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Hundreds protest Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s ‘tent city’ jail
LOS ANGELES — Hundreds of people have protested in the southwestern US city of Phoenix over the controversial jail tents set up by an Arizona sheriff sued for alleged discrimination against Latinos. Demonstrators sang at the candlelight vigil late Saturday and demanded the closure of the “Tent City” set up…
‘I’m not a bully with a gun,’ says AZ Sheriff Arpaio
LOS ANGELES, May 11, 2012 (AFP) – An Arizona lawman known as the “toughest sheriff in America” hit back at US authorities Friday after he was sued for alleged discrimination against Latinos, saying: “I’m not a bully with a gun.” The US Department of Justice launched legal action Thursday against…
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