Latino Vet 'Murdered' in Joe Arpaio's Gulag

By NCD on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 12:37am |

Death by Taser? 44 year old veteran on life support within hours of arrest by Arpaio cops. Arpaio's Maricopa County Sherriff's Office was just cited by the federal DOJ for systemic and widespread abuse of Hispanic inmates on Friday.

...."The sheriff's office murdered my brother," said Atencio, acting as spokesman for his family. "That's what I want to get out to the public right now: Sheriff Joe is murdering inmates."

Atencio said he was told by MCSO Detective Bryan Cluff that his brother was found in his cell without a pulse. This, after being Tasered by detention officers and placed there, Atencio alleged. He was already dead before being rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix....