Ex-Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio guilty of contempt in immigration stops
PHOENIX (UPI) -- A Federal judge on Monday found Joe Arpaio, a former sheriff in Arizona, guilty of ignoring a judge's order to stop racial profiling in immigration enforcement. U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton said Arpaio is guilty of contempt of court for failing to comply with an order from U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow in 2011 to stop detaining people based only on the belief that they are in the United States illegally. Arpaio, 85, the Republican sheriff of Maricopa County, […]
