The nativists can howl at the moon in victory. As of today, Immigration and Customs Enforcement took custody of Ciria Lopez-Pacheco, the mother torn from her children January 9 by a ski-masked MCSO deputy as part of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s latest anti-immigrant sweep. ICE spokesman Vinnie Picard confirmed this for me…
So far, this is still our fave way to fight Redflex’s robotic photo enforcement sentinels. Aussie photo enforcement firm Redflex is crowing like a stud rooster today, issuing a press release from Redflex flack Shoba Vaitheeswaran, announcing that its Scottsdale-based rival, American Traffic Solutions, has voluntary withdrawn its administrative challenge…
Already, Lopez-Pacheco looks a few pounds lighter than in this January 9, MCSO mugshot.Ciria Lopez-Pacheco looks longingly at children in the Estrella Jail visitation room who have been brought in to see their mothers. The activist I’m with, Lydia Guzman of the human rights organization Respect/Respeto, speaks Spanish to Lopez-Pacheco,…
When, I wonder, will Ciria Lopez-Pacheco finally be reunited with her children? The extremely well-read site Huffington Post just picked up on the plight of undocumented mom Ciria Lopez-Pacheco, who was torn from her children the evening of January 9, during Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s anti-immigrant sweep in the west…
This tagger ain’t no Basquiat, but then again, it’s only a tag… As was recently mentioned in a report by my colleague Ray Stern, the Phoenix PD has released images of some of the first graffiti ever on the Phoenix Metro Light Rail. And for this historic occasion, wherein the PMLR gets…
Embedded video from CNN Video What’s the difference between neo-Nazi hugger, and forwarder of white supremacist e-mail, state Senator Russell Pearce and Gov. Janet Napolitano on immigration? Well, to judge by this CNN excerpt from Nappy’s DHS confirmation hearings yesterday, I’d say, not much. A lot’s being made in the…
Seems like Michelle D. just can’t stay away from the fray.Could it be? Is she back? And if so, will she finally let me paint her toenails as we debate the finer points of U.S. immigration policy? I’m talking about the former head of the now defunct Mothers Against Illegal…
The latest Dennis Gilman video is a doozy. It covers the MCSO sweep in the west Valley, and shows some of the ski-masked deputies involved. Having MCSO deputies pulling over cars for traffic stops in black masks like this is reminiscent of some South American dictatorship. It’s meant to terrorize…
“Frankie the Snitch” groveling before the Board of Supervisors in September. I had a funny feeling the MCSO might block yours truly if I headed down to the love-in between Guadalupe Mayor Frankie Montiel and Joe Arpaio today at the Wells Fargo Building, where Joe has his high-rent offices. But, hey,…
I really hate being right in this town. But here in a brief e-mail announcement from the MCSO is the outcome of what I wrote about on January 7 in the blog post “Something Wicked This Way Comes,” and in last week’s Bird item “Frankie the Snitch.” Specifically, both articles…
These pics were sent to me by a photo enforcement foe. Does this mean we have a mole on the inside? Heh, could be… Everything looks normal from the rear. But from the front, hey, what’s that on the dash? Looks like someone has good taste in reading material…
See the new lyrics for this song by “dude” below — after the jump, if you’re in the abridged version. Once in a long while, a commenter emerges from this blog who befuddles other blogilla gorillas, an anonymous wing-nutty tard who shakes things up with his (or her)masturbatory use of the blog…
Ah, happy days…Mesa neo-Nazi J.T. Ready (left) and state legislator Russell Pearce, get frisky with each other in June of 2007. Hey, you know you have a rock-hard coalition when you have a two-fisted, pinko liberal like me, and a right-wing ogre like state Senator Russell Pearce — forwarder of…
When it rains it pours, people. Needless to say, it’s late, but I just caught this errant ball from the MCSO’s list of recent press releases. I think it pretty much speaks for itself. Perhaps Sheriff Joe should spend less time roving the West Valley with a military-style force looking for…
How much is this egomaniac gonna cost us in the longrun? The county’ll have bupkis before it’s all over with. Who shot down the sheriff (metaphorically speaking), and for the second time, no less? The National Commission on Correctional Health Care, which as of Friday rejected an appeal of an…
MCSO spokesman Aaron Douglas, mugging for the camera during this weekend’s operation. Is he SGM? According to the latest numbers released by the MCSO, there were a total of 52 suspects taken into custody during Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s entire two day anti-immigrant sweep in the West Valley. Of these 52, 14 were…
(NOTE: Please see below for update and mugshot of the mother.)This disturbing video was taken last night by Phoenix civil rights activist Sal Reza during Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s latest anti-immigrant sweep in the West Valley, which is ongoing as I type. Reza witnessed two MCSO deputies, at least one of…
“Every life is precious,” Joe kept saying of murder victims. Who is he tryin’ to kid?The citizens of Buckeye and Avondale can rest easy tonight knowing that sheriff’s deputies with assault rifles, body armor, and ski masks are busy pulling over old ladies and Hispanics with expired tags. This was…
As I noted back on December 12, and as you can see from the photo above, numerous sheriff’s deputies were involved in Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s star turn on the three episode Fox Reality pilot, Smile…You’re Under Arrest! So on December 12, I sent a formal public records request to the…
Arpayaso harasses brown folk again, this time near Buckeye. Hot off his trip to NYC where he made an ass of himself on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s starting his first Hispanic-hunting foray of the season, as you can see from the press release below. The anti-brown dragnet…
Fortunately, things didn’t get quite this bad. At least they kept their clothes on…UPDATE 1/9/09: If you missed it, and are a glutton for punishment, you can watch Arpaio’s appearance on O’Brien’s show, here. Arpaio’s segment starts about 28:38 in, or if you hit the “Chapters” button below the video,…
Has the Town of Guadalupe cut a deal with Sheriff Joe Arpaio? And is another anti-immigrant sweep of the city coming down the pike? Could be, on both counts. According to court records, as of January 5, 2009, the Town of Guadalupe ended its federal law suit against the MCSO,…
