DOJ Civil Rights Division

Joe Arpaio's "Special Deputy" Ted Nugent: Immigrants Should Be "Indentured Servants"

Some things just don't change -- Ted Nugent's still a racist madman and Sheriff Joe Arpaio's friends seem to be the nuttiest nuts this side of the nuthouse.Right now, Nugent, a "special deputy" to Arpaio, is calling for all undocumented immigrants (actually, only those from Mexico, it seems) to be t ... More >>

Should Taxpayers Foot the Bill for Colorado City Policing?

Policing the FLDS towns of Colorado City and Hildale on the Utah/Arizona border could become with a new $420,000 for taxpayers.Attorney General Tom Horne's funding for the Mohave County Sheriff's Office to patrol the area is running dry, after a bill that attempts to deal with the situation in Color ... More >>

Tom Horne's Cash for Colorado City Policing Set to Run Out, So Taxpayers Might Foot the Bill

The "Marshal's Office" for the FLDS towns of Colorado City and Hildale on the Utah/Arizona border could become the reason for a new $420,000 burden on taxpayers.It turns out that Attorney General Tom Horne won't continue to use his office's funds to pay the Mohave County Sheriff's Office for extra p ... More >>

Did Lawmakers Screw the Pooch on Colorado City?

Despite all the denials, the FLDS border towns of Colorado City and Hildale on the Utah/Arizona border still aren't up to par on the American way of life.Even after recent reports of more horrific animal abuse (even more recently than we'd previously thought), and the reports that as many as 60 surv ... More >>

Colorado City, FLDS Haven, Is Reportedly Covered With Security Cameras, 1984 Style

The Utah/Arizona border towns of Colorado City and Hildale are reportedly swarming with security cameras operated by the polygamist city's government.Reporters from the Salt Lake Tribune counted 29 cameras across the two towns, but were then told there were probably 60, operated by the Fundamentalis ... More >>

Doris Goodale "Can't Explain" Opposition to Colorado City Bill, Fellow Lawmaker Says

Republican Representative Doris Goodale "can't explain" her opposition to the bill that was proposed to disband the "Marshal's Office" in the polygamist town of Colorado City, the bill's sponsor tells New Times.Despite county, state, and federal authorities claiming misconduct in the police force th ... More >>

Doris Goodale Won't Explain Her Defense of Colorado City's Allegedly Corrupt Police Force

For the second straight year, Republican Representative Doris Goodale strongly opposed legislation that would disband the "Marshal's Office" in the polygamist town of Colorado City, which is in her district.Despite county, state, and federal authorities claiming misconduct in the police force there, ... More >>

Bill to Get Rid of FLDS-Lovin' Cops in Colorado City Gets Neutered, Passes House

A neutered version of the bill that would have gotten rid of the corrupt cops in Colorado City passed the House yesterday.House Bill 2648 was approved by the House with a 52-7 vote, after one of the primary purposes -- disbanding the "Marshal's Office" in the polygamist town of Colorado City -- was ... More >>

Bill to Get Rid of FLDS-Lovin' Cops in Colorado City Back Again

A bill that would disband the police force in Colorado City is back again this legislative session.For whatever reasons, legislators ended up killing almost the same exact bill last session, and the allegedly corrupt "marshals" on the Utah/Arizona border -- whom Attorney General Tom Horne contends a ... More >>

Tom Horne: Woman Free After Being Held by FLDS in Colorado City for More Than 10 Years

A woman who was married at the age of 14 thanks to convicted child-rapist Warren Jeffs is now free -- at the age of 26.Attorney General Tom Horne set up the press conference yesterday with the woman, Ruby Jessop, as Horne's chalking up her escape to his office's payment to the Mohave County Sheriff' ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Early Christmas Gift from President Obama and the U.S. Attorney's Office

See also: Andy Thomas Needs a Perp Walk With His Papi, Sheriff Joe Arpaio See also: No Charges for Arpaio: U.S. Closes Criminal Investigation of Maricopa Sheriff and Former County Attorney Andrew Thomas See also: The Feds Have Evidence That Joe Arpaio Broke the Law -- When Will The Indictments Come? ... More >>

Colorado City Now Has Cops That Enforce Arizona Laws Instead of a Child Rapist's Laws

See also: New Times special report: Polygamy in ArizonaSee also: Tom Horne Sending Cash to Mohave County Sheriff's Office to Patrol Colorado CitySee also: Colorado City Sued by Justice Department; Child Rapist Warren Jeffs Still Running the JointMohave County Sheriff Tom Sheahan and his deputies are ... More >>

Should the Feds Be Getting Involved in Colorado City?

The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division sued the neighboring towns of Colorado City and Hildale yesterday, as the DoJ apparently thought it was inappropriate to have a child rapist running the show.The DoJ filed suit alleging religious and housing discrimination, with much of the lawsuit brin ... More >>

Colorado City Sued by Justice Department; Child Rapist Warren Jeffs Still Running the Joint

Colorado City -- the town on the Utah/Arizona border that child rapist Warren Jeffs used to call home -- is being sued by the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division for religious and housing discrimination.The feds say the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and Jeffs are ... More >>

Tom Horne Ain't Mad About Justice Department Suing Colorado City

Believe it or not, an elected official in Arizona is pleased with something the federal government did.Attorney General Tom Horne handed out his thoughts on the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division suing Colorado City -- the town on the Utah/Arizona border that child rapist Warren Jeffs used t ... More >>

Coddling Joe: How Do You Collaborate With a Felon?

Joe Arpaio Meets DOJ's "Cooperation" Deadline by Making Demands, Setting Deadline

​There's good and bad news about the deadline the Department of Justice gave Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to decide whether he'd cooperate with the feds in fixing the problems outlined in the DOJ's report on the MCSO's racial-profiling practices (last month, the DOJ concluded that the M ... More >>

Mayor Gordon May Be Remembered Most for Compromising His Ethics for the Woman He Loved

What's Mom Worth?: When a Woman Became Deathly Ill in Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Jail, Guards and Nurses Ignored Her Agony

Phoenix PD Used to Smell Sweet Compared to the MCSO -- Now They Both Stink

Joe Arpaio in Non-Compliance, U.S. Department of Justice Threatens To Sue MCSO

The feds are nippin' at Arpaio's heels, finallyAssistant U.S. Attorney General Thomas Perez has sent a letter to Sheriff Joe's legal counsel, threatening to sue the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office if it does not comply with the U.S. Department of Justice's investigation into allegations of civil ri ... More >>

Joe Arpaio on False McDonald's Arrest: Take All Brown People into Custody, Release Citizens Later

Arpaio shrugs off his arrest of an innocent American girlIf you're Hispanic in Maricopa County, Sheriff Joe's goons have probable cause to arrest you on suspicion of being undocumented. Hey, they can always release you later.That's the word from the elephant's mouth after an MCSO raid on four area M ... More >>

Barack Obama's Bald-Faced Hypocrisy on Immigration, and the Puente Crew Protests Eric Holder Monday Morning

Start raising hell and keep raising hell, because otherwise Obama won't do diddlyToday, President Barack Obama buffaloed tens of thousands of activists demanding immigration reform in Washington, D.C., appearing via video on jumbo screens, and telling the masses, according to the New York Times that ... More >>

DOJ Committed to Investigation of Joe Arpaio, According to Spokesman

The DOJ offers no guarantees it will act to stop the sheriff's ongoing civil rights abusesYesterday, I spoke with Alejandro Miyar, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, which is currently investigating civil rights violations by Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his deputies.T ... More >>

Sheriff Joe’s Tortured in Hades, and Will Arizona’s New U.S. Attorney Follow El Diablo’s Lead?

Joe Arpaio Under the Microscope: DOJ Team in Phoenix, According to Multiple Sources

photo by Adriane GoetzHey, the DOJ's in town, Joe. Time for another sweep?What a difference a couple of days make. Less than 72 hours ago, members of the pro-immigrant community in Phoenix were kvetching to me about the lack of follow-through on the part of the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rig ... More >>

Don't Suspect Joe Arpaio, Report Him on the DOJ's New Arpaio Abuse Hotline

The DOJ's anti-Arpaio line: 877-613-2137. Call early and often.As that great Phoenix philosopher Fronzo "the Fonz" West once asked in a riddle worthy of a Buddhist koan, "How do you call the cops on the cops?" Here in Mari-Kafka County, the problem's compounded by the fact that one of the most corru ... More >>

Does U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke Have the Stones to Take on Sheriff Joe?

“Baby Man” William Windsor Found Dead in Home

Arizona Abu Ghraib? Will Terry Stewart Take Over AZ Prisons from Dora Schriro Despite His Iraqi Prisons Link?

ADC Director Dora Schriro, off to join Napolitano at DHS.As you may have read elsewhere, Arizona Department of Corrections Director Dora Schriro has announced her resignation, and by the end of the week will have vacated her offices to follow ex-Governor Janet Napolitano to the U.S. Department ... More >>

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