Court largely upholds racial-profiling ruling against Sheriff Joe Arpaio

*Sheriff Joe Arpaio keeps losing appeals. He’s now been deposed in advance of a contempt hearing. VL

By  Megan Cassidy, The Republic

A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals largely upheld a federal judge’s ruling against the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office in a racial-profiling case, according to a statement filed Wednesday.

In 2013, U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow foundSheriff Joe Arpaio’s deputies had disproportionately targeted Latinos during their traffic operations. The ruling extended to both regular and “saturation” patrols, where deputies would flood predominantly Hispanic neighborhoods.

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