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Who cares what the Fucking ADL has to say about anything... the ADL is a domestic spy organization which has been proven to have kept files on Labor Unions and civil rights groups like the NAACP.

Only douche bags give credence to an organization that cries anti-Semitism while saying nothing about real Nazis like the Bush Family or the Govenor of California

http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/

I noticed that today's Arizona Republic featured a letter from MCSO flack Brian Sands ("Article insults deputies in difficult job").

Sands, writing in to defuse the controversy over Uncle Joe's ongoing media circus, writes: "To date, this agency has arrested 899 suspects on the Class 4 felony charge of human smuggling. Ninety percent of those who were arrested were contacted during a traffic stop."

Well, that sounds perfectly legitimate and respectable. Now all we need to know, to make this statistic meaningful with respect to the current controversy, is: (a) What does "to date" refer to? This year? Since MCSO signed its ICE agreement? Since the inception of MCSO? (b) Exactly how many felony charges of "human smuggling" (not counting arrests of a single defendent on the charge of "smuggling himself") resulted from the recent dog and pony shows in Phoenix, in Guadalupe, and in Mesa?

Was there a single such arrest during these carnival sideshows? If not, why is MCSO wasting tax-payer and law-enforcement resources pulling over drivers for minor traffic violations in areas and under conditions which are least likely to result in the arrest of professional human-smugglers?

Exactly who is insulting the deputies (and the public) here? Those of us who argue that the professional deputies at Uncle Joe's media events are being diverted from serious law-enforcement duties to serve as pawns for the Sheriff's political ambitions? Or professional yes-men like Sands, who attempt to confuse the taxpayers and opinion-makers with misleading statistics and arguments?

In the same edition of the Republic, Mesa Police Chief George Gascon was quoted expressing his "growing concerns over possible civil unrest tied to anti-immigration sweeps by Sheriff Joe Arpaio". Gascon is rightfully concerned that extremists groups will use the fixed-location, staged media events as an opportunity to advance their own agendas:

"Gascón told his staff in a memo Thursday that the department is developing a plan to handle potential civil unrest or demonstrations tied to sweeps by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.

"The memo came after a Thursday morning demonstration by 15 pro-Arpaio demonstrators at Gilbert and Broadway roads in a heavily immigrant part of Mesa. During what Gascón called a “mostly lawful demonstration,” one of the protesters got into a verbal altercation with a Black male. The argument escalated and Gascón said the demonstrator called the man “homie” and used the “N” word. Another demonstrator had a pit bull dog that lunged and snapped at officers, he said.

"It is unclear whether the demonstrators, who were mostly male, belonged to an organized group.

“ "This incident, as well as others during prior sweeps, are clear indications of the volatility that can be visited upon our city as these events continue to unfold," Gascón wrote. "Counter demonstrators have been observed carrying firearms, and tensions are escalating.”

"Gascón's plan would include clergy and members of the legal community serving as mediators with the crowds. He said demonstrations would be videotaped.

"Sgt. Fabian Cota, head of the Mesa Police Association, one of two police unions, said Gascón is preparing for the worst, “but we are hoping for the best.”

“If you look at the potential for violence with people showing up with guns on both sides of the aisle in such an emotional issue and you add racial overtones, that is all the ingredients for civil unrest,” he said."

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0410mr-sweeps.html

Let's just hope this is the start of MANY INVESTIGATIONS regarding Arpaio and his Goons.

Illegal alien supporters use the word "racist" like a crucifix before a mythical Dracula. When someone opposes illegal immigration , the Open Borders Folks, shout "racist." Unfortunately, because the history of this country with regard to racism is so disgraceful that many still bear feelings of guilt and shame,they allow themselves to be side tracked from addressing the issue of illegal immigration to trying to prove they are not racist. What they fail to understand is that the historical racism in this country was against US citizens. That was wrong. In the case of illegal immigrants even if the person opposing illegal immigration is racist, that does not change the fact that the law is still being violated. That person's personal attitude is not at issue. He can still legitimately oppose illegal immigration for the same reasons that non-racists do: it violates the law; it exhausts the social benefit safety net; it destroys neighborhoods; it brings diseases into the US; it is responsible for horrible crimes, etc. Now if that person displays racism against legal immigrants, naturalized citizens or other minority citizens that is a different story, As a supervisor told a racist subordinate, "I am not asking you to change your attitude, just your actions." A racist individual has a right to expect the law to be enforced and obeyed regardless of his attitude toward the illegal alien.

But these facts of reason will fly right over your liberal minds, as usual.

Yep Todd is back alright in all his tin foil glory. Kudos to the ADL!

Todd Stallion tells it like it is with respect to the despicable ADL. Those piece-of-feces SPLC collaborators are nothing more than irrelevant shakedown and smear artists and have no credibility whatsoever. Maybe Joe can find a way to bust their sorry arses. I certainly hope so.

Arpaio needs to be busted for the corrupt piece of shit that he is....regardless of being for or against illegal Immigration.

That would be real justice and the only justice I am interested in !

Arpaio has been responsible for:

43 Million Dollars in Civil Suit Settlement Awards.
Untold Amounts of Legal Fee’s
Lies and more Lies about Honduras.
Deaths and Beatings of People in Arpaio's custody.
Continual Constitutional Violations to Citizens of Maricopa County.
No Public Financial Accounting anywhere in MCSO.
Continual Refusal to Comply with the Freedom of Information Act.
40,000+ Felony Arrest Warrants that Go Un-Served
4,000+ Pending Civil and Constitutional Law Suits Pending in State & Federal Courts.
The list goes on and on........

So, because Arpaio takes a convenient stance on an immigration issue months before an election, it's ok to forget about 16 year of malfeasance and constitutional abuse towards AMERICANS who are not illegal immigrants ?

Please, I for one am not naïve or stupid enough condone 16 years of abuse for 2 months of BS of what a great guy Arpaio is over the immigration issue. Maybe some can turn a blind eye to the facts, I won’t, nor will many others that are educated enough to see the truth beyond the dog/pony shows that also know Arpaio is nothing more than a self serving corrupt politician.

Arpaio is nothing more than a Major Liability to All of Maricopa County Tax Payers....History has proven that.....

Todd of all people commenting on people`s body weight? What a fucking asswipe. If you want to talk about fat-fucks and hypocrites, look no further than J.T. Ready, a whopping 300lbs of turd-reich dammit--piggin glutonomy at Mexican and Chinese buffet?!
He's actually supporting these business by being a regular.

Russell Pearce doesn't have half the brains to actually come up with some egregious law that not only does it divert illegals in this state but kills businesses. Businesses being out sourced South of the border, dickhead. Don't get me wrong snowflake but I'm all for immigration reform but most definately not pro-White agenda.
"To make AZ White again".
You're not even close to reaching that goal.

Coz, you know your stuff! Thank you for making the public aware. Illegal immigration gives Arpaio an excuse to do whatever he pleases, and when you bring up the past 16 years, it shows an individual who needs some mental health risk assessment testing. If a person "touches" an officer, they get charged with assault. If the Sheriff runs rough-shod through the neighborhoods I would call it "inciting a riot?" Not one person would be allowed to get away with the disturbance his "troops" are causing. Look at old pictures of the round ups during the Hitler era and the round-ups in the prisons in the US -- I happen to see some resemblence. I witnessed the riots during the Civil Rights era and it didn't take much to get violence started. We applaud Police Chief Gascon for making the right judgment and to prepare. This is very serious stuff. Frankly anybody who doesn't have to live in the state should consider moving out of here. This is not going to end soon -- and is getting worse by the day.

Thank you Stephen for having the courage to get the ball rolling on what is going on that the big city paper doesn't have the courage to write -- unless it is after you've started the story!!

TODD GO BACK TO YOUR HOME AT EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE WHERE BELONG WITH THOSE WHO THINK LIKE YOU. YOU'RE BORING.

If I want to find out the truth about what is really going on in this town and state, I come to the Phoenix New Times and Stephen's blog! Keep up the great work -- you may change the make-up of this town yet! Made a mistake in the last election -- won't elect the same ones this time. We're all behind you!!

Now in Honduras battling MS13?... but has no knowledge?
Watch MCSO return to Honduras Part 1 & 2.

So this is the God Arpaio, what a joke he is.

http://www.azcentral.com/12news/news/articles/2008/03/13/20080313MCSOhonduras02252008-CR.html?source=nletter-

Border Patrol Slams Mesa Mayor

http://www.local2544.org/

Mesa Police Chief Causes Problems

George Gascon

04-10-08 George Gascon has been pandering to illegal aliens for nearly two years in Mesa, Arizona. Gascon came to Mesa from the LAPD, where he was an assistant chief. Los Angeles has been completely overrun by illegal aliens because of lax enforcement and pandering politicians like Gascon. Now Gascon has helped facilitate a huge problem in Mesa, and he wants to blame Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio for trying to help clean it up. Gascon is typical of certain high-ranking law enforcement officers who cower in fear every time the radical pro-illegal immigration forces start mouthing off. If any civil unrest develops in Mesa, Gascon should be held accountable for allowing things to get so bad. He's every bit as much a disgrace as Phoenix Police "Public Safety Manager" Jack Harris. Joe Arpaio is elected by the citizens in Maricopa County. If they don't like the job he's doing they will boot him out. It's a shame that people like Harris and Gascon don't face the same scrutiny from the citizens they are supposed to serve. Neither would survive.

Rampant crime, gang problems, stolen vehicles from the Phoenix area crossing the border into Mexico daily and then being used to smuggle illegal aliens and drugs back into our country, and it's all Joe Arpaio's fault because he actually does his job and tries to enforce the laws? Give us a break Chief Gascon. Shoulder the blame for your own mess and quit hiding behind the "blame Sheriff Joe" propaganda.

That's right people, I'm back and Greased Up and ready for action.

Hi, wondering is there is any numbers to report this kind of activity. I am putting together a flier/posters that are going to be posted around the communities (the whole valley almost) that are being affected by these roundups...to warn folks that if they see groups like MAIA or Freedom Riders to report it. I put Cop-watches on there so far. Thanks
ridingdirtyface@yahoo.com

Wow. You really are a black/white kinda absolutist huh...

Dont call me fucking liberal, I'm not. I'm for freedom of movement, and YES...OPEN GODDAMN BORDERS AND ABOLISHING CAPITALISM AND COMMUNISM . Abolish these systems that create a split between those who have and those who dont- THATS what causes black markets (the control of distribution/production of products) and black markets cause violence, so do borders and SO DOES CAPITAL and the psychotic notion of "Private property". It was stolen. Genocide was committed to obtain it. Are you so damn proud to be American still? To have "the greatest country in the world" (at the expense of others' lives and the torture and economic enslavement of millions to date?)

Oh yeah, Janie, you aren't a RACIST. You are a Jingoist. Look it up, I know you'll have to.

Sorry- knee jerk reaction to idiots calling me a Liberal.

On to reality...

Do you backwooded mutants actually think Russell Pearce`s written letter to Arpaio means anything? Ha..

Gilbert mayor would welcome the Jackass but his circus sweeps is not needed:

"I'm failing to see it as a problem(immigrants) here, and I'm not seeing people standing on our corners."
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/113662
Surprise--surprise!
See? Immigration is not an issue in Gilbert, you fuckin troglodytes.

"Candidates at Thurday night debate organized by the Tribune LARGELY said they'd RESIST Arpaio`s patrols."

Most of the Tempe City Council members expressed skeptisicm and opoisition to Sheriff Joe`s dubious "crime suppression sweeps:

http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/113542

By a margin this tells you dipshits that Russell Pearce`s has no consolidated stance in the East Valley, coonie.

Your media whore is losing more ground.

hey joe what,s that sound?you better look around, it,s the fed,s coming down.what are you going to do when they come for you,bad joe-bad joe.to all the readers of this fine paper who live outside of arizona,here,s our chance to weigh in on nickle-bag.he,s misusing federal monies,contact your congressman and senators and demand an investigation of asshole.

hey joe what,s that sound?you better look around, it,s the fed,s coming down.what are you going to do when they come for you,bad joe-bad joe.to all the readers of this fine paper who live outside of arizona,here,s our chance to weigh in on nickle-bag.he,s misusing federal monies,contact your congressman and senators and demand an investigation of asshole.

Regarding Janie V's headline "Border Patrol Slams Mesa Mayor" note that according to the notice posted (in extremely fine print) at the top of the local2544.org homepage, "This is not an official Border Patrol website".

Apparently though, it's an unaffiliated website run in the name of the members of the Tucson Union Local of the Border Patrol. This union claims to be the largest in the U.S. Border Patrol with more than 3,000 members, so it's worth checking out. Not, I hasten to add, because I am advocating its views, but merely because the views advocated there are so inflammatory. For example, the following can be found in the "News and Media" section at the website:

"District of West Texas Persecutor [public prosecutor] Johnny 'House of Death' Sutton [pictured]
Don't let the smile fool you. This man is a Border Patrol agent's worst enemy. He will lie and he will buy false testimony from illegal aliens and dope dealers. He conspires regularly with the Mexican Consulate in order to put Border Patrol agents in jail..."

And that is typical of the "news" items to be found there. Other enemies of the people listed there (besides "illegal alien panderer" Mesa Police Chief George Gascon) include "clueless disgrace" Phoenix Police Chief Jack Harris, "the dishonorable" Grant Woods, and "sellout" Senators Kyl and McCain. Links are provided to at least two Minuteman websites (listed as "Border Patrol Support Groups") among others.

I fully support their First Amendment rights. My point is that if this is in line with the views of a majority of the Local's rank and file, that's worth knowing. And if it isn't in line with their views, that's worth knowing too.

Funny, not a peep from any of you morons today.

Oh wait, I just saw on the news that the Gay Pride parade is going on. That explains why you are all busy chasing "tail".

Todd:
for someone who says they dont support joe, you sure sound like you do...wihtout resorting to childish antics and name calling, can you explain to me what your position is? just like to know what side your on cause you seem like you have a lot of rage against new times or anyone who stands up to joe...

Janie Jingo says: ??? I may be wrong, you now sound like a communist, and a very angry man/woman who probably doesn't get out much.

Delusional, to say the least and you need the type of help not found on the internet. I wish you the best and hope you do not hurt yourself or others close to you.

Well, that's probably a good thing since Arpaio has you bent over so much....

Todd Stallion says: I'm back and Greased Up and ready for action.

"Well, that's probably a good thing since Arpaio has you bent over so much...."

Talk about Broke Back Mountain. Lol....

Whew. I just got done posting in the E.J. Mountini forum addressing this poor-poor Brandy fellow, hopefully she's got the message, like if it matters.
They're easily manipulated by those Joe`s Shows, that only the strong headed thinkers like Sal-Reza can see through such hyberbole.....

ARIZONA SUCKS!!! I can't believe illegal immigrants actually want to come to your ass-backward, dusty state full of stinky people like joe asspigio. You should be thanking the Mexicans for being the only people in the world who actually want to live within h 1000 miles of your states armpit stink. You shouldn't kick them out...send them a thank you letter. No legal American would want to come anywhere near your state. We should just give your state to Mexico because nobody would miss it.

Naw its you that needs the head check. Its just hard to fit a whole political view/theory into a paragraph, because honestly, thats all you're worth.

Plus I was just havin' some fun- you are an easy target because your ignorance bleeds out your nose practically. Stop posting biased "statistics" and soforth. Oh and thanks for the two second psychoanalysis, that was a hoot too.

Before slamming the state of Arizona, one ought to consider that most of the population came there from somewhere else. Basically it has become a reservoir of idiots from the entire country, creating a sort of concentration that looks really bad.

drudge report dated april 13,mayor goober asks the f.b.i. to investigate nicklebag for racial profiling.

Now there's a fact, and they vote for Arpaio as well.

Before slamming the state of Arizona, one ought to consider that most of the population came there from somewhere else. Basically it has become a reservoir of idiots from the entire country, creating a sort of concentration that looks really bad.

Here's another perfect example of what illegals are bringing to our valley. Mesa really needs to get Gascon off his butt (or kissing Sheriff Joe's for helping)...

April 12, 2008
Gary Grado
East Valley Tribune

Martin Tapia, like hundreds of others, was snatched by cells of kidnappers and held for ransom — a practice that has been less publicized than ones in which competing bands of human smugglers snatch each other’s cargo or hold hostages in drop houses to leverage higher fees.

“We were just third-party victims of a world we don’t belong in,” Lori Tapia said.

Sgt. Phil Roberts, who oversees a portion of the Phoenix Police Department’s robbery unit, said his 17 detectives investigated 359 such kidnappings in 2007. And the trend has continued this year.

Mesa police also are beginning to see this type of kidnapping more regularly, said detective Chris Arvayo, police spokesman.

Roberts said the victims tend to be people from Mexico who have established themselves in the Valley by having a steady job or opening a business and are sometimes even U.S. citizens.

But Roberts said there are few innocent victims.

“We have yet to investigate a kidnapping where there has not been some drug-related involvement and/or coyote, human smuggling involvement with the victim,” Roberts said. “It may not exactly be him (the victim) but a relative involved in the trade.”

In the Tapias’ case, the connection to human smuggling came from a relative of Martin’s, who owed drug dealers money, according to a Chandler police report.

“You can’t pick your relatives,” Lori Tapia said. “Martin is the pillar of his family, and they took him to get to her.”

FOUR MEN WITH GUNS
The Tapias and their three children moved to the Valley three years ago from Douglas, where they taught at Cochise College and in the Douglas Unified School District.

They opened Ibiza Blue restaurant, a Hispanic nightclub at Alma School and Warner roads in Chandler, where the couple and their oldest son played as the house band. The band, consisting of accordion, keyboards and drums, also performs at other bars and events.

It was about 2:15 p.m. Feb. 25 and the restaurant was closed when a group of men appeared. One asked to use the restroom, and Lori kept the others occupied at the door.

They left, but returned about 30 seconds later.

All four men had handguns and began barking orders, tying up Lori and her two employees and leaving with Martin.

“The minute they came in that restaurant with those guns, they changed our lives,” Lori said.

Martin doesn’t know where they took him, but he knows his captors were paranoid, looking around for police.

They took him to a house and placed him in a room with a mattress and an end table, where they explained that it was his relative’s drug debt they were trying to collect.

“They say, ‘The problem is not with you ... it’s just not your lucky day,’” Martin said.

Lori’s children found her and the employees in the restaurant about an hour later, and she had to convince her teenage daughter not to call the police. Lori had been instructed to wait for a phone call, but it never came.

She finally called Chandler police around 9:30 p.m.

According to a Chandler police report, investigators spent two days in the restaurant gathering fingerprints, and for 10 days followed leads and worked with Lori to find the kidnappers.

All the while, Lori had to convince the kidnappers she hadn’t called police.

To make sure she hadn’t, Martin’s abductors would seat him in front of the Spanish television news everyday at 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. and threaten to kill him if the kidnapping was reported.

Roberts said Phoenix police are able to rescue about 60 percent of the victims. The rest either escape, are released or the victim’s family gets impatient and stops cooperating.

It takes days and sometimes weeks for a rescue and an arrest, but it also takes cooperation of the family. Roberts said most investigations are successful when the family helps.

“We have never had a victim turn up dead,” Roberts said.

HISTORY OF KIDNAPPING
Human rights groups consider Mexico one of the leaders in kidnapping in the world.

According to a 2007 human rights report by the U.S. State Department, “kidnapping remained a serious problem for persons of all socioeconomic level” in Mexico.

Experts interviewed by the Tribune don’t believe the kidnappings plaguing the Valley are a matter of Mexican culture or tradition. Instead, they said the kidnappings have more to do with economics and politics.

Jack Cloonan, a former FBI agent now president of Clayton Consultants, a company that helps individuals and companies resolve kidnappings in Mexico and around the world, said the economic disparities of Mexico and its high level of corruption are a “perfect storm” for kidnappers there.

Cloonan said there are traditional kidnap-for-ransom gangs that go back years, but they are now getting competition from drug cartels and other organized crime syndicates.

He said kidnapping is causing the middle class to flee Mexico.

Carlos Velez-Ibanez, an anthropologist and chairman of Arizona State University’s Department of Transborder Studies, said Mexican culture is based on mutual trust, so kidnapping violates all Mexican values.

Cloonan and Velez said the Valley’s kidnapping problems stem from the mingling of drug smuggling and human smuggling.

“It is the commoditization of people as objects to be bought and sold,” Velez said. “It’s not Mexican — it has to do with the commodity.”

INROADS IN MESA
Inquiries find East Valley cities have no where near the number of kidnappings that Phoenix has, but Mesa is beginning to get its share.

For example, two gunmen in December walked into a beauty salon at Eighth Avenue and Alma School Road and forced owner Reynalda Valdez-Cardenas to go with them.

She was released four days later in Phoenix.

A month later, two men were kidnapped from a home in the 1200 block of East Elton Avenue, near Stapley Drive and Broadway Road.

They were roughed up before being released a few days later.

Both cases remain unsolved, and even though there were ransom demands, it is unclear why they were taken, Arvayo said.

“That’s one of the hard things about these cases — we’ll investigate and we’ll never find out what the exact reason is, even though all the players know,” Arvayo said.

Mesa police did arrest Ramon Cabrera-Soto, 30, and Jose Sergio Espinoza-Vera, 35, on suspicion of kidnapping on March 10 after they lured Eric Galindo-Garnica to a house under the pretense he was going to repair a car for someone.

Galindo-Garnica told police Cabrera-Soto stuck a gun to his neck and Espinoza-Vera placed a hood over his head and forced him to the floor, according to court documents.

The kidnappers, strangers to Galindo-Garnica, then called his friend and brother and demanded $40,000 for his safe return.

He was able to escape a while later.

“A few years ago you couldn’t say we were dealing with this on a regular basis,” Arvayo said. “However, the city’s growing and it’s something we’re having to deal with.”

Roberts said as the kidnapping problem has grown in Phoenix, other crimes that his unit investigates, such as all types of robberies, get less immediate attention.

Kidnapping requires immediate action and lots of manpower, he said.

LIVES IN THE BALANCE
Martin Tapia stood between two of his captors on March 6 as they argued about whether he should live or die.

Eventually, one pointed a gun at the other and said Martin would live.

A day before, Chandler police set up a sting in Phoenix in which a SWAT team swooped in during a money drop and arrested Arturo Torrez, 35, in Martin’s kidnapping.

One suspect got away.

Martin was dropped off at 23rd Street and Broadway Road in Phoenix and told to count to 1,000.

“I counted to 99,” he said.

Martin decided not to prosecute Torrez, still in Maricopa County Jail awaiting transfer to the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Even though Martin and the kidnappers developed a rapport, they made one thing clear when they let him go, Lori Tapia said.

“They said, ‘You stay out of our lives and we’ll stay out of yours,’ ” she said. “That’s why Martin made the choice not to press charges.”

Brandy:

THen why doesnt joker go after them you should be asking. instead he follows his MO and goes after petty arrests, rather than harder to find, more dangerous criminals. this is just one of countless examples of not only poor resource allocations, but of poor leadership and decision making.

This guy is braking the constitution, and that is not American. I'm all for cracking down on illegal immigration but some people just use these topic to blanket their true thoughts, such as hate. Come on now, he served as a cop in D.C during the 60s. You don't think he might have gotten racist ideas during those times?

He should be working with the community, these small municipalities need to take a look at Chicago, LA, NYC. They are the safest cities in the US, Why? Because they actually get everyone involved in a big crime. Not just immigrants. They work with the people of the community to co-operate and build trust, to catch the thugs.