Joe Arpaio, the notoriously brutal and racist former Sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, was found guilty of criminal contempt, report correspondents from the courthouse in Phoenix. He’ll be sentenced in October.
JUST IN: Joe Arpaio, former Sheriff of Maricopa County, found GUILTY of criminal contempt. Sentencing set for 10/5/17 10am @FOX10Phoenix pic.twitter.com/hMTwV8xLps
— Marcy Jones Fox 10 (@MarcyJonesFox10) July 31, 2017
The charges stem from Arpaio’s illegal roundups of dark-skinned people, ostensibly illegal immigrants, which were condemned as racial profiling in an earlier court ruling. Arpaio refused to stop the patrols, and was therafter charged and today convicted.