Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office has spent years crying poverty over court-ordered reforms to stop unconstitutional racial profiling, claiming budget constraints prevent proper officer training and oversight. Yet auditors just found they’ve misused $163 million in taxpayer funds—money apparently available for everything except civil rights compliance. They claim they can’t afford to stop discriminating against citizens, but they found $163 million to throw away.

Source: https://www.propublica.org/article/maricopa-county-sheriff-audit