{"id":138,"date":"2011-10-12T08:18:04","date_gmt":"2011-10-12T15:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/?p=138"},"modified":"2011-10-12T08:18:04","modified_gmt":"2011-10-12T15:18:04","slug":"oh-arizona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/?p=138","title":{"rendered":"Oh, Arizona"},"content":{"rendered":"

He’s lived in the USA for 30 years or more and has been a citizen for more than 20 years. He graduated from high school in LA. Recently unemployed, he does day jobs for people in his community—-helps with landscaping, assists in moving furniture, storage boxes, simple construction. And he volunteers with the Samaritans. They love him at the comedor in Nogales because he is a compadre, a friend, and of course speaks Spanish fluently. He spent his childhood in Jalisco and often goes back for celebrations and family events. He is a Mexican-American man and looks Latino. I live in a county in Arizona that is 80% Latino. Nothing unusual here.<\/p>\n

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All persons have the same rights...<\/p><\/div>\n

So this week he was walking to the store from his home in the desert—a small RV which he is fixing up. He is stopped by the sheriff along the road who asks for his \u201cID\u201d. My friend obligingly pulled out his Driver’s License to show the sheriff.<\/p>\n

He asks, \u201cWhy are you stopping me? Have I done something wrong?\u201d<\/p>\n

The sheriff does not answer his question, but asks, \u201cDo you have any outstanding warrants?\u201d<\/p>\n

My friend shrugs and says, \u201cNo—but why are you asking me these questions?\u201d<\/p>\n

The sheriff asks, \u201cWhere are you going?\u201d<\/p>\n

My friend responds, \u201cI don’t understand why you are stopping me and asking me all of this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Sheriff replies, \u201cWell, this is an educational stop. You are walking on the wrong side of the road. You should be facing traffic when you walk.\u201d<\/p>\n

Give me a frigging break.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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