Sheriff Wants to Block Videos in Racial Profiling Case

Published December 11, 2016

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu and Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio talk as they watch the proceedings, as the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals takes up the new Arizona immigration law, at the Rose Law Group offices Monday, Nov. 1, 2010, in Scottsdale, Ariz. Arizona's immigration law faced tough scrutiny from a federal appeals panel Monday as the state's governor appeared in person to support the controversial provision on the day before the election in which she's seeking her first full term. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

The controversial Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio is asking a federal judge to forbid the public release of videos of depositions by nine sheriff's officials in a lawsuit that accuses deputies of racially profiling Hispanics in immigration patrols.

In October, Arpaio and his Sheriffs Office were successfully sued by a Hispanic Man, Armando L. Nido, for abuse and racial discrimination during a routine traffic stop. Nido was awarded 600,000 dollars.

Sheriff's attorney Thomas Liddy requests that the videos not be released until after the case has concluded and argues that the lawsuit should be tried in court and not in the media.

Portions of a deposition that Arpaio made in the case in December were broadcast on at least two TV stations in metro Phoenix.

Arpaio and several managers in his office are undergoing a new round of depositions in the lawsuit in the coming days.

The Associated Press contributed to this article.

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