PHOENIX (Reuters) - Controversial Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio and his top lieutenants will face a civil contempt-of-court hearing in April for repeatedly ignoring judicial orders arising from a 2007 racial-profiling case, a federal judge ruled on Thursday.this guy is to old to be a sheriff not good for anything but discrimination orders to his gang of corrupt police but like Texas is Az. a bigoted paradise and they enjoy that position he wants to die in office well i'm sure someone out there would accommodate him, they already did one of his deputy's. tough and hate ridden racism are two different things guess he doesn't know the difference or accepts it and could care less.
U.S. District Court Judge Murray Snow ordered the evidentiary hearing to be conducted after determining there was sufficient evidence to move ahead with the proceeding that could result in penalties against Arpaio, four other individuals, and the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.
"After an appropriate hearing, the Court will determine whether these individuals have committed contempt of court and the sanctions for any such violations," Snow's order read.
Arpaio, 82, who bills himself as "America's Toughest Sheriff," could face fines or jail time along with other current and former officials cited in the ruling
The judge found in 2013 that Arpaio and his deputies racially profiled Latino drivers during traffic stops and unreasonably detained them, violating their constitutional rights, in a ruling that was a major blow to the six-term sheriff.
they say power is absolute and absolute power corrupts absolutely he could be the poster boy for that one.
