BREAKING: Joe Arpaio, Three Deputies Found In Contempt Of Court For Racial Profiling

Racist Maricopa County, Arizona, Sheriff Joe Arpaio and three of his top aides have been found in contempt of court for violating a court order intended to stop racial profiling.

U.S. District Judge Murray Snow ruled today that Arpaio and three of his top lieutenants directly violated an order to end racial profiling in Maricopa County. The ruling is the end of a year-long series of hearings in which Judge Snow was seeking to determine if Arpaio and his command staff purposely disobeyed his orders.

Reports from the Arizona Republic state there were three violations involving failure to collect and turn over evidence and continuing to enforce immigration law that Snow had barred. The enforcement of immigration laws is supposed to be done by federal agencies and officers, not local law enforcement.

Arpaio and his deputy chief, Jerry Sheridan, are accused of failing to turn over video evidence and also of failing to collect evidence before trial.

Arpaio and Sheridan admitted to the failings,  but both denied doing them deliberately. Most of the discussion in the court room centered on whether Arpaio was more interested in “settling political scores” instead of ending racial profiling by his department.

It should be noted that Arpaio did admit that his attorneys had hired private detectives to “investigate” Judge Snow’s wife.

What kind of douchebag is Joe Arpaio? Well, he endorsed Donald Trump back in January. Take a look:

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