Huffingtonpost.com :

PHOENIX (AP) — The office of an Arizona sheriff known for his efforts against undocumented immigrants has settled a claim with two men and will pay $200,000 in a racial profiling case.

The claim arose from one of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s (ar-PY’-oh) worksite enforcement raids.

Deputies raided a landscaping company in search of identity-theft and fraud suspects Feb. 11, 2009. They stopped Julian and Julio Mora’s pickup truck outside the business.

A federal judge later determined the deputies had no reason to stop the men or detain them for nearly three hours

More and more cases like this are going to be handed down when law enforcement relies on probable cause.  Prince William County is in much better shape than many jurisdictions.  Supervisors determined that probable cause left our county too vulnerable to lawsuits.  Dash cameras that would help protect officers were expensive.  Some of  our more courageous supervisors  set the plans in motion to avoid this kind of lawsuit by resolving to check all persons arrested.   When everyone is checked, no racial profiling has taken place.  Go Prince William! 

The people of Maricopa County will have to absorb this cost.  When will they put a stop to this guy’s antics?  I guess when they get tired of paying.

4 Thoughts to “Sheriff Joe must settle $200,000 claim”

  1. IVAN

    Perhaps Corey Stewart can donate some of his Virginia Rule of Law campaign donations to help pay the costs.

  2. hmmmm Ivan, do you hear crickets? No one wants to tackle this one. Do you think that if our county didn’t readjust its strategy, this might be US?

  3. Starryflights

    Sheriff Joe wants to turn our country into a fascist police state with jack-booted thugs on every corner. Good that he lost and will have to cought up a lot of money.

  4. IVAN

    I would be surprised if any of this money comes out of the good sheriff’s pocket. Looks like the tax payers of AZ. are on the hook for this one.

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