Posted on 03/19/2016 11:02:53 AM PDT by Kaslin
PHOENIX (KPHO/KTVK) -
Trump protesters were blocking vehicles leading into Fountain Hills in advance of Donald Trump’s campaign stop Saturday morning.
Maricopa County sheriff's deputies were seen directing tow trucks to start hauling the violators away.
Arizona Department of Public Safety troopers pulled up to assist deputies at Shea Boulevard and State Route 87, where protestors, standing shoulder-to-shoulder, maneuvered their vehicles to block traffic.
Earlier in the morning, protesters were lining up in Phoenix in advance of Donald Trump’s appearance at a campaign event at the Phoenix Convention Center.
Trump was appearing with Sean Hannity at 9 a.m. for a town hall meeting.
Protesters were staging in Tonatierra Park and planned to march to the event in a peaceful protest.
They were carrying a message they want Trump to hear.
“We don’t want you here in Arizona,” said protester Salvador Reza. “We don’t want your hate.”
Protesters will march several blocks to where Trump will speak.
“We want to make sure that people know that not everyone is in agreement with Donald Trump,” Reza said. “There’s more than 50 percent of people who don’t want him.”
Trump is bringing his get-tough message on illegal immigration to Ground Zero.
“He’s already talking about building walls, not bridges. In the modern era, that’s not acceptable,” Reza said.
[RELATED: Trump rally to be held in Sheriff Joe Arpaio's hometown]
Trump supporters were out in full force, including Tim Tashio.
"“I want him to undo all the things the previous administration has forced upon us,’’ Tashio said.
Another supporter said Trump is a leader.
"Something we sorely need in this country now," Frank Tortorici said. "He says what he needs to say."
Following the downtown event, Trump will hold a rally Saturday at 11 a.m. at a park in Fountain Hills, the hometown of Sheriff Joe Arpaio. The lawman is a Trump ally known for immigration crackdowns that made him politically popular, but they were eventually barred by the courts.
Hundreds of immigrant rights advocates who have opposed the sheriff's tactics plan to line up outside the Trump event. They will be joined by members of a union that represents hotel workers and military veterans who say Trump is using hateful speech toward Muslims.
Francisca Porchas, organizing director for the Puente Movement, a civil-rights group in Phoenix, said her group sees Trump's views on immigration as being the same as the sheriff's.
"We want the Trump rise -- the Trump effect -- to end," Porchas said.
[RELATED: Arizona offers model for how Trump might win the White House]
In an interview, Arpaio said he isn't concerned about violence erupting at the park but that his officers are able to handle such situations. The town where the event is being held doesn't have its own police department, and Arpaio's office provides police protection there.
"If they violate the law, they will go to the tents," Arpaio said, referring to his practice of jailing people outdoors in surplus military tents. "I will have my vans out there to transport people who violate the law."
I'm still waiting to see how Putin will handle soros. That will solve the biggest problem in this world.
That irritates me too the way the media plays that way.
Good point.
Make it $1000 PLUS $150 per day. This wasn't a tow due to vehicle breakdown. It was done on purpose so make them PAY.
Teddy loves the violent thugs more than he loves Trump and Trump’s supporters. Long time. Long time.
Yup....
They were showing videos and talking about the NYC Anti Trump protest on FNC before the commercial breaks
Ya after they run a check on the cars and charge them with whatever.
Wanna bet that a lot of those cars will not be claimed?
The sheriffs office will run those cars and trace them back to an address even if they dont claim them. Unless they are stolen.
Putin would probably run a few over after which the rest of them would wet their pants and run home to mommy.
Yes, and remember? Under Reagan a few got killed in those protests. He told the law enforcement people to deal with them as they saw fit.
Berkley...
Better hurry. Tack $50 a day on that.
In an interview, Arpaio said he isn’t concerned about violence erupting at the park but that his officers are able to handle such situations. The town where the event is being held doesn’t have its own police department, and Arpaio’s office provides police protection there.
“If they violate the law, they will go to the tents,” Arpaio said, referring to his practice of jailing people outdoors in surplus military tents. “I will have my vans out there to transport people who violate the law.”
Tow the vehicles to an auto wrecking yard, smash the vehicles and use them as part of our great Wall!
Doesn’t he always get free tv coverage?
The people who have blocked by the anachists should call the Trump event and tell them ‘We are on the way, wait for us’.
Agree. But they need to have armed bouncers to do that, and most probably Libtards as well.
Said it before he should have learned from Chicago never schedule rallies on Saturdays. You see the signs are professional made and the paid scums from OWS and anonymous travelling from city to city paid by someone, etc. etc.
The answer: LeVoy Finnicum’s assassination!!!
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