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DOJ: Arpaio Commits Worst Racial Profiling in U.S. Historynew

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office didn't just commit racial profiling of Latinos. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Arpaio oversaw the worst pattern of racial profiling by a law enforcement agency in U.S. history.
Phoenix New Times  |  Ray Stern  |  12-15-2011  |  Race & Class

State of Fear in Arizona: Permanent Legal Resident Stopped For Being Brownnew

Rosa's husband is a U.S. citizen. She's a legal permanent resident, on her way to becoming a citizen herself. She plans to raise a family and go back to school. But she's thinking twice about doing either in Arizona after her run-in with two sheriff's deputies a couple of months ago.
Phoenix New Times  |  Stephen Lemons  |  10-20-2009  |  Race & Class

Lessons from the Henry Louis Gates Casenew

Profiling appears to be a universal experience in nonwhite America. The clowns who toss coats and car keys are no Klansmen, of course, just grotesque boors who have no idea of the damage done when one brain-dead gesture robs another person of his dignity.
INDY Week  |  Hal Crowther  |  08-28-2009  |  Race & Class

Recent Raid Shows Sheriff Joe Arpaio is Racially Profilingnew

A sweep of overwhelmingly Hispanic municipality Guadalupe shows "America's Toughest Sheriff" is down on anybody brown. What happened there seemed so odious that it earned Arpaio's sweeps condemnation from a broad political spectrum.
Phoenix New Times  |  Stephen Lemons  |  06-03-2008  |  Race & Class

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