In a BLATANT display of hypocrisy, the DOJ files charges against Sheriff Joe Arpaio. This will outrage you! https://www.rt.com/usa/363100-arpaio-faces-charges-criminal/*** Maricopa Countyâ??s notorious Sheriff Joe Arpaio is about to see the criminal justice system from the other side. Arpaio is being charged with contempt of court after violating a 2011 injunction to stop enforcing federal civil immigration law. The Arizona sheriffâ??s legal troubles continue to plague Maricopa County. Department of Justice (DOJ) attorneys filed criminal charges against Arpaio on Monday after US District Court Judge Susan Bolton requested to continue criminal proceedings against him. The charges stem from violating a December 2011 injunction that barred both him and the Maricopa County Sheriffâ??s Office â??from enforcing federal immigration law or from detaining persons they believed to be in the country without authorization but against whom they had no state charges," according to the court filing. View image on Twitter View image on Twitter Follow RT America â?? @RT_America â??Sheriff Joeâ?? Arpaio held in civil contempt for ignoring judgeâ??s ordershttp://on.rt.com/7cni 9:16 PM - 13 May 2016 31 31 Retweets 36 36 likes The court filing explained that Arpaio violated that order by continuing to detain people that were believed to be in the country illegally without any state charges. In laymanâ??s terms, the Maricopa County Sheriffâ??s Office had taken it upon themselves to enforce federal laws when that was not their job. Arpaio was referred to criminal charges after US District Judge Murray Snow found him and his three top deputies in contempt of court. Snow had ordered Arpaio to end the practice of stopping and detaining Latinos for no other reason than potentially being illegal immigrants in 2011. In 2012, Snow ordered Arpaioâ??s office to halt immigration patrols. However, Snow believed that Arpaio waited 17 months to comply in an effort to gain voters from conservatives in the county. Snow referred Arpaio and his three top deputies for criminal prosecution in August, saying, â??The court has exhausted all of its other methods to obtain compliance,â?? the New York Times reported.