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Posted: 7/24/2012 2:38:31 PM EST
FILE - In this April 3, 2012 file photo, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio listens to one of his attorneys during a news conference in Phoenix. Arpaio is expected to take the witness stand Tuesday, July 24, 2012, and face allegations that his trademark immigration sweeps amounted to racial profiling against Hispanics. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
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Posted: 7/19/2012 9:55:52 PM EST
Attorney Tom Liddy, who is representing Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the sheriff's office, leaves the Sandra Day O'Connor United States Courthouse after day one of Apraio's civil rights trial in Phoenix, Arizona July 19, 2012. Arpaio, who calls himself America's toughest sheriff, went on trial Thursday in a class-action lawsuit alleging he discriminates against Latinos and legal immigrants in a zeal to crack down on illegal immigration. The case will test whether the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) can target the undocumented in immigration sweeps without racially profiling Hispanic citizens. REUTERS/Joshua Lott
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Posted: 5/10/2012 10:55:47 PM EST
FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2012 photo, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio conducts a news conference in Phoenix. Federal authorities on Wednesday, May 9, 2012 said that they plan to sue Arpaio and his office over allegations of civil rights violations, including the racial profiling of Latinos. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)
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Posted: 4/11/2012 4:45:56 PM EST
French lawyer Felix de Belloy, center, addresses reporters outside Paris court house Wednesday April 11, 2012. Felix de Belloy, along with three other lawyers and supported by the Open Justice Initiative, has filed civil suit on behalf of 15 individuals, complaining that they have been subject to police "stop and search" checks solely on the basis of the color of their skin and ethnicity. The statement says it's the first such collective action in a racial profiling case in France.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
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Posted: 4/11/2012 4:45:56 PM EST
French lawyer Felix de Belloy, center, addresses reporters outside Paris court house Wednesday April 11, 2012. Felix de Belloy, along with three other lawyers and supported by the Open Justice Initiative, has filed civil suit on behalf of 15 individuals, complaining that they have been subject to police "stop and search" checks solely on the basisi of the color of their skin and ethnicity. The statement says it's the first such collective action in a racial profiling case in France.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
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Posted: 4/3/2012 6:23:49 PM EST
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio talks to the media about the Department of Justice's investigative findings accusing the Maricopa Sheriff's Office of racial profiling and a pattern of discrimination at the Sheriff's office in Phoenix, Arizona December 15, 2011. REUTERS/Laura Segall
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Posted: 3/29/2012 12:55:46 AM EST
Trayvon Martin's mother Sybrina Fulton, and father, Tracy Martin attend a House Judiciary Committee briefing on racial profiling and hate crimes, Tuesday, March 27, 2012, on Capitol Hill, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Posted: 3/28/2012 6:10:54 PM EST
FILE -In this Tuesday, March 27, 2012 file photo, Trayvon Martin's parents, father, Tracy Martin, left, and mother Sybrina Fulton, attend a House Judiciary Committee briefing on racial profiling and hate crimes on Capitol Hill in Washington. From the T-shirts and hoodie sales to pass-the-hat donations to trademarking slogans such as "Justice for Trayvon," the wheels are in motion to make money from the Florida shooting of teenager Trayvon Martin. His mother says at least some of the proceeds will be used to help other families. Experts say it is impossible to say how much could be made off the case but it's the latest example of a cause turned into an Internet-fueled brand. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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Posted: 3/28/2012 3:25:55 AM EST
The Martin family lawyer, Benjamin Crump, left, sits with Trayvon Martin's parents, father, Tracy Martin, and Sybrina Fulton, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Tuesday, March 27, 2012, during a House Judiciary Committee briefing on racial profiling and hate crimes. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Posted: 3/28/2012 3:25:55 AM EST
Trayvon Martin's parents, father, Tracy Martin, left, and mother Sybrina Fulton, attend a House Judiciary Committee briefing on racial profiling and hate crimes, Tuesday, March 27, 2012, on Capitol Hill, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Posted: 3/28/2012 3:25:55 AM EST
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, center, greets Trayvon Martin's parents, Tracy Martin, left, and Sybrina Fulton on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 27, 2012, during a House Judiciary Committee briefing on racial profiling and hate crimes. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Posted: 3/28/2012 3:25:55 AM EST
Trayvon Martin's parents Tracy Martin, far left, and Sybrina Fulton, attend a packed House Judiciary Committee Democrats' briefing on racial profiling and hate crimes on Capitol Hill, in Washington, on Tuesday, March 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Posted: 3/28/2012 3:25:55 AM EST
Ernie Green, an original member of the Little Rock Nine, stands to be recognized on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 27, 2012, during a House Judiciary Committee briefing on racial profiling and hate crimes , that was attended by Trayvon Martin's parents. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Posted: 3/28/2012 3:25:55 AM EST
Trayvon Martin's parents, father, Tracy Martin, left, and mother Sybrina Fulton attend a House Judiciary Committee briefing on racial profiling and hate crimes, Tuesday, March 27, 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Posted: 3/28/2012 3:25:55 AM EST
Trayvon Martin's parents, father, Tracy Martin, left, and mother Sybrina Fulton, attend a House Judiciary Committee briefing on racial profiling and hate crimes, Tuesday, March 27, 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Posted: 3/27/2012 7:50:49 AM EST
Maryland state Sen. Catherine Pugh, who chairs the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland, discusses the dangers of racial profiling in the aftermath of the shooting death of Trayvon Martin in Florida, on Monday, March 26, 2012, in Annapolis, Md. Pugh, speaking from the podium, stood with other members of the caucus in front of a statue of Thurgood Marshall Martin wearing a ?hoodie? as Trayvon Martin walked home on a rainy night in a gated community last month. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)
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Posted: 1/29/2012 12:10:49 PM EST
In this Thursday Jan. 26, 2012 photo, Mario Marin sits inside Guti'z Bakery in East Haven, Conn. Marin's brother Moises Marin, was assaulted by East Haven Police Officer Dennis Spaulding while recording alleged profiling by police outside his restaurant in November 2008. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
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Posted: 1/29/2012 12:10:49 PM EST
In this Thursday Jan. 26, 2012 photo, Mario Marin sits inside Guti'z Bakery in East Haven, Conn. Marin's brother Moises Marin, was assaulted by East Haven Police Officer Dennis Spaulding while recording alleged profiling by police outside his restaurant in November 2008. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
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Posted: 12/23/2011 10:07:00 PM EST
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio talks to the media about the Department of Justice's investigative findings, accusing the Maricopa Sheriff's Office of racial profiling and a pattern of discrimination, at the Sheriff's office in Phoenix, Arizona in this December 15, 2011 file photo. A federal judge on December 23, 2011 issued legal sanctions against Arpaio for destroying documents in a civil rights lawsuit accusing him and his department of racially profiling Latinos. REUTERS/Laura Segall/Files (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW POLITICS HEADSHOT)
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Posted: 12/23/2011 8:18:49 PM EST
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio talks to the media about the Department of Justice's investigative findings accusing the Maricopa Sheriff's Office of racial profiling and a pattern of discrimination at the Sheriff's office in Phoenix, Arizona December 15, 2011. REUTERS/Laura Segall
