Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio found guilty of criminal contempt in Arizona

By Brian Seay

Joe Arpaio served as sheriff in Maricopa County from 1993 to 2016. (Photo: Associated Press)
Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, known for hard-line police tactics and questionable enforcement of immigration laws, was found guilty Monday of criminal contempt.
Arpaio was charged with contempt just two weeks before last fall’s election — one he’d go on to lose. In the end, it was Sheriff Joe’s own words that sealed his fate this week. More than a dozen quotes were outlined in a ruling handed down from U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton, citing his “flagrant disregard” of a court order that barred him from rounding up undocumented immigrants.
In 2007, a group of Latinos filed a class action suit against Arpaio, alleging his department’s policies led to discrimination against them. In December 2011, a federal judge issued a temporary injunction barring Arpaio “from detaining persons for further investigation without reasonable suspicion that a crime has been or is being committed.” The order was meant to keep Arpaio from detaining people solely because of their immigration status.
But Arpaio was defiant, and admitted to violating the order. Bolton’s ruling Monday outlined several instances of Arpaio telling the media he’d continue his ways in the face of the

Source: Guns.com