Thousands march against Arpaio and his racist pig followers

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Today 3,000 to 4,000 people braved 90 degree weather to march from Steele Indian School Park to the Sandra Day O'Connor Federal Courthouse in downtown Phoenix to protest Sheriff Joe Arpaio's immigration abuses.

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The march continued to grow as it snaked down Central Avenue. Initially, organizers had planned to stop at DHS/ICE offices, and then later at Cesar Chavez Plaza. But so many people kept joining the procession during its 3.7 mile trek that the event's leaders decided to keep going on to their stopping place: the Sandra Day O'Connor Federal building.

There, protesters packed themselves onto the plaza, and listened to remarks from Supervisor Wilcox, Puente's Salvador Reza, Derechos Humanos firebrand Isabel Garcia, Somos America's Hector Yturralde, Respect/Respeto's Lydia Guzman, and of course, RATM's Zack de la Rocha, who ripped the bark off Maricopa County's corrupt top constable.

"By parading human beings shackled in chain gang stripes," said De la Rocha, "in a misguided effort to collectively humiliate and to terrorize an entire population, he reopened the wounds from which we all still suffer, by invoking the painful memories of slavery and segregation...by doing so, he has not only brought shame upon the state of Arizona, but is bringing shame upon the entire nation."

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As I took the light rail back to the park, where I'd left my vehicle, I remembered how De la Rocha had -- the night before at Tonatierra -- described the cathartic effect of resistance and defiance. Never in this city have I felt such a sense of kinship with its inhabitants. Sure, there had been a small group of nativist nimrods toward the end of the parade route, but no more than a 150 or so. Their numbers are dwindling, and they get older every time I see them: The same twisted faces filled with prejudice. The same pathetic collection of losers, blaming their life-failures on others, and finding fault with an entire ethnicity.

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[Jasman0717 9]

So people are complaining about criminals being treated like criminals waaaaaaaaah

[alienlovechild 75]

Another worthless far left wing blog entry.

"Banners compared Arpaio to a criminally insane dictator, and to, more simply, a clown. A crew of anarchists waved black flags. And, inexplicably, a jumbo, papier-mache-headed Donald Rumsfeld marched beneath a tasseled, anti- Arpaio umbrella."

Where are the kidnappers when you need them?

What immigation abuses? 287(G) is a Federal program. Don't forget to blame Obama and his Justice Dept.

[Nagishkaw 510]

Sheesh!

[I'm Gone 60]

"The march continued to grow as it snaked down Central Avenue. Initially, organizers had planned to stop at DHS/ICE offices,"

If they are smart, ICE will be there waiting with buses to load them up and ship them out.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

"The march continued to grow as it snaked down Central Avenue. Initially, organizers had planned to stop at DHS/ICE offices,"

If they are smart, ICE will be there waiting with buses to load them up and ship them out.

Yeah, because if they're brown and care about civil rights, let's just assume they must be illegal.

[I'm Gone 60]

"The march continued to grow as it snaked down Central Avenue. Initially, organizers had planned to stop at DHS/ICE offices,"

If they are smart, ICE will be there waiting with buses to load them up and ship them out.

Yeah, because if they're brown and care about civil rights, let's just assume they must be illegal.

There probably.

http://icarizona.blogspot.com/2008/07/mari...ord-number.html

Maricopa County deporting record number of illegal immigrants

Vinnie Picard with ICE said almost 39,000 illegal immigrants have been deported from Arizona since last October, up more than 5,000 from the same timeframe last year. That number is expected to top 50,000 by this coming October, when ICE ends its fiscal year.

A lot of credit goes to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, Picard said.

[alienlovechild 75]

Vinnie Picard with ICE said almost 39,000 illegal immigrants have been deported from Arizona since last October, up more than 5,000 from the same timeframe last year. That number is expected to top 50,000 by this coming October, when ICE ends its fiscal year.

Those aren't illegal immigrants, they're "civil rights" advocates.

[Ban Hammer 14,162]

"The march continued to grow as it snaked down Central Avenue. Initially, organizers had planned to stop at DHS/ICE offices,"

If they are smart, ICE will be there waiting with buses to load them up and ship them out.

Yeah, because if they're brown and care about civil rights, let's just assume they must be illegal.

conversely, because they are brown and care about civil rights and are protesting against someone who is cracking down on illegals..........

[GlobeTrekker 0]

Sheriff Joe runs a tight ship! GOOD FOR HIM! jail is not supposed fun.I'm a probation officer in Cleveland, Oh. & I wish our sheriff did as good as job as Sheriff Joe.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Thing is, its entirely possible to oppose illegal immigration without subscribing to, or otherwise supporting a demagogue like Joe Arpaio.

As we know illegal immigration is a topic that gets people here very hot under the collar, but it doesn't serve the legitimate arguments particularly well to jump on extremist bandwagons.

Arpaio has been widely criticised for rights abuses - including brutality that resulted in several deaths in custody.

Why would anyone want to defend that?

[Jasman0717 9]

[Those aren't illegal immigrants, they're "civil rights" advocates.

Of course they are

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Sheriff Joe is a thug.

[alienlovechild 75]

Thing is, its entirely possible to oppose illegal immigration without subscribing to, or otherwise supporting a demagogue like Joe Arpaio.

He's a sheriff who does his job. You've got to admire a man who has taken a stand and done something besides play armchair immigration wonk.

As we know illegal immigration is a topic that gets people here very hot under the collar, but it doesn't serve the legitimate arguments particularly well to jump on extremist bandwagons.

Arpaio has been widely criticised for rights abuses - including brutality that resulted in several deaths in custody.

Why would anyone want to defend that?

You don't think the most widely known sheriff in America hasn't been investigated and cleared? You really shouldn't believe every allegation simply because somebody tells you this guy is a zealot.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

He hasn't been cleared though... There have been several high profile civil cases for damages resulting from treatment in detention - ranging from brain damage, paralysis and death - at least one where Joe was found to be personally liable for injuries sustained in custody.

So sure... he's innocent in the sense that OJ was innocent for the killing of his wife; yet was found liable in Civil trial.

He's a sheriff who does his job. You've got to admire a man who has taken a stand and done something besides play armchair immigration wonk.

Is that the same "armchair wonkery" as suggesting that people who witnessed a murder on a bus but did nothing - are cowards as a result?