Tonight in West Pheonix Sherrif Joe Arpaio is on a crime immigration raid.
The boundaries are between 1-17 and 83rd Ave and McDowell to Glendale.
Reports say the officers are dressed all in black, have their faces covered, and are laying in wait in black, unmarked vehicles. Now, tell me again about that "reasonable suspicion" part of the law.
Joe Arpaio Says He'll Step Up Immigration Enforcement
despite the fact that the Department of Homeland Security stripped 100 Maricopa County deputies of their ability to make immigration arrests, amid a slew of complaints that the controversial sheriff was using racial profiling techniques to round up suspected illegal immigrants.
http://www.abc15.com/...
Ron Gould an Arizona Republican in the legislature has stated (para-phrasing) in the Republic that they want the 90 days until implementation to build up the fear factor!
I believe they are committing Ethnic Voter Cleansing because if Comprehensive voter reform is passed before they hound, intimidate and jail the immigrant families there will be hundreds of thousands of voters that will not forget their cruelty! Boycott! This county (Maricopa county) is now intractably racist and only federal intervention will help but...unfortunately it looks like the democrats are to afraid to act on this before the year is out.
I am getting reports from someone on a scene of one arrest taking place as I type. Will come back and update soon.
Update:(8:15PM Arizona time) At 35th and Glendale. William Crum Green Congressional candidate in Arizona spotted men dressed in black with their faces covered. Driving black unmarked vehicles as some other vehicles were being towed away. They stopped a hispanic male driving a white pick up truck, after 22 min a second car pulled up (four officers), two min after that another car now 5 officers on the one male and they just put the cuffs on him.
(8:49PM Arizona time)He now says the hispanic individual is leaning against his car with the handcuffs on they will not let him sit down, with no end in site two more apparent detective cars have pulled up.
(9:06PM Arizona time) William says they have thrown some papers in the man's truck and they are towing it and they are taking the hispanic individual who has been forced to stand an hour and ten minutes in the freezing wind in shorts and a t-shirt into one of Arpaio's cars and they are now driving off as of: 8:58PM Thank you to William Crum who has stayed in his vehicle this whole time to witness this for the world.
Sorry, William did not have a camera, the usual activists are probably out filming the rest of the sweep. abc15.com says they will have a story on this at 10:Pm.
We'll see
Update Source tells me that Arpaio gave post-sweep interview in which he stated that one reasonable suspicion is "if they speak Spanish." ACK!
Wow! Rec list, I am honored. Big hat tip to Musikal203 for the encouragement and Susan G for the link added in the comments.
Thank you Len, Chris, and Marla for the help in bringing this story out.