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Credit: Reuters/Joshua Lott
PHOENIX | Fri Aug 31, 2012 8:44pm EDT
PHOENIX (Reuters) - The government has closed a criminal probe into Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio, who styles himself "America's toughest sheriff," and no charges will be filed, the U.S. Attorney's Office said on Friday.
Arpaio and his deputies have been under investigation by the U.S. Justice Department since 2008. Last December, the department said he and his office violated U.S. civil rights laws by engaging in racial profiling of Latinos and making unlawful arrests in their bid to crack down on illegal immigrants.
Arpaio denied any wrong doing, and said he would cooperate with investigators.
(Reporting By Tim Gaynor; Editing by Cynthia Johnston)
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We need Sheriff Joe’s in every city across the US to protect our communities and economy from the illegal foreign invaders. The Federal government is not enforcing our laws and instead breaks them and rewards foreign criminals at the expense of it’s citizens. You want America to be weak and cut down to size then just allow a foreign invasion like our anti American President has done and even rewarded for doing so.
Aug 31, 2012 9:00pm EDT -- Report as abuse
A great example of what kind of an insult we have for a president. Obama goes after the best law enforcing AND law abiding sheriff in America and wastes four years of taxpayer money only to drop the case because nothing wrong was done…
November can’t come soon enough!
Aug 31, 2012 9:09pm EDT -- Report as abuse
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