Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s lawyers submitted a notice of appeal in Melendres v. Arpaio, the ACLU racial-profiling lawsuit, which Joe recently lost, big-time. Currently, both sides in the case are attempting to come to some agreement on a consent decree that would enforce federal Judge G. Murray Snow’s order to the…
Minuteman Chris Simcox could end up being Chris Simcox, 25-to-life man, if the allegations against him are true. Simcox’s new home is Maricopa County’s Lower Buckeye Jail, where he is being held nonbondable on several charges related to child molestation, attempted child molestation and sexual conduct with minors. Phoenix police…
Brown people in this county just need keep their yaps shut, particularly when it comes to something that concerns them directly, like the anti-Latino bigotry that has so thoroughly infected the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office. That’s the message from the arrogant, privileged little club of the Arizona Republic’s editorial board,…
Note: Please see update on the charges against Simcox. He once handed Sheriff Joe Arpaio an award, lauding his work as an anti-illegal immigrant lawman. Now he sits in Arpaio’s gray bar hotel, accused of child molestation. I’m talking about former minuteman leader, and one-time U.S. Senate hopeful Chris Simcox,…
Have you just been racially profiled by one of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s boys (or girls) in beige? Did a Phoenix cop ask to see your driver’s license — while you were in the back seat of someone else’s car?! See Also: Joe Arpaio B-Day Bomb: Judge Wants Monitor in Melendres…
In this new video from videographer Dennis Gilman, Gilman calls Deputy County Attorney Tom Liddy on the spin that the MCSO racially profiled Latinos because that’s what U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement taught the MCSO to do. Joe Arpaio Blames Feds for MCSO’s Racial Profiling, and Why He’s Full of…
Most of the media types in this town have no problem donning their kneepads for Sheriff Joe Arpaio. See Also: Joe Arpaio B-Day Bomb: Judge Wants Monitor in Melendres Al Sharpton: Joe Arpaio, “Arrogant,” Racial Profiling a “National Disgrace” Joe Arpaio and the MCSO Need a Court-Appointed Babysitter in the…
Phoenix videographer Dennis Gilman was on hand for the action outside the Sandra Day O’Connor U.S. Court, following Friday’s hearing before federal Judge G. Murray Snow in the ACLU’s big racial profiling case Melendres v. Arpaio. See Also: Joe Arpaio B-Day Bomb: Judge Wants Monitor in Melendres He caught some…
For Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s 81st birthday, he’s not getting 81 whacks on the fanny from federal Judge G. Murray Snow. Rather, in a hearing today at the Sandra Day O’Connor U.S. Courthouse in downtown Phoenix, Snow signaled that he’s inclined to give the aged autocrat something even less welcome, for…
He’s raped public coffers, cost taxpayers tens of millions to pay for the lawsuits resulting from his malfeasance, swiped $100 million from voter protected funds for his pet projects, and now he wants the county to fork over more millions to appeal a federal judge’s finding that his office has…
Would you trust Joe Arpaio and his underlings to police themselves in the wake of U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow’s May 24 order, which found that the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office engaged in a pattern and practice of racial profiling and ordered it to cease? Put another way, would…
In an overt act of intimidation reminiscent of his predecessor — disbarred, disgraced political pariah Andy Thomas — Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery has moved to silence county Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox in all matters concerning Melendres v. Arpaio before the Board of Supervisors. See Also: Arizona Republic’s Lame, Naive…
Does the Arizona Republic give a flip about these victims of Arpaio and Montgomery? Their loved ones were nabbed in a work site raid, not a sweep The gaggle of physics professors over at the Arizona Republic’s editorial board have outdone themselves, this time with a solution to Sheriff Joe…
Dennis Gilman’s latest: Beto Soto vs. the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors As we get closer to June 14 — simultaneously Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s 81st birthday and the date that parties in the racial profiling lawsuit Melendres v. Arpaio are to appear before federal Judge G. Murray Snow — the…
Earlier today, I happened to run into into well-known Phoenix activists Amy McMullen and Layal Rabat, each helping stranded travelers at the Greyhound Bus Terminal, and they informed me of a fundraiser going down at the Crescent Ballroom this Saturday evening, which sounds perfect for those who like their entertainment…
The first time I met Octavio Castaneda Flores, he was in county stripes, his hands cuffed to a desk where he sat in the visiting room of Durango Jail. See Also: Bill Montgomery Would Rather Talk About Jodi Arias Than Judge Snow’s Order, and Here’s Why After Nine Months in…
The first cracks in the Berlin Wall have begun, but Comrade Montgomery’s unwilling to concede the inevitable. When it comes to those gaps in the concrete, he’d rather not discuss them at all. Surely that will make them go away. Forgive the Cold War metaphor, but like an apparatchik under…
Ready and Pearce, tied at the hip for all eternity as far as I’m concerned It may be neo-Nazi mass-murderer J.T. Ready’s version of Valhalla. Flanked by revealing images of Jennifer Lopez, each promising that you can “See her nude,” if you sign up for something called “Playboy Plus,” Ready…
When you’re the editorial board of the newspaper of record in a benighted patch of sand like Maricopa County, I suspect it’s easy to fall prey to self-deception and confuse 20/20 hindsight with omniscience. See Also: Judge Snow’s Decision Damns Not Just Arpaio, but All of Maricopa County Joe Arpaio’s…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s legal beagle Tim Casey has indicated that the sheriff’s office will appeal federal Judge G. Murray Snow’s recent decision, wherein Snow found the MCSO guilty of racial profiling and ordered it to stop. Considering the payday Casey’s firm Schmitt Schneck Smyth Casey & Even, P.C. has scored…
Would you be surprised if the demon dog of the Arizona legal community were to act like a jerk in federal court toward a Deputy U.S. Marshal? See Also: Breathtaking Abuse of the Constitution Wilenchik’s a Liar, and There’s More Dennis the Menace Andrew Thomas’ Ex-Special Prosecutor Dennis Wilenchik Appointed…
***Updates regarding new voter registrations are at the end of this post.*** Respect Arizona, the group that had been spearheading the effort to remove Sheriff Joe Arpaio from office, announced Thursday afternoon that it had not obtained the signatures necessary to trigger a recall of the sheriff. As a result,…
