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| Dupnik AZ Sheriff Refuses To Enforce New State Immigration Law |
| 2010-04-28 |
| An Arizona sheriff is the latest person to speak out about the state's new immigration legislation, saying he does not plan to enforce the divisive law. Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik calls Senate Bill 1070 a "stupid law" that will force officers to start profiling. He is one of the first local law enforcement officials to rebel against the law. "We don't need to enforce it. It would be irresponsible in my opinion to put people in the Pima County Jail at the taxpayers expense when i can give them to the Border Patrol," Dupnik said. The Sheriff admits he could get sued for failing to obey the law, but says that's a risk he's willing to take. The controversial bill was signed into law by Gov. Jan Brewer last Friday. U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva of Arizona told about 3,500 protesters gathered at the state Capitol that the Obama administration can help defeat the law by refusing to cooperate. "We're asking that his federal agencies, particularly Homeland Security, not cooperate with the implementation of this law. That's defeating this. That's the strategy," Grijalva said. National figures are also chiming in on the controversy. Rev. Al Sharpton said that just as freedom riders battled segregation in the 1960s, he would organize "freedom walkers" to challenge the Arizona bill. "We will go to Arizona when this bill goes into effect and walk the streets with people who refuse to give identification and force arrest," Sharpton said Sunday in New York. Which only matters if the police suspect they are illegal aliens. Imagine how unhappy he would be if he has to break other laws just to get arrested. And then ends up in Joe Arpaio's tent city for a hundred days in Summer, waiting for trial. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose |
| #19 lex, sort of like dufus? And all this time I thought it was spelled doofus. Maybe we could ask Dupnik. He ought to know by now. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-04-28 22:39 |
| #18 None of us has the right to pick and choose which laws we want to obey or not. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-04-28 17:47 |
| #17 Refusal to enforce the law is grounds for recall, I would think. |
| Posted by: mojo 2010-04-28 15:04 |
| #16 lex, sort of like dufus? |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2010-04-28 14:14 |
| #15 We can only hope the illegals he refuses to stop take trier drugs, crime, and rape to his household and not others who have a reasonable expectation the Sheriff would enforce the law to protect them. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2010-04-28 13:58 |
| #14 It's a sad day for America when we label people as criminals and arrest them just because they are breaking the law. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2010-04-28 12:48 |
| #13 IIRC "dupnik" in Polish and Czech is slang for dumba$$ (dup "stupid" + nik "person"). |
| Posted by: lex 2010-04-28 12:46 |
| #12 The law was passed with about 70% approval, Sherriffs are elected by the same voters. Can he win with 30%? This will work itself out. |
| Posted by: bigjim-CA 2010-04-28 12:26 |
| #11 Old Spook, you assume that this will go to a court where a judge will enforce the law, not enforce "social justice". |
| Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie 2010-04-28 11:55 |
| #10 Nice thing is, this sheriff, if someone cares to exercise their rights under the law, is on the hook for $1000 PER INFRACTION. Couple of van loads of illegals, and he loses his house. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2010-04-28 11:29 |
| #9 Wait! Wait amigos! This is...what you say, a STING operation, a gringo INS (spit-spit) trick! Dupnik and Joe Arpaio's are compadres! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-04-28 11:18 |
| #8 Sounds like not much has changed in southern Arizona in the last 129 years. Too bad for all the people who moved there assuming they had. I expect more collateral damage this time. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-04-28 10:57 |
| #7 http://www.digital-topo-maps.com/county-map/arizona.shtml To put this into perspective, here are the AZ counties. Pima, on the bottom, is solid Democrat, and includes Tucson. Just beneath is small Santa Cruz county, that contains North Nogales (S. Nogales is in Mexico). To the right of Pima is Cochise county, that just yesterday busted a major drug ring, and arrested a cartel mole working in the county prosecutor's office. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-04-28 10:11 |
| #6 Don't just fire him -- send the state police to find out what other laws he's been ignoring, and why. Bet they find a little (or a lot) of graft behind his stand. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2010-04-28 10:11 |
| #5 I would investigate this guy to see if he is on the payroll of Mexican drug dealers. |
| Posted by: Shoting Unelet2578 2010-04-28 09:58 |
| #4 What armyguy said. The man is refusing to do the job he was hired to do, as a matter of conscience, which must be respected. He should be given the opportunity to find a career that is a better fit with his skills and aspirations. Politics, perhaps... in a state other than Arizona. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-04-28 09:40 |
| #3 FIRE HIS AZZ |
| Posted by: armyguy 2010-04-28 07:57 |
| #2 Appears that Dupnik is bucking for a federal law enforcement postion where ignoring the law is rewarded. |
| Posted by: airandee 2010-04-28 07:40 |
| #1 The Sheriff admits he could get sued for failing to obey the law, but says that's a risk he's willing to take. Dupnik is worried about the 'risk' of litigation, but obviously not concerned about the impact of a murder committed by a illegal alien that his department stopped, but failed to check status on. Time for sheriff Dupnik to find other work. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-04-28 07:30 |