14 May 2016

. . . and Here In Maricopa County > Sheriff Joe Arapaio In Contempt of Court

In the news: Maricopa County's chief law enforcement officer undermines respect for "the rule of law" with non-compliance to charges of racial profiling

In Racial Profiling Lawsuit, Ariz. Judge Rules Sheriff Joe Arpaio In ...

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1 hour ago - An Arizona judge has ruled that Joe Arpaio, who calls himself "America's toughest sheriff," is in civil contempt of court. Judge G. Murray Snow 

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Sheriff Joe Arpaio in contempt of federal court, judge rules
AZCentral.com - 13 hours ago Republic reporter Megan Cassidy talks about Sheriff Joe Arpaio in contempt in federal court. 
 

Contempt of court, often referred to simply as "contempt", is the offense of being disobedient to or disrespectful towards a court of law and its officers in the form of behavior that opposes or defies authority, justice, and dignity of the court.
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Contempt takes two forms:
criminal contempt and civil contempt.

Anybody else wondering what's going on by all these recent headline-grabbing cases getting into courts for decisions - and they go on year-after-year. Here's a link from one year ago
Judge Holds Contempt Of Court Hearing For Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio
PHOENIX (AP) — The sheriff for metro Phoenix begins a four-day hearing Tuesday that could bring him fines, damage his credibility and make him politically vulnerable for his acknowledged violations of a judge's orders in a racial profiling case.
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has acknowledged disobeying the judge's pretrial order that barred his immigration enforcement patrols. He also has accepted responsibility for his agency's failure to turn over traffic-stop videos in the profiling case and bungling a plan to gather such recordings from officers once some videos were discovered.
The hearing marks the boldest attempt to hold the normally defiant sheriff personally responsible for his actions.

 

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