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• The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is Harassing Chicanos

  
  Latino-Talk.com — Authority: 118
  The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is currently serving search warrants on the organization, Chicanos Por La Causa, at its headquarters, 1122 East Buckeye Road, Phoenix.Deputies are taking boxes of files from the Chicanos Por La Causa buildings at 11th Street and Buckeye Road as the group’s supporters prepare ...
  2 days ago

• Amid the ugliness, reason prevails

  
  Seeing Red AZ — Authority: 484
  This morning’s newspaper has simultaneously reached a fever pitch and all-time low in its rabid coverage of Maricopa County’s top law enforcement officials: County Attorney Andrew Thomas and Sheriff Joe Arpaio . The front page is emblazoned with the daily’s inky bile, as is the entire editorial page and ...
  2 days ago

• A Little Fight

  
  Rum, Romanism and Rebellion — Authority: 431
  After the jump is a campaign e-mail I got from Democratic Attorney General candidate Felecia Rotellini . What is nice about it is that she’s willing to call out Republican candidate for Attorney General Andrew Thomas . To be fair to the other two Democratic aspirants, Vince Rabago and David Lujan , their ...
  2 days ago

• Who Plans These Things?

  
  Chandler Criminal Defense — Authority: 454
  Maricopa County Superior Court’s Downtown Regional Court Center, or “Downtown RCC” as they call it, may be the most irritating place in the state to handle a case. The Maricopa County regional court centers are where a lot of felony cases end up in their early stages. The cases I’ve had there are ones in ...
  5 days ago

• 10 Interesting Links From December 18th

  
  Greg In The Desert — Authority: 134
  Children die by dozens as adults snap | KRQE News 13 New Mexico – "This has really been the year for tragedy for children in Albuquerque," Pat Davis, a spokesman for District Attorney Kari Brandenburg, told KRQE News 13. "Its been so extraordinary we dont want to see this happen again." 2011 Ford Mustang: ...
  6 days ago

• Court allows toughest sheriff his Christmas music (Merry Christmas, tent city:)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  Sheriff Joe Arpaio - the self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff" in America - likes Christmas music, especially "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and anything by Alvin and the Chipmunks, and apparently he thinks the 8,000 inmates inside his Phoenix jail should, too. So it was with some glee that his Maricopa County office ...
  6 days ago

• How Police States Are Born

  
  Probable Cause — Authority: 409
  It’s amazing how often history reports itself in things both small and large.  I recently ran across one of the small things in this passage from Sinclair Lewis’s It Can’t Happen Here : “Remember our war hysteria, when we called sauerkraut ‘Liberty cabbage’ and somebody actually proposed calling ...
  6 days ago

• Chihuahuas driving up shelter population

  
  ohmidog! — Authority: 555
  It’s not just Los Angeles, and not just California whose shelters are awash in Chihuahuas . Phoenix has a surplus, too. Maricopa County Animal Care and Control shelters are overflowing with Chihuahuas, according to the Associated Press . In the last two months, the shelters received 821 Chihuahuas. That’s ...
  6 days ago

• Inmates Sue Over Holiday Tunes – Lawsuits Claim Tradition Is Cruel, Unusual Punishment

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  PHOENIX -- Maricopa County jails will play Christmas music and holiday hymns throughout the season, continuing an annual tradition despite multiple lawsuits filed to prevent it, the Maricopa County Sheriffs Office has announced in a news release. The music is played all day in all jails and includes songs and melodies ...
  1 week ago

• So Proud of Our Political Leaders

  
  Rum, Romanism and Rebellion — Authority: 431
  Below is a screenshot of national blog Talking Points Memo this morning. Click on it to get the full size of what readers would have been treated to if they scrolled past the first set of headlines. Think we can manage three of a kind tomorrow?
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• News With Nezua | The Chaos Cell Known as Maricopa County Law

  
  HispanicTips — Authority: 159
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• Asbestos complicates Arizona court move

  
  Mesothelioma News — Authority: 134
  As part of the Maricopa County Superior Court reorganization in Arizona, criminal judges, prosecutors, and some staff members from Mesa are moving to Phoenix in December. Due to a lack of office space, some of the staff members, including half of the County Attorney’s Office, have to be left behind. As if splitting ...
  1 week ago

• Arizona sheriff ups the ante against his foes – Joe Arpaio has escalated his tactics, not only defying the federal government on immigration but launching repeated investigations of those who criticize him.

  
  HispanicTips — Authority: 159
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• Is Arizona Sheriff and Illegal Immigration Enforcer Joe Arpaio Going Off the Rails?

  
  HispanicTips — Authority: 159
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• ‘America’s Toughest Sheriff’ Unapologetic About Tactics, Inmate Treatment – Sheriff Joe Arpaio Continues Illegal Immigrant Crackdowns Despite Government Investigation

  
  HispanicTips — Authority: 159
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• Law & Disorder

  
  HYSTERICAL RAISINS — Authority: 470
  From The Arizona Republic : Sens. John McCain and Jon Kyl are continuing to press Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on the decision to limit Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s immigration-enforcement authority. Amid controversy over Arpaio’s ongoing crime-suppression sweeps, Immigration and ...
  1 week ago

• In Boldest Move Yet, Arpaio And Ally Charge Judge With Bribery, Despite Lack Of Evidence

  
  Progressive News Daily — Authority: 160
  Zachary Roth TPM Muckraker For a while now, there’s been plenty of evidence of Sheriff Joe Arpaio abusing his law enforcement powers to target political enemies. Indeed, Justice Department investigators are said to have been looking into the issue for the last year. But Arpaio may now have taken things into a ...
  1 week ago

• Bringing the Light to Maricopa

  
  Defending People — Authority: 558
  For millennia people have beaten drums, rung bells, and lit bonfires on the Winter Solstice to frighten away the darkness. Maricopa County, Arizona has been suffering from a darkness in which the evil of tyranny thrives ; in a 21st Century revisitation of ancient traditions, The Lawyers Of Maricopa County Announce A ...
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• Why Do Maricopa County’s Voters Hate the Constitution?

  
  Defending People — Authority: 558
  In response to Why Maricopa County Matters , in which I wrote, Sheriff Joe is what we get when we leave our form of government, rather than just the people serving us in it, up to the scared white Republicans. His conduct, and his reelections, are proof that the voters of Maricopa County do not love the ...
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• What’s the Solution?

  
  Chandler Criminal Defense — Authority: 454
  When Fourthamendment.com calls Maricopa County “a banana republic where the Sheriff can intimidate any official he wants,” it’s a good sign we’ve reached a low point. I don’t disagree with the sentiment, though the sheriff’s willingness to intimidate isn’t limited to officials. It’s depressing. ...
  1 week ago

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