Wilcox rallies crowd for Arpaio indictment

[AlphaCentauri]

Source: Bizjournals

Speaking at an immigration reform rally in Washington Sunday Maricopa County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox called for Sheriff Joe Arpaio to be indicted.

A video of Wilcox at the rally shows the supervisor asking protestors to call the U.S. Justice Department and leading a chant, “Indict Arpaio.”

A federal grand jury in Phoenix has been looking at abuse of power allegations against the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.

She also said Arizona is “ground zero” for immigration reform but has beena testing ground for anti-immigrant policies and repressive enforcement tactics. Wilcox characterized the sheriff’s tactics akin to a “police state.”



Read more: http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2010/03/22/daily52.html

[alstephenson]

1. Go, Mary Rose!

[JonLP24]

2. K&R

:kick:

[Kali]

3. ha - Headline made me blink!

I'm in AZ and I just was in the little town of Wilcox (also spelled Willcox) this afternoon. Lots of farm workers from Mexico around there. :o