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MCSO: Former inmate falsely reported assault by detention officers (Sheriff Arpaio)
azfamily.com ^ | August 3, 2012 | Jennifer Thomas

Posted on 08/03/2012 5:31:33 PM PDT by donna

PHOENIX -- Maricopa County sheriff's detectives have submitted charges against a former inmate for false reporting to law enforcement officers.

The charges stem from reports that Kolton Clark, 18, had been assaulted by detention officers while incarcerated in the Fourth Avenue Jail in downtown Phoenix.

Clark was taken into custody in July on two counts of misdemeanor assault then released on a $200 bond shortly after being questioned.

Detectives began an investigation after receiving information that Clark's family was concerned that he had been beaten, tased and Maced by detention officers while inside an isolation safe cell at the jail.

According to MCSO spokesman Officer Christopher Hegstrom, a review of the surveillance video of Clark's time at the jail did not show any incident relating to a use of force by detention officers.

Hegstrom said recorded conversations between Clark and his mother indicate that he received the injuries during a physical dispute that he was involved in leading to his arrest and also that he was pepper sprayed by a security guard in his apartment complex.

Clark can be heard in recorded telephone conversations with his mother planning to use the assault story to "prove a point" and to "pull the racial card" against Sheriff Joe Arpaio in order to obtain a large monetary settlement, according to the sheriff's office.

At one point, Clark's mother told him that she had spoken to "high profile attorneys" who explained such a settlement may be worth as much as $4 million.

(Excerpt) Read more at azfamily.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: arizona; inmate; lies; sheriffarapio

1 posted on 08/03/2012 5:31:48 PM PDT by donna
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2 posted on 08/03/2012 5:32:51 PM PDT by donna ("...gay couples raising kids. That's the American way..." -Mitt Romney, 2007)
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To: donna

I guess the Ambulance-Chaser Lawyer bought a losing “Litigation Lotto” ticket on THIS one, so taxpayers won’t be gouged with multi-million dollar attorney fees.....


3 posted on 08/03/2012 5:37:48 PM PDT by traditional1 (Don't gotsta worry 'bout no mo'gage, don't gotsta worry 'bout no gas; Obama gonna take care o' me!)
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There is a part of this story that is missing. A democrat running for County Sheriff against Sheriff Joe was the one who bailed him out of jail. I am trying to find more details but this was (surprisingly) a story that ran in the Arizona Republic just a few weeks ago.


4 posted on 08/03/2012 5:54:18 PM PDT by ScoopAmma (We are led by the Resident -in Chief; aka part-time member of Webelo Troop 44)
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Was his name Eric Holder? Sounds like he thinks just like him...


5 posted on 08/03/2012 5:56:52 PM PDT by butterdezillion
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I rarely post here so first of all so I don’t know how to link an article! Second of all even if I did I don’t know if azcentral.com can be linked. The article is from 07/27/12 if someone could help out! Maybe I should change my tagline to “sometimes dumb-but not blonde”. It really is interesting the lengths some will go to to try and smear and utlimately get Joe out of office.


6 posted on 08/03/2012 6:12:05 PM PDT by ScoopAmma (We are led by the Resident -in Chief; aka part-time member of Webelo Troop 44)
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If you want to post a link in a comment just go to the web page you want to link to, click on the URL at the top of the page to highlight it, then right-click and choose “Copy link location” (or whatever the similar choice is for your browser). That puts the link on your “clipboard” and then when you click to “Post reply” to somebody you just right-click and choose “Paste” and it will paste the link into your comment.

Or were you wanting to post a new thread that links to an article?

I am the last person who can throw stones when it comes to the techno stuff. I am such a computer moron, but Freepers can be the most patient, kindest people around and if they know you’re for real they’ll bend over backwards to help. =)


7 posted on 08/03/2012 6:30:12 PM PDT by butterdezillion
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To: ScoopAmma

Pretty funny:

Sheriff Candidate Bails Out Inmate Who Claims Jail Guards Beat Him; MCSO Calls B.S. and Arrests Him Again

An inmate was recently bailed out of the Fourth Avenue Jail by Democratic Maricopa County Sheriff candidate John Rowan, after the inmate told his family he’d been beaten by jail staff.
http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2012/08/joe_arpaio_mcso_john_rowan_kolten_clark.php


8 posted on 08/03/2012 6:41:41 PM PDT by donna ("...gay couples raising kids. That's the American way..." -Mitt Romney, 2007)
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I hope they all rot in hell...including the dimwit that bailed him out.


9 posted on 08/03/2012 8:08:07 PM PDT by lewislynn ( What does the global warming movement and the Fairtax movement have in commom? Misinformation)
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All I can say is Joe is an upstanding American..If you live in AZ, we are quickly approaching a lock and load moment. Unless we defeat the Marxist at hand at the ballot box..then all bets are off. Just look at the Marxist that have control of Tucson...Conservatives, your investment in RE here, be careful and suspect.


10 posted on 08/03/2012 8:28:36 PM PDT by hope
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and the RATS, take another one in the.........HA ha!!!

11 posted on 08/03/2012 8:44:47 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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