Sheriff Arpaio Lawyers Say Racial Profiling Claims Unproved
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Lawyers for Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona’s Maricopa County said in closing trial arguments that the plaintiffs in a civil rights lawsuit failed to prove his department engaged in racial profiling of Latinos.
The closing arguments were filed yesterday following a seven-day trial in federal court in Phoenix that was heard without a jury and ended Aug. 2. Arpaio’s attorneys said there was “no evidence of discriminatory intent” in any of the traffic stops highlighted in trial testimony.