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Ken Bennett Says 192,337 Ballots Left, Democrat Mary Rose Wilcox Defends County Elections

There's light at the end of the tunnel, my friends. And I hope there's a beer with my name on it when we get to it. Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett has released his latest update on the ballot count. Currently, there are 192,337 ballots left to be counted statewide, 28,550 of them early ball ... More >>

Justice Department Monitoring Election in Maricopa County to Keep the Racists at Bay

The Justice Department is stopping by Maricopa County during tomorrow's elections just to make sure no one's being racist to an illegal degree.The agency announced this morning that it's sending federal observers to three cities in Alabama, as well as Maricopa County to make sure everyone's complyin ... More >>

Sheriff Arpaio's Most Ridiculous Moments of 2012 (Thus Far)

From an authoritative book review on a book he never actually read to backlash from a cockfight with Steven Seagal, it's been a busy first six months of 2012 for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. With the Fourth of July upon us, it's only right that we honor this self-anointed American hero with a ... More >>

Schools Ignore Bullying of Gays at Their Own Peril

Joe Arpaio's Justice Department Problem Could Cost County Up to $25 Million for His Use of Federal Tax Money

If a U.S. Senator from Vermont is right, then Maricopa County could be on the hook for repaying up to $25 million in federal taxpayer coin thanks to the Justice Department's civil-rights case against Sheriff Joe Arpaio.Senator Patrick Leahy wrote a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder yesterday, a ... More >>

Joe Arpaio/MCSO Lawyer Explains Some Actual Objections to Justice Department Monitor

If you've heard Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's explanations for why negotiations with the Justice Department broke down, he makes it sound as if Attorney General Eric Holder himself wants to be the new sheriff.It's the proposed Justice Department "monitor" that people in the MCSO's corner are ... More >>

Joe Arpaio and MCSO Officially Sued by the Justice Department for Racial Discrimination

After a few rounds of threats, the Justice Department announced finally its lawsuit against the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office and Sheriff Joe Arpaio this morning.The lawsuit addresses that "culture of bias" the Justice Department's been alleging since it released its findings in December, claimin ... More >>

Justice Department Lets MCSO Know It's Suin', While Joe Arpaio Releases Booklet Detailing How His Office Ought to Operate

The Department of Justice sent letters notifying Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery and Sheriff Joe Arpaio's lawyers that the DoJ's suing the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office "in order to remedy the serious Constitutional and federal law violations" the department found in its investigation.In ... More >>

Justice Department Investigating Montana Agencies Over Allegedly Bungled Sex-Crime Cases, Draws Comparison to MCSO

The Justice Department announced yesterday that it's investigating allegations of sexual harassment and sexual assault around the Missoula, Montana area, including the University of Montana.According to the Justice Department, "This investigation will focus on allegations that [the Montana agencies] ... More >>

Bill Montgomery Rushes to Arpaio's Aid — Just As Disbarred Predecessor Andy Thomas Used to Do

Is it Really "Reckless" for Justice Department to Say MCSO Is Negatively Impacting County Residents?

Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery stepped up for Sheriff Joe Arpaio yesterday, saying the Justice Department was "reckless" to assert county residents are being negatively affected by the sheriff's office unless Montgomery gets the evidence.Montgomery sent a second request to the Justice Depa ... More >>

Bill Montgomery Defends Arpaio From "Reckless" Justice Department; Feds Claim New Evidence of Botched Sex-Crimes Investigations

Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery today released letters that show his defense of Sheriff Joe Arpaio from what he calls a "reckless" Justice Department.One of the letters, by deputy assistant Attorney General Roy Austin, also states that the feds have discovered new evidence that Arpaio's off ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Admission of Guilt after Meeting with DOJ

In spite of all of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's bluster, the claims of he and his subordinates that the U.S. Department of Justice's report on his racial-profiling ways is hogwash, and the use of that report by Arpaio's re-election campaign to raise money, Arpaio's office issued a statement yesterday after ... More >>

Sheriff Arpaio's Lawyer Again Demands More Proof of DOJ's Racial-Profiling Accusations; Officials to Meet on Monday

​ The Maricopa County Sheriff's office demands -- again -- that the federal government turn over more proof of its claim that the office has practiced routine racial profiling. In a letter sent to the U.S. Department of Justice today (see below), a private attorney hired by the sheriff's offi ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Responds to DOJ's Response to Joe Arpaio's Response to DOJ's Racial-Profiling Investigation

​The Department of Justice's investigation into the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office's alleged racial-profiling practices officially has become a PR showdown -- in response to the the DOJ's response to Sheriff Joe Arpaio's response to the DOJ's investigation, the MCSO has now issued (you guessed i ... More >>

Feds Respond to Joe Arpaio's Demands, Say Sheriff Already Has Information Requested in Racial-Profiling Investigation

​The Department of Justice this afternoon sent a letter to attorneys representing the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office in response to demands Sheriff Joe Arpaio made earlier this month regarding evidence the feds claim to have that shows the MCSO is guilty of the worst racial-profiling practices i ... More >>

Coddling Joe: How Do You Collaborate With a Felon?

Will Joe Arpaio's "Cooperation" With the DOJ End In a Lawsuit?

​Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio sent a letter to the Department of Justice yesterday saying he planned to cooperate with the federal government in fixing the alleged racial-profiling practices within the MCSO that the DOJ says are the worst in U.S. history.A defiant sheriff, however, also says ... More >>

Will Joe Arpaio Cooperate With the Feds Or Lead Taxpayers Into Another Pricey Lawsuit?

Jamie PeacheyJoe Arpaio: America's most expensive sheriff.​Happy January 4! Today's the day we'll find out whether Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio will cooperate with the federal government in correcting some of the problems outlined in the Department of Justice's report on the MCSO's alleged r ... More >>

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 >>

Arpaio Corruption: The Feds Have Spoken, But Justice Won't Be Served Until the Sheriff's Indicted

Bill Montgomery, Maricopa County Attorney, Asks Feds to Reinstate Immigrant Program in Jail; Skeptical of DOJ Claims Against Sheriff's Office

​Ray SternMaricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery is skeptical of the DOJ's report on racial profiling in the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.​Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery expressed skepticism today about the claims of racial profiling by the Sheriff's Office, and demanded the ... More >>

Sheriff Arpaio's Office Commits Worst Racial Profiling in U.S. History, Expert Concludes in DOJ Investigation

Image: Jaimie Peachey Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Perez (left) said today that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office abuses the civil rights of Hispanics.​Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office didn't just commit racial profiling of Latinos, according to the findings of the U. ... More >>

Paul Babeu Doesn't Trust DOJ Report on Joe Arpaio's Racial Profiling Practices; Says Timing's Meant to Distract From "Fast and Furious"

Paul Babeu: I don't trust the feds.​Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu says he hasn't had a chance to read the U.S. Department of Justice's report on Joe Arpaio's committing some of the worst acts of racial profiling in U.S. history, but that isn't stopping him from chiming in and bashing the f ... More >>

Can Arpaio's "Culture of Bias" Be Fixed? DOJ Reform Plan Involves Training and New Policies

​Back in the late 1990s, the Justice Department ordered Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to stop the physical and medical abuse of inmates in county jails.The problems persist more than a decade later, despite the Department's stipulations for reform.Today, the Justice Department ordered Arp ... More >>

Joe Arpaio and Pals Call DOJ's Racial-Profiling Investigation Political "Witch Hunt." Sheriff's Resignation: "Never Gonna Happen"

Jamie Peachey From left: MCSO Deputy Chief Jack MacIntyre, MCSO attorneys Joe Popolizio and John Masterson, and Sheriff Joe Arpaio​Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio -- flanked by two attorneys and MCSO Deputy Chief Jack MacIntyre -- held a press conference this afternoon to address the Dep ... More >>

Senators McCain and Kyl Offer Pussified Response to Joe Arpaio's Flubbed Sex-Crime Investigations

Senators Jon Kyl and John McCain are "concerned" about the 432 sex-crime investigations that were botched by Joe Arpaio's boys in beige.​Arizona senators Jon Kyl and John McCain today issued a joint statement saying they are "concerned" with the the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office's bungling of s ... More >>

New Research Demolishes the Stereotype of the Underage Sex Worker

Joe Arpaio Challenges DOJ to Publicly Say He Doesn't Racially Profile -- Even Though Investigation's Still Wide Open

Joe Arpaio claims he's finally cooperating with the Department of Justice's investigation of alleged racial profiling practices within the MCSO. ​Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio today challenged the Department of Justice "be fair" and publicly say his office doesn't practice racial profiling."A ... More >>

Feds to School Districts: No, You Can't Deny Undocumented Kids an Education -- And Don't Bully Them, Either

SalonMemo to legislators: son niños. They're children.​The Department of Justice mailed out a gentle reminder to school districts across the country over the weekend advising that undocumented students are, in fact, entitled to attend primary and secondary schools in America without being hassled ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Sued by U.S. Department of Justice: What Took the Feds So Long?

Forget the lame lawsuit, we want to see Joe indictedAfter more than a year and a-half of investigation, requests for documents and access, and threats and deadlines, the U.S. Department of Justice has at last, reluctantly, taken some action and sued Sheriff Joe Arpaio in federal court to force him t ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Punks the Feds Yet Again?

The feds let themselves get played by this guy? What the hell's wrong with them?Delay, delay, delay. Thow up legal obstacles. Thumb your nose. Hold out till what seems like the last minute. Appear to compromise. Start all over again, and never give anything up unless you absolutely have to. Eve ... More >>

U.S. Department of Justice Files SB 1070 Lawsuit Against Arizona

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder's Justice Department filed suit over SB 1070 todayAs was anticipated, the U.S. Department of Justice filed suit today in federal district court against the state of Arizona and Governor Jan Brewer over Arizona's new "papers, please" legislation, SB 1070.In the lawsu ... More >>

Prescient U.S. Justice Department Report on Courtroom Safety Released as Vegas Killer Struck

We were rummaging through the post-holiday e-mail riffraff this morning, and happened onto this timely report from the U.S. Department of Justice. ​It concerns the growing number of threats to federal judges, U.S. Attorneys, and federal prosecutors (from members of the community, not, mind yo ... 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 >>

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 >>

The Pink Negro: As an Ivy League Lawyer, is President Barack Obama Hard Enough to Confront the Evil Personified by Sheriff Joe Arpaio?

Activist Dennis Gilman's Letter of Disgust to Eric Holder's DOJ Investigators

Like a lot of anti-Arpaio activists in town, videographer Dennis Gilman has been assisting the U.S. Department of Justice gather evidence of abuse of power and racial profiling by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. He's provided them with a massive amount of video that he and others have culled w ... 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 >>

Rove, Renzi and the Dirty Trick: The Justice Department Doesn't Comment on Ongoing Investigations — Except, Apparently, When It's Lying

A Word to Joe Arpaio Foes on the Huffington Post's Cynicism

The latest video from HumanLeague002 and Puente. There is one sure way to prove the cynical, prissy pundits, the professional tut-tutters right in regards to Sheriff Joe Arpaio: Do nothing. "Do nothing" is essentially the message to the streets from Huffington Post's Dawn Teo, a former PR  ... More >>

Janet Napolitano’s Sorry Service in Arizona Makes Her a Terrible Choice for Homeland Security Secretary

Make That a Double!

Starting a paper's not for the faint of heart. Duh!bya's Justice Department kooks made ending one even more harrowing.

Is Justice Coming?

New Times report prompts inquiries from federal officials

Flashes

Barbarism As a Public Relations Strategy

Letters

Simply Stunning

Federal probe finds excessive force, poor medical care at county jails; stun gun used on inmate's testicles

Countdown to Indictment?

Washington to decide Fife's fate in next six weeks

FEDS PROBE ALLEGED ABUSE IN COUNTY JAILJOE ARPAIO'S FAMOUS JAIL IS NOW THE SUBJECT OF A JUSTICE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATION INTO POSSIBLE CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS