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PHOENIX — Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and three deputies were held in civil contempt in a racial profiling case on Friday. “In short, the court finds that the defendants have engaged in multiple acts of misconduct, dishonesty, and bad faith with respect to the plaintiff class and the protection of its rights,” U.S. District Judge Murray Snow wrote in a 162-page ruling.

Judge is pursuing contempt after finding sheriff’s office discriminated against HispanicsMaricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has petitioned to have the federal judge who’s investigating him kicked off the case, telling an appeals court that Judge G. Murray Snow’s wife admitted to friends that her husband was intent on destroying the Arizona lawman. Judge Snow has been battling Sheriff Arpaio for years, and in 2013 ruled that the Maricopa County department discriminated against Hispanics by targeting them for immigration enforcement. Earlier this year the judge began contempt proceedings, accusing the sheriff of intentionally ignoring his orders — but Sheriff Arpaio says...

Snow was the judge that ruled that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his department violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by racially profiling Hispanics. This wasn’t enough for Obama and Holder, largely because Arpaio and his Cold Case Posse refused to back off from the investigation into Obama’s birth certificate, Social Security Number and Selective Service Registration form, all of which appear to be forgeries. ... Late last week, Judge Snow rendered an additional ruling against Arpaio and his department. He ordered that a court appointed monitor watch over all aspects of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Department for...