ACORN Launches Petition Against Racist Arizona Sheriff

by Randy Shaw via Beyond Chron

Wed, Feb 11, 2009 7:25AM

Tuesday, February 10, 2009 : There are some things that cannot go unchallenged. They are affronts to human dignity and to what it means to live in America. Last Wednesday, one of those things happened in Maricopa County, Arizona, where Phoenix is located. There, the county sheriff, Joe Arpaio, drawing on the worst aspects of Guantanamo Bay and America's use of the chain gang, marched 200 undocumented inmates of the County Jail across the city to their own special tent city.

There they are surrounded by an electric fence, as if they were cattle or worse, human chattel. The Phoenix New Times has a compelling story detailing last week's outrage. And I posted a call to action at my blog on the Huffington Post.

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