New Racist Arizona Immigration Law SB1070 sparks protest among POLICE.

By The Webmaster
"Sections of the new SB1070 immigration law in Arizona requires immigrants to be able to prove their immigration status to law enforcement if necessary. Some think that the law will enable racial profiling and will negatively impact the quality of life of the Latino community."

However, an unlikely group of individuals have come to the forefront to voice their concerns. The largely underfunded and understaffed Arizona Police Force Coalition has grown in stature as a unified body of opposition. They claim that as it stands, the police force has enough to worry about without having to concern themselves with immigration related issues. We interviewed an unnamed officer briefly. Here is an excerpt from the interview.

Africanlegend: I am glad to see some people in law enforcement recognize how this type of a discrimnatory law can violate basic civil rights!

Policeman: What?[with a look of bewilderment as if a girl just told him she was pregnant]

Africanlegend: That is your reason....right?

Policeman: Certainly not! See the police have a lot on our plate, we don't need to add more tasks. We are understaffed as it is. We are already focused on stopping random black people and pinning crimes on them. We can't afford to add MEXICANS onto our plate.

Africanlegend: Huh? [with a look of bewilderment as if a girl he met 5 years ago presented him with a 5 year old child claiming he was the father.]

Policeman: PLUS we'd have to come up with new "probable causes" to accomadate new random stop searches. Do you know how difficult that is? If we see a black person talking loudly, hanging or chillin with the Homies, driving, excessively relaxing, excessively nervous, looking wealthy or with a white girlfriend, we generally stop them and pin some kind of crime on them. If we can't find an appropriate, frivolous transgression, we clobber them for resisting arrest. This has been how it has always been, why change it?.

Africanlegend: That doesn't sound very constitutio.....[is vehemently interrupted]

Policeman: With Mexicans, we will need to extend that list. Without additonal funding and salary increases, we refuse to comply. Looking for Mexcians playing soccer in a suspicions manner or eating burritos, with intent to distribute is extra work! Besides we can't speak Mexican. We will have to retrain the police force to speak Mexican....and Spanish, some of them speak that too. We need extra pay!

The Arizona immigration law is being combated at all levels and only time will tell how this immigration saga will ultimately play out.

Category: Politics