Illegals have apparently been loitering in front of an Arizona furniture store waiting to be picked up for work and the store owner thinks it detracts from his business. He wants them moved. Nobody else will do it so Sheriff Joe is taking care of it
Human rights protestors lined the sidewalk in front of Pruitt’s Furniture in Phoenix, chanting and holding signs saying things like “don’t buy from racists”. Protestor Dorleen Kunkel says she’s here to fight intimidation. Her anger is aimed at Sheriff Joe Arpaio. His deputies have been hired by Pruitt’s to keep day laborers away. Kunkel says stepping over the border doesn’t rate with committing real crimes, like robbery and murder - things she says the Sheriff’s Department should be persuing.
The Sheriff says they will take care of business, if they violate any illegal immigration laws they’re going to jail. And that’s exactly what happened Saturday. The head of the American Civil Liberties Union’s legal division was arrested. Not for violating immigration laws, but for trespassing. Deputies say they told him 6 times to leave the property, he refused to leave, so he was put in handcuffs. He has been booked into 4th Avenue jail. Despite the arrest the protest continued.
Pruitts is not only tired of protestors - but Mayor Phil Gordon. In the past, Pruitt’s owner claimed Gordon and Phoenix Police wouldn’t address his problem of day laborers - so he looked to Sheriff Joe.
Protestors say they think what he’s doing is wrong. They say he’s bothering people who are just trying to make a living for their familes.
