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	<title><![CDATA[Sheriff Arpaio To Be Investigated by Justice Department as Rep. Conyers, Leaders Deliver Petition]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frank-sharry/sheriff-arpaio-to-be-inve_b_173884.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Last Night Sheriff Joe Arpaio finally got what he's been asking for: <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29630232/">an investigation by the Department of Justice.<br />
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<p>Community leaders across the country are cheering. We think it's about time! His segregated <a href="http://www.americasvoiceonline.org/blog/entry/sheriff_joes_mini_gitmo_local_enforcement_out_of_control/">march through Phoenix</a> was the last straw after a history of extreme abuse:</p>

<blockquote>With over 2,700 lawsuits against him, a history of virulently anti-immigrant and anti-Latino tactics, and 40,000 felony warrants outstanding in his jurisdiction, Arpaio has fostered a climate in which real criminals roam free...</blockquote>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-03-11T11:19:00-04:00</date_published>
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