Court House News: “Two more civil rights complaints against self-proclaimed ‘America’s Toughest Sheriff’ Joe Arpaio and his officers cite a ‘culture of hatred’ of Hispanics, and racial profiling. One man claims a Maricopa County deputy ran him over and left him pinned under the police car in front of the man’s own home, while assaulting and arresting family members who tried to help him. The other complaint claims that sheriff’s officers in black ski masks beat a Hispanic woman on a ‘crime sweep’ of a business that had a contract with the county, then threw her in jail for two months without allowing her medical assistance for her injured teeth.”
See also the Phoenix New Times story called “Joe Arpaio Victims Celia Alvarez, of Busted Jaw Fame, and Armando Nido File Suit.”
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[...] At a Capitol Hill press conference and in an ad hoc congressional hearing today, two young victims of our nation’s immigration system recounted their experience of being separated from their parents as a result of Maricopa County (Ariz.) Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s immigration enforcement practices. Arpaio’s tough enforcement practices have been condemned by human rights and civil rights advocates and challenged in court. [...]