Joshua Holland, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 3, 2009. The feds are reportedly looking at a pattern of law enforcement being used to intimidate political opponents.
Isabel Macdonald, AlterNet. October 20, 2009. Local community organizers are calling on the DHS to go further in stripping rogue Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s powers.
Staff, America's Voice AlterNet: Immigration. October 6, 2009. Under the program, Arpaio and Arpaio-wannabes in other localities have been given a long leash to target ordinary immigrants.
Willam Fisher, IPS News. September 2, 2009. The self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff" in America this week added another lawsuit to the thousands pending against him.
Roberto Lovato, AlterNet. July 29, 2009. While Obama's racial diplomacy with Skip Gates is making the headlines, rights groups say that he has expanded Bush's racist immigration policies.
Seth Hoy, Immigration Impact. June 10, 2009. "America's Toughest Sheriff" is now whining about the Department of Justice's investigation into his department.
Casey Sanchez, SPLC's Hate Watch. February 10, 2009. The media devoured a blatant and dehumanizing publicity stunt orchestrated by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
Douglas Rivlin, New America Media. February 9, 2009. Marching chained immigrants awaiting trial through the public square on their way to a tent city prison is a new low, even for him.
George Ciccariello-Maher, CounterPunch. December 26, 2008. Recently released statistics show violence against Latinos to be the fastest growing of all hate crimes.
