Anti-Arpaio protesters awarded settlement from 2008 arrests
"Seven political activists claiming their civil rights were violated after they were arrested and cited for protesting against Sheriff Joe Arpaio's immigration policies recently were awarded nearly $475,000 by Maricopa County.
The settlement, reached this week, was nine times more than what the county's self-insured trust had originally authorized in February, and significantly higher than what the county planned to offer just days before the settlement, according to memos obtained by The Arizona Republic."
CRAIG HARRIS and YVONNE WINGETT in the Arizona Republic.