Arpaio critics hold protest in downtown Phoenix
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio
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Posted: 01/13/2012
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By: Associated Press
PHOENIX - About 100 opponents of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio rallied in downtown Phoenix on Friday to protest the treatment of an inmate in one of Arpaio's jails and racial profiling allegations against the sheriff's office.
Forty-four-year-old Ernest Atencio was found unresponsive in a jail cell last month after fighting with some of the sheriff's jail officers.
He later died after his family decided to take him off life support.
The sheriff's office says Atencio was combative when Phoenix police brought him to the jail for booking on an assault charge.
The U.S. Justice Department has alleged that Arpaio racially profiles Latinos and bases immigration enforcement on racially charged citizen complaints.
Arpaio denies the allegations and says the Justice Department's civil rights investigation was politically motivated.
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