Contempt of Court
Following the announcement last week that federal prosecutors planned to press a criminal contempt-of-court charge against current Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, this week a misdemeanor criminal contempt charge was officially filed in United States District Court. A misdemeanor charge will not prevent Arpaio from continuing to hold his current office, and though subject to…
5/16/16 United State District Court Judge G. Murray Snow issued a ruling on Friday finding Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, as well as three of his top aides, in contempt of court for violation of court orders prohibiting tactics deemed racial profiling as a means to enforce federal immigration policy, engaging in “multiple acts of…