Another request for federal investigation into Sheriff Arpaio

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03:30 PM Mountain Standard Time on Sunday, April 27, 2008


PHOENIX – There is another official request for a federal investigation into Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

Phoenix Attorney Michael Manning sent a 10-page complaint to the U.S. Attorney General. Manning says the documents outline a pattern of civil rights abuses against detainees and inmates.

Manning has won lawsuits against the sheriff's office in the past and claims dangerous conditions in its jails have been ignored.

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon and others have already called for a federal investigation of the sheriff.

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