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There was a celebratory tone to the event: if there's any hope of redeeming this state, a lot of it will lie with the strength of the Latino community here. Watching Puente mobilize against these racial-profiling exercises, train and organize police observers, maintain a daily protest presence in front of Wells Fargo, rally support around those the Sheriff tries to intimidate and prosecute, repeatedly take to the streets in a march that always goes by the jail, and negotiate the sometimes delicate networks of relationships between different Anti-Joe constituencies, I have to say, I'm pretty impressed. I'd march in their line and carry their sign any day, any place.
Things are getting kind of interesting with Copwatch and the MCSO these days. The Sheriff's elderly posse members are armed with palm-sized cameras now to take our mug shots out on patrol. This is the Sheriff's new "tool" - which sounds to me like some kind of sex toy.)
Anyway, those old guys are so sweet, it's hard not to smile - or laugh - when they zoom up in their little car to snap our pictures.
I'd love to see what Arpaio does with them. Does he make a line-up of "Photo-terrorists?"Is he going to make one of those big posters - with all of us grinning and chuckling into his cameras - like the FBI Most Wanted? I want a copy.
Here's Stephen Lemons' intro - click on the story link at the end to read the whole thing.
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Joe Arpaio's Latest Sweep begins in Surprise, According to ABC15
Human rights observers and activists are already heading to Surprise to monitor deputies' activities with video cameras. Arpaio has said he has a "new tool" to combat such Constitutionally-protected monitoring...."
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Okay, check out the one right before it, too:
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Now Joe Arpaio's Citing a "Harboring" Law as His Authorization to Racial-Profile. Sheesh.
What does that have to do with using pretextual traffic stops to ask people about their immigration status?
You guessed right, sports fans, nothing...(continued)
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