Sheriff Joe Arpaio Charged With Contempt After Refusing To Stop Racial Profiling ‘Patrols’

Both Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio and his second-in-command, Jerry Sheridan, admit to illegally continuing their racial-profiling-patrols after they were deemed illegal, though they believe they are being treated “unfairly.”

M. David for Counter Current News
By M. David for Counter Current News

Sheriff Joe Arpaio at the Phoenix Veterans Day parade in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo: Gag Skidmore/Flickr) Notoriously racist and pro-torture Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, is now facing a contempt of court hearing after he continued immigration patrols following a court order that told him to stop. The Maricopa County, Arizona, Sheriff, along

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Barneys Store To Pay $525K In NY Shopper-Profiling Probe

Barneys shoppers and ex-employees complained that detectives followed minority customers around — even after staffers identified them as frequent patrons.

Associated Press
By Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Barneys has agreed to pay $525,000 to resolve allegations that minorities were singled out as suspected shoplifters at its flagship store, part of a spate of racial profiling complaints against major retailers last year. Barneys shoppers and ex-employees complained that detectives followed minority customers around — even after

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Questions Of Racial Profiling As Santa Barbara Pushes For Gang Injunction

In a bid to limit the escalation of gang activity, a California city seeks an injunction against a list of gang members it compiled based on controversial criteria.

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese
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Like many cities throughout the United States, Santa Barbara, California, is gripped by gang warfare -- at least according to the city’s law enforcement community. Alleging that there have been 17 gang-related homicides within the borders of the university city, the city’s law enforcement community argues that gang violence has the potential to

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Suspicious Death Of Ariz. Deputy Highlights Joe Arpaio’s Racial Policies

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s racial profiling case is complicated by the discovery of a large stash of evidence and the death of a deputy.

Katie Rucke
By Katie Rucke
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio at a news conference at Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Headquarters in Phoenix. . (AP/Ross D. Franklin)

When police searched the home of Maricopa County Sheriff’s Deputy Ramon “Charley” Armendariz in May, they found a large stash of evidence that had never been checked in to the law enforcement agency, including drugs, fake IDs, the personal information of drivers with Hispanic names, license plates, credit cards, passports and 900 hours of

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Barneys Says It Will Monitor Police In NYC Store Camera Room

After two black shoppers said they were racially profiled at the retail store earlier this year, Barneys says it will start monitoring the police as they monitor shoppers.

Associated Press
By Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Barneys New York says it will start monitoring the police as they monitor shoppers in its flagship Manhattan store. An internal Barneys memo sent to store security staff Tuesday said Barneys would start keeping a log of which police officers use its security room. The memo obtained by The Associated Press said Barneys would

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Federal Probe Questions TSA Behavior Profiling

The Government Accountability Office said its investigation found the TSA program — called Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques — were “no better than chance.”

Associated Press
By Associated Press

  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal probe of a Transportation Security Administration program to screen suspicious behavior of passengers at airports suggests the effort, which has cost almost $1 billion since 2007, has not been proven effective, according to a report released Wednesday. The Government Accountability Office said its

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