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‘Unlawful Discriminatory Police Conduct’

by David Kurtz
05.10.12 | 8:55 am

After months of failed negotiations to reach a settlement agreement, the Justice Department today finally sued Arizona’s Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio for alleged civil rights abuses against Latinos.

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