Tuesday, December 20, 2011

¡Bastante!

Please tell me there will be hell to pay for this one:
PHOENIX — A man found unresponsive in a jail cell after fighting with deputies over the weekend was on life support Monday, in a case that Latino activists say raises more questions about practices under Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

The family of Ernest Atencio has been speaking with an attorney, the leader of a Hispanic rights group and a Latino lawmaker about what happened to the 44-year-old while he was detailed at the Maricopa County sheriff’s jail in downtown Phoenix. The three leaders told The Associated Press that Atencio’s family is deciding when to take him off life support.
This happened just days after the Department of Justice released the results of an investigation concluding that the Maricopa County Sheriff and his office committed wide-ranging civil rights violations against Latinos, including a pattern of racial profiling and heavy-handed immigration patrols based on racially charged complaints.

No comments:

Post a Comment