The Fight Against the ‘Sheriff Joe’ of Massachusetts

May 6, 2020
8:18 PM
Originally published at Audioboom

UPDATED, May 7, 2020: A judge ruled against Hodgson and Bristol County on Thursday.

Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson —a frequent Fox News guest and Trump favorite who some call the Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Massachusetts— is facing a lawsuit from Boston’s Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) regarding immigration detention during the COVID-19 crisis. For this episode of Latino Rebels Radio, host Julio Ricardo Varela talks to LCR Executive Director Iván Espinoza-Madrigal about the lawsuit and what comes next.

Featured image via Bristol County Sheriff’s Office (Public Domain)