Office of Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio settles racial profiling case for $200,000
By Jeff MillsJuly 8th, 2011, 2:30 pmComments (16)
The ACLU of Arizona has announced that the office of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio will settle a racial profiling claim in Mora v. Arpaio, as Arpaio's lawyer Tim Casey basically agreed to a $200,000 payout in the case of two men profiled and harassed by a couple of Arpaio's goons.
Deputies raided Phoenix landscaping company Handyman Maintenance Inc. in February of 2009, where a man named Julian Mora was employed. Mora, along with his son Julio, was pulled over (essentially for driving while brown) while headed to work. The Moras were zip-tied and detained for three hours. Mora senior (who is diabetic) and his son were laughed at and mocked by Arpaio's deputies after asking to relieve themselves. Julian Mora is a legal permanent resident, and his son is an American citizen.
The shameful treatment of the Moras is unfortunately not surprising in a state where you have example-setters like Governor Jan Brewer and a guy like Arpaio who gets off on humiliating criminals beyond the bounds of decency. The writing was on the wall for Sheriff Joe and his stormtroopers back in April, when District Court Judge David Campbell ruled that the deputies had violated the Moras' Fourth Amendment right to be free of unreasonable search and seizure, and that Maricopa County would be liable for damages.
The main reason the defense threw in the towel in this case was that administrators couldn't pinpoint the exact deputies who pulled the Moras over and made them urinate in the street. Sounds like the thin blue line was in play, and they were just going to bite the bullet.
The ACLU's lead attorney on the case, Annie Lai, said:
"Sheriff Arpaio's deputies are not free to ignore the Constitution when they are enforcing immigration laws. County officials should take heed that the Moras and hundreds of other Latino residents who have been detained in the raids without any evidence of wrongdoing have recourse in the courts."
As the subject of a number of civil-rights violations investigations, the seventy-nine-year-old Arpaio should just hang up the badge already, before he bankrupts the county.
Comments ( 16 )
We're grateful for the ACLU. In this case, justice was served.
But we know that the ACLU can't always be there. So situations like this beg the sad question, "Who protects us from the police?"
While I agree with your analysis, I'd like to point out that the phrase begging the question doesn't refer to a situation that encourages a person to ask a particular question, but rather an argument that is circular.
"Who protects us from the police?"
The Second Amendment Foundation :V
Chump change. $200K is go-away money. Was there any statement indicating that the Office of the Sheriff acted illegally?
"Arpaio's goons" - Nice way to talk about sworn officers of the law.
Because questioning or making derogatory comments about our government is only permitted when you're doing it. You're boring and predictable.
@Publius: Nice way to defend criminals who ignored the constitution of the United States. You know, the thing that gives you the freedom to say what you did, and Hooksexup what it said. It's not like the detained were illegals, one was even a U.S. citizen. In this case, the word "goon" fits these jerks appropriately.
Blah, blah, blah.
Then make a complaint. If it's a civil rights matter, you don't have to have standing. So make the complaint or stfu.
I do believe they did that. In fact, they did both. They made the complaint then STFU by taking this payoff. The sheriff's deputies who did these things to them SHOULD have their badges stripped for abuse of power, but we all know that won't happen. It is cops like these ones that ruin it for the normal, hard working, honest men and women on the force. You know, one bad apple spoils the bunch, and all.
Make a civil rights complain, genius.
One bad apple....thanks, I needed the refresher and that clears it all up.
Publius, why people choose to have an actual discussion with you - or people like you - is beyond me. You're just a bullshit troll who makes purposely incendiary statements and then tries to pretend like you have any actual knowledge of legal procedure.
"Then make a complaint. If it's a civil rights matter, you don't have to have standing. So make the complaint or stfu."
Awesome. You almost sound like you have half a fucking idea of what you're talking about. But let me not interrupt you from replying about that edifying legal studies class you took at the local junior college that makes you such an expert on these matters.
Arpaio will be Secretary of Homeland Security in the Bachman administration. You read it here first, folks.
Would be way better than Janet Incompetano.
Bachmann would send moderate Republican and independent voters running even faster than the specter of Palin did, chump.
Er, sorry, chimp.
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