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
department are facing perhaps the biggest challenge yet. it comes from a federal justice department probe more than three years in the making and is detailed in a 22-page letter to the maricopa county attorney. detailing, a pervasive culture of discriminatory bias against latinas at the mcso, the maricopa county sheriff s office, that reaches the highest levels of the agency. in addition, the letter details a study commissioned by the department of justice that found latino drivers, quote, 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, quote, wetbacks, stupid mexicans, and slurs we can t mention on the air. according to the attorney general for the civil rights division, they re also reviewing allegations that sheriff arpaio s department failed to investigate hundreds of alleged sexual assaults
years in the making and is detailed in a 22-page letter to the maricopa county attorney. detailing a pervasive culture of discriminatory bias against latinos at the mcso, the maricopa county sheriff s office that reaches the highest level of the agency. sheriff arpaio s own actions have helped nurture a culture of bias. found latino drivers are four to nimz more likely than non-latino drivers and more documenting detention officers at the sheriff s jail using offensive slurs and profanities calling them wetbacks, stupid mexicans and slurs we can t mention on the air. according to the civil rights division they re reviewing allegations that sheriff arpaio s department failed to investigate hundreds of alleged sexual assaults and child molestation cases. many of the victims apparently were latinos. earlier this year, when 360 s ed lavandera spoke with sheriff arpaio he spoke as himself as a victim. have they spoke to you what an abuse of power is? i don t know what
it comes from a federal justice department probe more than three years in the making and is detailed in a 22-page letter to the maricopa county attorney. detailing, a pervasive culture of discriminatory bias against latinas at the mcso, the maricopa county sheriff s office, that reaches the highest levels of the agency. in addition, the letter details a study commissioned by the department of justice that found latino drivers, quote, 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, quote, wetbacks, stupid mexicans, and slurs we can t mention on the air. according to the assistant u.s. attorney general for the civil rights division, they re also reviewing allegations that sheriff joe arpaio s department failed to investigate hundreds of alleged sexual assaults and child molestation cases. many of t