Top Headlines

Judge: Ariz. sheriff's office profiles Latinos

The Associated Press

FILE - This Jan. 9, 2013 file photo shows Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio speaking with the media in Phoenix. A federal judge ruled Friday, May 24, 2013, Arpaio''s office systematically singled out...
FILE - This Jan. 9, 2013 file photo shows Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio speaking with the media in Phoenix. A federal judge ruled Friday, May 24, 2013, Arpaio''s office systematically singled out Hispanics in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency racially profiles people. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that the office of America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency racially profiles people. The decision by U.S. District Judge Murray Snow in Phoenix backs up years of allegations from Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's critics who say his officers violate the constitutional rights of Latinos in relying on race in their...
More

First « Previous 1 2 3 Next » Last

Judge: Ariz. sheriff's office profiles Latinos

The Sheriff's lead attorney said an appeal was planned in the next 30 days.

News • May 25th, 2013
Three Rescued After Wash. Bridge Collapse

The collapse dumped a handful of vehicles and people into the river in Mount Vernon, Wash.

News • May 24th, 2013
NYPD Detectives Rescue Man Held Captive

Officials say Pedro Portugal was burned with acid and spent close to a month with his head cloaked.

News • May 24th, 2013
Son of Slain Colo. Deputy Grants Dad Final Wish

Tanner Brownlee was 15 when his father, Weld County Deputy Sam Brownlee, was fatally shot.

News • May 24th, 2013
Judge Won't Let New Orleans PD Out of Reform

A federal judge has refused to let the city out of the potentially expensive agreement.

News • May 24th, 2013
NYPD Officers Save Woman From High-Rise Jump

A distraught and barefoot woman threatened to leap from the 20th-floor balcony of a Midtown building.

News • May 24th, 2013
Philly Narcotics Officer Arrested in FBI Sting

Officer Jeffrey Walker was allegedly recorded bragging about how easy it was to rob drug dealers.

News • May 24th, 2013
Obama Balances Threats Against Americans' Rights

Obama warned that Americans must be vigilant against increasing homegrown threats from within.

News • May 24th, 2013
Manson Disciple's Tapes Being Analyzed by LAPD

The tapes are being reviewed to determine whether there's evidence that could help solve murders.

News • May 24th, 2013
Former Tenn. Officer Arrested in Pharmacy Shootings

Jason B. Holt allegedly killed killed the pharmacy's owner and a customer during a robbery.

News • May 24th, 2013
Two Charged in Slayings of Six on Tenn.-Ala. Border

Officials say three women, a man, toddler and unborn baby were slain last October.

News • May 24th, 2013
Ex-Kansas Police Officer Charged With Conspiracy

A former Wichita police officer and two other people were allegedly involved in scheme to keep the officer from losing her job.

News • May 24th, 2013
R.I. Education Board OKs Arming Campus Police

The state held the distinction as the only one to prohibit police on public campuses from carrying guns.

News • May 24th, 2013
L.A. Fugitive Caught With Pants Down in Colo.

A public urination call led to the arrest of a man wanted in a 13-year-old attempted murder case.

News • May 24th, 2013
Guilty Plea in Shooting of ICE Agents in Mexico

Agent Jaime Zapata was killed and his colleague, Victor Avila, was wounded in the 2011 shooting.

News • May 23rd, 2013

First « Previous 1 2 3 Next » Last

Top Headlines

Judge: Ariz. sheriff's office profiles Latinos

Sign Up