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Report begins: "The US Justice Department's civil rights unit sued Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Thursday for refusing to turn over records in a civil rights investigation."

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio stands in front of his county jail in Phoenix on July 29, the day Arizona's immigration enforcement law SB1070 went into effect, 07/29/10. (photo: John Moore/Getty Images)

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+5 # Guest 2010-09-02 21:46

Why a lawsuit - why not arrest?

+2 # Guest 2010-09-03 08:23

Why doesn't Arizona pull out of the Union and then they can make any laws they want. As it is, they do not agree with our system of government and are just as much in defiance as noted renegades such as Bull Conner. What is the difference between the current governor of Arizona in her stand against the federal government and Governors like George Wallace defending segregation and enforcement of the Constitution.

When are they going to send in federal troops to enforce the laws of the nation which this sheriff has been laughing at for decades? Oh, wait. It's an election year, so the administration has to wait until after November to take any action that Fox News can turn into votes for the right wing extremists.

Just listen to the lines that the Governor and Sheriff are drawing in the sand. It would be better to cut Arizona and Alaska loose. Throw them out of the Union until they can behave like civilized people.

+5 # Guest 2010-09-03 08:41

Ahhhhh, Lou Dobbs' favorite little pet finally gets what is coming to him. Only I doubt anything is really gonna happen. People have been trying to do something about this neo-nazi for years but the voters are almost pounded into casting ballots for him. Saw a documentary on him once and they were running one of those sweeps during the elections. They pulled over even Legal immigrants on their way to the polls, detaining them so long they couldn't vote against him(remember sheriff is an elected position). He's a crook, a darling of Jan Brewer and the Tea Party and shouldn't be considered a law "enforcement" officer. Being out in the Arizona desert in the middle of summer, I don't care who you are, is hell. He acts more like one of the Inquisitor torturers, self-righteous and unfeeling.

+5 # Guest 2010-09-03 09:05

Increasingly, we live in a Surveillance State. Citizens are recored (videotaped) in nearly every public space, without our consent. Privacy in the Public realm no longer exists.

A Police arrest may or may not be justified. If the Public is to have confidence in the Police authority to arrest, the Public has a responsibility to observe and record this event. When the Public fails in their responsibility to hold Police accountable in their use of force, we have slipped down the slippery slope from Surveillance State to Police State.

-3 # Guest 2010-09-04 08:57

Turns out the feds have been after Sheriff Joe for several years without uncovering a single violation or irregularity in his operation. The DOJ is itself under investigation for racial profiling in deciding which cases to prosecute. Obama's govt. seems to be out to create a borderless continent where citizenship in a nation is of no account. Cloward and Piven rule! For those who do not read books, visit this site and google from there: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloward%E2%80%93Piven_strategy

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