to jailing undocumented immigrants.

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