Letter to feds questions tactics; sheriff calls him 'disconnected'
In the **** of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office crackdowns on ******* immigrants throughout the Valley, Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon is calling on the FBI to investigate whether Sheriff Joe Arpaio has ******** any civil-rights laws.
In an April 4 letter to U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey, Gordon asked the Justice Department's civil-rights division and the FBI to probe what Gordon calls a "pattern and practice of conduct that includes discriminatory harassment, improper stops, searches and arrests."
Justice Department officials promised to review Gordon's letter but declined further comment.
