Despite the international boycott of Arizona, a boycott of which has not been seen since apartheid, the America Bar Association decided not to cancel there conference at the Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort in Phoenix.
Well this morning, we snuck into the conference and were ready to pounce and call out the American Car Association leadership for crossing the picket line. We were surprised to find out that the ABA made sure that the hotel had extra security. Though these guys have no legal authority, they did not hesitate to shove people around and try to seize peoples property by ripping flyers out of our hands.
Of course, the ABA says that it was not their fault, they planned the trip three years ago, etc.
They have offered to make a statement about how bad the law is, blah blah blah.
Of course, before the ABA showed up in Phoenix, the movement asked the world to do one thing and one thing only: Boycott AZ.
The ABA showing up in Arizona at this time is like them showing up in Montgomery, Alabama in 1956 and buying bus tokens.
Shame on you ABA.
Here is my crew practicing our protest song in the way to the car on the way to the hotel.
What a shame that you are crossing the “pickett line”. Even the City of Los Angeles back up the people of Arizona and you lawyers don’t have the guts to stand up for INJUSTICE.
Perhaps you should focus your attention on California.. California’s penal code section 834b requires, not merely permits, law enforcement to attempt to verify the immigration status of people who are suspected of being in the US illegally.The California law requires verification of immigration status when a person has been arrested. Under section 834 of the Calif. Penal Code, that means when a person has been taken into custody. Arizona requires verification when there has been “any lawful stop, detention, or arrest.” Note that HB2162, the amendments to the original Arizona law, inserted “any lawful stop, detention or arrest” in place of “contact. Arizona requires verification when there is “reasonable suspicion” that the person being stopped, detained, or arrested might be in the US illegally. California does not require “reasonable” suspicion. Verification is required only if it is “suspected” that the person is in the US illegally.But one difference stands out. Nothing in the California Penal Code Section 834b prohibits police from basing their decision on a person’s race or ethnicity the way HB2162 explicitly prohibits Arizona police from considering “race, color, or national origin” when carrying out their duties “except to the extent permitted by the United States or Arizona Constitution.” Again, Arizona’s SB1070 prohibited police from solely basing their actions on “race, color or national origin.” HB2162 deleted the word “solely,” which means that the police cannot consider these factors at all unless it is permitted by the US and Arizona Constitutions.