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Left Coast2020

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Tue Jul 17, 2012, 12:03 AM Jul 2012

Finally, sheriff Joe will have to explain himself [View all]

The trial in Melendres v. Arpaio, a class-action civil-rights lawsuit, is scheduled to begin Thursday in Federal District Court in Phoenix. The plaintiffs, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, accuse the sheriff of waging an all-out, unlawful campaign of discrimination and harassment against Latinos and those who look like them.


http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/275-42/12449-sheriff-joe-goes-on-trial

It would amazing if this dude had to do some serious jail time for his abusive actions. He would find some really PO'd inmates if this happens.

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