Arizona Judge Tells Sheriff "Reveal Password Or Face Contempt"

An anonymous reader writes "Four days ago, deputies from the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office in Arizona conducted a raid against the county government building hosting computers for a law enforcement database. After threatening to arrest county employees who would stop them, the officers proceeded to secure the room and promptly changed passwords on many of the servers. In a hearing on Friday, a Superior Court judge threatened to hold members of the Sheriff's Office in contempt if they did not reveal the passwords by next Wednesday. Following this, the Sheriff's Office claimed to be conducting an investigation against other Superior Court judges. Courts have asked for passwords before, but never under conditions like this."

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Re:Mods, please be responsible.

[StormyMonday]

Election fraud? No. Severe intimidation of possible opponents? Yes. Intimidation of critical journalists? Yes.

The people he brutalizes in his jail are Hispanic. This plays very well with his electoral base -- and costs the county a fortune in civil rights judgments.