Arizona
U.S. Senate panel to explore racial profiling in Alabama, Arizona
Alabama’s immigration law will be the subject of a U.S. Senate hearing next week about ending racial profiling in law enforcement. A witness list for the April 17 hearing has not been released, but the announcement specifically mentions Alabama’s immigration law. The hearing “will explore how profiling harms law enforcement and the different faces of [...]
Ariz. governor.: No disrespect meant toward Obama
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says she meant no disrespect when she pointed a finger at President Barack Obama while talking on an airport tarmac. But she says it was disrespectful toward her when he abruptly walked off Wednesday to shake spectators’ hands. Brewer and Obama had an intense discussion at the airport in Mesa, Arizona. [...]
Obama calls retiring Giffords an ‘inspiration’
President Barack Obama is praising Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords as an “inspiration” and “the very best of what public service should be.” Giffords announced Sunday that she intends to resign from Congress this week to concentrate on recovering from wounds suffered in an assassination attempt last January. Obama praised Giffords for “a dedication to fairness, [...]
Jury in Arizona bomb case hears audio using racial slurs
Jurors in the trial of two white supremacist brothers accused of bombing a black city official in Scottsdale on Tuesday heard audio tapes of the men using racial slurs and pointing out the bombing site to a government informant. Identical twin brothers Dennis and Daniel Mahon have pleaded not guilty in the 2004 bombing, which [...]
Arizona lawman Arpaio resembles southern sheriffs from 1960s
Newly documented policies and practices shaped by Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio that have created a “civil rights crisis” for the state’s 6.4 million Hispanic residents are being framed by community leaders as mimicking actions of segregationists, including southern sheriffs and state governors, who used force to subjugate blacks during their freedom struggles across the South [...]
