"Reforms imposed by a federal judge who found widespread racial profiling by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office will cost taxpayers at least $21.9 million over the next 18 months, documents submitted by Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his top administrators show.
U.S. District Judge Murray Snow's ruling last May determined the Sheriff's Office engaged in systemic racial profiling of Latinos through its immigration-enforcement policies.
The law-enforcement agency must now undertake a variety of measures — everything from beefing up staffing and technology to improving training and public outreach — to assure the practice is permanently stopped.
But that will come at a cost, Arpaio and his top staff recently warned the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors during hearings on their budget requests for fiscal 2015, which begins July 1."* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.
*Read more here from Michelle Ye Hee Lee / The Republic:
U.S. District Judge Murray Snow's ruling last May determined the Sheriff's Office engaged in systemic racial profiling of Latinos through its immigration-enforcement policies.
The law-enforcement agency must now undertake a variety of measures — everything from beefing up staffing and technology to improving training and public outreach — to assure the practice is permanently stopped.
But that will come at a cost, Arpaio and his top staff recently warned the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors during hearings on their budget requests for fiscal 2015, which begins July 1."* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.
*Read more here from Michelle Ye Hee Lee / The Republic:
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