by jewel33
Fri Jan 09, 2009 at 02:22:02 AM PST
and nothing is being done about it.
A bit of background:
Maricopa County, AZ has a hard-line sheriff whose name is Joe Arpaio. You may have heard a bit about him in the news ... he's the sheriff who has taken the immigration policy into his own hands - routinely targeting the large Latino population of his county for DWL (Driving While Latino). These traffic stops often result in rounding up "illegals" and placing them in his tent city (since there's not enough room in the jail for all of the people his deputies round up). He has been lauded and hailed by anti-immigration folk as "tough on crime". Many say that if someone is breaking the law by being in our country illegally, they deserve to be harassed and thrown into jail. Heck, the guy even has a new reality series of his very own!
How does he know that the people he rounds up are illegal? Well, he asks them for their citizenship papers, birth certificate, or Social Security cards, and you know how many of us actually carry those on us while we're driving to and from work and from the store. Many innocent people are being put in jail for days at a time, and heaven help anyone who opposes his reign of terror.
There's more to his madness...below the fold....
Read on...
This guy, Joe Arpaio, has been in the media for years. I'm always surprised that he is still the sheriff. Check it out. Lots of video. Tom
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