Count our own George Gascon among the nation's police chiefs speaking out against a controversial Arizona immigration bill that would require police officers in that state to arrest anyone they suspect of being in the country illegally. Posted on 04/22/2010 9:41:28 PM PDT by SmithL
Count our own George Gascon among the nation's police chiefs speaking out against a controversial Arizona immigration bill that would require police officers in that state to arrest anyone they suspect of being in the country illegally.
Gascon, who was the top cop in the Phoenix suburb of Mesa before being tapped for the San Francisco job last year, said the Arizona legislation "will have a catastrophic effect on policing and set back community policing efforts for decades."
Some cops are warning the law would impede their efforts to fight violent crime because witnesses and victims will be reluctant to come forward for fear of being arrested as an undocumented immigrant. Other officers say removing illegal immigrants from the streets will reduce crime.
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Stick to your own beat, flatfoot.
Maybe catastrophic for California, but not for Arizona.
Maybe he’s afraid all the illegals from AZ will move west to his state.
Bad City of Mesa Mayor.
It’s an Arizona bill/law. You screwheads in San Fransicko can do whatever you want, it doesn’t apply to you.
“...removing illegal immigrants from the streets will reduce crime.”
THEY ARE ILLEGAL ALIENS - NOT IMMIGRANTS!
The cop from The Village People is more of a man than this loser.
Gascon knows where they’ll all be heading when they beat feet from Arizona. ROTFL!!! It’s tough being a “sanctuary city.”
Ping!
Well, of course it’s catastrophic! It threatens to prove his sanctuary policies are all wrong.
Gascon knows where they’ll all be heading when they beat feet from Arizona. ROTFL!!! It’s tough being a “sanctuary city.”
You nailed it perfectly!
What is it with Phoenix? It’s mayor is a leftist pro-illegal immigration nut and so is it’s current police chief.
Then you have this former police chief Gascon and the top idiot of all, Janet Napolitano.
The insane versus:
JOE ARPAIO, Gov. Breamer? (SP), the Border Police, ranchers and all the other law-abiding citizens who have been terrorized by illegal immigrant criminals.
Too much sun for some on the loony left?
Poll the likely voters of California and see how they feel about Arizona’s proposed law.
Bet they’ll be overwhelmingly in favor of doing the same thing in their state.
This new Arizona law might start a chain reaction.
BINGO
I sure hope so. We could use it in Texas, although we're not nearly as infected as California is.
What is it with these guys coming from Arizona. Houston’s former Chief of Police was also from Arizona and refused to do anything about all the illegals, even though he was Black and illegals and Blacks gangs clashed frequently. Between the former Houston Mayor - who is now running for Governor against Perry, the CP and the City Council, Houston is now a safe place for all illegals.
This bozo was alway fighting with Sheriff Arpaio over illegal immigration. Sheriff Joe basically ran this clown off. Gascon knew he could never get Arpaio’s job.
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