Dept of Justice: NC Sheriff Targeted Latino 'Taco Eaters'
Feds Scorch Sheriff for Racial Bias By DAN MCCUE GREENSBORO, N.C. (CN) - A North Carolina sheriff orders officers to discriminate against Latinos, telling them, "go out there and get me some of those taco eaters," and blew off the federal government's order to stop it, calling a Justice Department report "meaningless," the United States claims in court. The United States of America sued Alamance County Sheriff Terry S. Johnson, in his official capacity, after a 2-year investigation of his office. Alamance is a rural county in north central North Carolina, east of Greensboro and west of Chapel Hill. It is 71.1 percent white, 18.8 percent African-American and 11 percent Latino, according to the complaint. [Sic.] Latinos are four to 10 times more likely to be stopped by Johnson's sheriff's officers than white people, the government says. The Justice Department looked at data on traffic stops, arrests, results of ve
