culture of discriminatory bias against latinos at the mcso, that s the maricopa county sheriff s office, that reaches the highest levels of the agency. it goes on, sheriff arpaio s own actions have helped nurture mcso s culture of bias. in addition, it details a study commissioned by the department of justice that found latino drivers are four to nine times more likely to be stopped than similarly situated non-latino drivers. there s more in the report documenting detention officers at the sheriff s jail using offensive slurs and profanities, calling them web backs, stupid mexicans and slurs we can t use on the air. according to the justice department s civil rights division, they re also investigating whether they failed to investigate hundreds of sexual assaults and child molestation cases. many of the victims apparently were latinos. earlier this year, when ed lavendera spoke to sheriff arpaio, he painted himself as the victim. reporter: did they charge you with a
federal justice department probe more than three years in the making, detailed in a 22-page letter to the maricopa county attorney, detailing a pervasive culture of discriminatory bias against latinos at the mcso, that s the maricopa county sheriff s office, that reaches the highest levels of the agency. it goes on, sheriff arpaio s own actions have helped nurture mcso s culture of bias. in addition, it details a study commissioned by the department of justice that found latino drivers are four to nine times more likely to be stopped than similarly situated non-latino drivers. there s more in the report documenting detention officers at the sheriff s jail using offensive slurs and profanities, calling them web backs, stupid mexicans and slurs we can t use on the air. according to the justice department s civil rights division, they re also investigating whether they failed to investigate hundreds of sexual assaults and child molestation cases. many of the victims appa