In an FBI interview related to a 2012 investigation of illegal campaign coordination in Arizona, however, Sproul acknowledged a pattern of law-breaking involving dozens of people hired by his firms, according to a transcript reviewed by the AP.
"These kinds of informal interactions – visits and seemingly casual meetings with people at their workplace or homes – are part of a larger pattern of intimidation," Farah adds, saying such intimidation is part of a post-9/11 pattern of law enforcement excess and abuse on the Muslim community.
Cases of mistaken identity like Mr. Braxton's are part of a continuing federal lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado against the city and county of Denver over what the group claims is a pattern of law enforcement officers' taking the wrong person into custody.
"However," the ACLU adds, "there is a widespread, continuing pattern of law enforcement officers ordering people to stop taking photographs or video in public places and harassing, detaining, and arresting those who fail to comply".
The lawsuit, which was filed to federal court even before Lynch began speaking, alleges that Ferguson is guilty of a "pattern or practice" of law enforcement actions violating the first, fourth and 14th amendments of the US constitution and federal civil rights laws.
The Justice Department found his operations involved "a widespread pattern or practice of law enforcement and jail activities that discriminate against Latinos".
A 2011 Justice Department report found the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office had engaged in a "widespread pattern or practice of law enforcement and jail activities that discriminate against Latinos," according to a letter of warning sent to Maricopa County officials.
The specifics of Lynch's proposal remain hazy, as does its relationship to the unusual patterns of law enforcement that have since been reported.
Although Sessions said police "must be held accountable" when they fail in their duties, his testimony suggested a departure from the Obama administration's more aggressive approach to combating patterns of law enforcement misconduct.
The purpose of this study was to assess the frequency and pattern of state laws or regulations regarding prenatal syphilis serologic screening in the United States in 2001.
