The Los Angeles City Council today joined the growing list of cities and organizations boycotting Arizona because of our new “papers please” legislation SB 1070. Well, kinda sorta.According to LA Times reporter Phl Willon, the council voted to “ban most city travel to Arizona and future contracts with companies” here,…
The news has been such a downer lately, what with Arizona declaring war on Hispanics, the near-universal condemnation of Arizona’s new “papers please” legislation, and a boycott of Arizona that could cost the City of Phoenix alone $90 million, that I’ve decided we all need some lighter fare, if only…
Guadalupe activist Andrew Sanchez and activist Margarito Blancas got the CNN treatment today, in a piece running on CNN’s Web site with the header “Cop-watchers look for racial profiling on the streets of Phoenix.”CNN tagged along with Sanchez and Blancas (CNN has the latter’s name as “Blanco,” though I’ve always…
You know it’s bad when California’s tres unpopular, washed-up screen star guv — whose dad was a member of the Nazi party back in the day — is using your state’s “papers please” law as the butt of his shuck-and-jive before a crowd of college grads.”I was also going to…
No doubt you’ve heard about Sheriff Joe’s weekend visit to Stoney’s Rockin’ Country bar and dance hall in Las Vegas. It was protested by about 200 people, who called him a racist and yelled, “Arpaio go home!” at him. This guy’s name is mud nationwide. Just wait till he’s (hopefully)…
If you’re not a basketball person or a Suns fan, you should head out to the Valley Art on Mill Ave. in Tempe today and check out the documentary 9500 Liberty. I caught the film last night, and was intrigued by its depiction of the conflict in Prince William County,…
Sultans of falsehoods: Man, is Bill O’Reilly looking old these days, or what?The lefty Think Progress Web site has addressed an absurd, nativist shibboleth that I’ve heard kicking around the conservanut echo chamber lately: The lie that SB 1070, Arizona’s new “papers please” legislation, is actually supported by a majority…
Just caught this anti-SB 1070 hip-hop on YouTube. The dopest track out there right now on the subject. Already gone viral. The revolution, it will be YouTube-ized. Enjoy…
The nine activists arrested after chaining themselves to the Arizona state Capitol in an act of civil disobedience over SB 1070 — known to many as “the Capitol Nine” — will be honored next week with a billboard-size digital mural in San Francisco’s Mission District.The billboard was commissioned by San…
UPDATE, 9:44 PM: Received the statement below from the Phoenix PD shortly after posting this item. Suspect’s name is Gary Kelley. Victim’s name is Juan Varela. See bottom of post for more.***Police are saying that a 50 year-old white male shot his 44 year-old Hispanic neighbor in South Phoenix in…
Mesa neo-Nazi J.T. Ready’s been getting around lately, earning play in the local media by calling Cinco de Mayo “Report an Illegal Day” on behalf of his beloved National Socialist Movement, or showing up to support Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s “pick” for Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery. Now he’s scoring some high-profile…
The man right-wing crackers love to hate, the Reverend Al Sharpton, preached to standing ovations from the crowd at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church Wednesday night, in an impressive show of opposition to Arizona’s new “papers please” immigration law, which he blasted as encouraging the profiling of Latinos.Afterward, Sharpton donned a…
Hollywood director Robert Rodriguez of Sin City and El Mariachi fame has dissected Arizona’s new “papers please” legislation in the coolest way imaginable, producing what he calls an “illegal trailer” for his upcoming Mexploitation flick Machete, a trailer that slices and dices the new law with abandon.With a cast starring badass…
In advance of a service to be held tonight at Phoenix’s Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church, and a subsequent march to the state Capitol, the Reverend Al Sharpton blasted Arizona’s new “papers please” legislation during a press conference, supporting a boycott of the state and promising “freedom walkers” brought in from…
Acclaimed actor Danny Glover, known for his role as Mel Gibson’s cop sidekick in the Lethal Weapon film series as well as for his Emmy-nominated role in the TV movie Mandela, joined Mayor Phil Gordon today at the Phoenix Convention Center to denounce Arizona’s new “papers please” law, SB 1070.With…
Suns managing partner Robert Sarver has announced his opposition to Arizona’s new “papers please” legislation, adding a unique touch by saying that players will don their “Los Suns” jerseys for the second game in the NBA Western Conference semifinals against the San Antonio Spurs Wednesday, which is Cinco de Mayo.The…
DayPortPlayer.newPlayer({articleID:”28679″,bannerAdObjectID:”35″,videoAdObjectID:”34″,videoAdConDefID:”11″,playerInstanceID:”24FAD9E0-DC70-2532-414F-7E6F051C4C2F”,domain:”knxv.web.entriq.net”,rootCategory:””,categoryID:”3″,accPos:”CCTVI.NEWS.PHOENIX”,accSite:”KNXV”});Phoenix’s ABC 15 did a little report last night on neo-Nazi J.T. Ready’s latest racist efforts, this one a flier he and his fellow swastika-lickers in the National Socialist Movement are handing out, renaming Cinco de Mayo as “Report an Illegal Day.”Ready opposes Cinco de Mayo because, “We don’t celebrate…
There will be at least one big gun in Phoenix this Wednesday to protest Arizona’s new “papers please” legislation, though no one’s yet sure if there will be a “lethal weapon” in tow as well. Confirmed for a Wednesday appearance at Phoenix’s Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church is the Rev. Al…
If a boycott of Arizona over its new “papers please” legislation is to be a home run, Major League Baseball could be the effort’s star player.MLB Players Association Executive Director Michael Weiner issued a statement Friday signaling the union’s disapproval of the new law, warning that, “If the current law goes into…
It’s interesting how President Barack Obama’s contempt for the undocumented rears its head from time to time.For instance, though he did blast Arizona’s new “papers please” legislation just before Governor Jan Brewer signed it into law, he later told reporters aboard Air Force One that “there may not be an…
A Pinal County Sheriff’s Deputy was shot and wounded today by suspected drug runners smuggling an unknown quantity of marijuana through the desert. The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office identified the injured Deputy as Louie Puroll, 53, a fifteen year veteran of the department. PCSO spokeswoman Lt. Tamatha Villar said that Puroll was doing well, and had…
As most of you have no-doubt heard, there’s strong speculation that Sheriff Joe Arpaio will announce his run for Arizona Governor on Monday. Personally, I hope he does run. He’ll have to resign to do so, and the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors will get to appoint a replacement. That…
