Al Sharpton calls for Arizona sheriff to step down

Reuters ^ | April 7, 2009

[Free ThinkerNY]

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. civil rights activist Al Sharpton weighed into a fight over an Arizona sheriff's immigration sweeps on Tuesday, accusing him of racially profiling Hispanics and urging him to step down.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has dispatched deputies into Hispanic communities in the Phoenix area, where they stop people and arrest anyone who cannot prove he or she is a legal U.S. resident.

Under a deal allowing them to enforce federal immigration laws, the deputies have arrested more than 1,500 people who they determined were in Arizona illegally, triggering street protests and condemnation from Latino activists who accuse him of racial profiling.

"I am first calling for the resignation and or removal of Sheriff Arpaio ... harassment based on color is nothing short of racial profiling, which many of us ... helped to fight to make against the law," Sharpton told reporters.

[al baby]

To hell with Al Sharpton

[Ben Mugged]

Anyone check Al’s record on being right?

[TSgt]

What has happened to our country when people actually care about what Al Sharpton has to say?

[ZULU]

I call for “Mr.” Sharpeton to step down - from whatever he thinks he is.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

I have a better idea. YOU step down you crook!!!

[ConservativeMind]

There he goes again.

[alarm rider]

What race are Hispanics?

[gunner03]

Al Sharpton can go F888 himself. When will it end ?

[A_Former_Democrat]

Or being “color-blind”?

[Da Coyote]

Sharpton. Morals and IQ right up there with the Obamaloon.

[hugorand]

Al Sharpton wants someone fired for enforcing laws on the book? Yaaawn.

[Buddygirl]

NO WAY! The one good sheriff in America and Sharpton wants him taken down? Sharpton, go stick your head in the sand, bud! I am tired of seeing good people who are trying to keep America sane smeared!!!!

[al baby]

Figure 8 himself 3 times?

[MrB]

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has dispatched deputies into Hispanic communities in the Phoenix area, where they stop people and arrest anyone who cannot prove he or she is a legal U.S. resident.

That is a lie.

Arpaio's deputies arrest people for crimes, and if they're illegal aliens, they are held for that as well.

[Responsibility2nd]

"I am first calling for the resignation and or removal of Sheriff Arpaio ... harassment based on color is nothing short of racial profiling, which many of us ... helped to fight to make against the law," Sharpton told reporters.

Sharpton - idiot that he is - should be told that Hispanics are NOT a race. They're an ethnic group.

[buck61]

Old pay no taxes Sharpton,needs to shut the hell up!!!!

[Doogle]

another tax cheat

[Recovering Hermit]

When will it end?

Not until the likes of Al Sharpton stop wasting perfectly good air.

[ccmay]

Well, that does it for me. Arpaio was starting to grate on my nerves, and I voted for his opponent this time around, but if Al Sharpton thinks he’s no good then I think I’ll have to begin supporting him again.