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Steve Lopez: A Phoenix cop takes a calm look at Arizona's immigration law - latimes.com
I realize this retired Phoenix cop's opinion is worthless because he's the son of a man who was "illegal" at one point, but he's got some interesting things to say. I also realize that the things I post that challenge our conservative posters are "uninteresting", so I don't expect them to comment.
About a shooting several years ago:
And something interesting:
I realize this retired Phoenix cop's opinion is worthless because he's the son of a man who was "illegal" at one point, but he's got some interesting things to say. I also realize that the things I post that challenge our conservative posters are "uninteresting", so I don't expect them to comment.
About a shooting several years ago:
All three suspects were illegal immigrants, and there was $7,000 worth of cocaine in the glove box of their car and a shotgun in the trunk.
"You had people calling the radio talk shows to take their shots," Davila told me back then. "It started with illegal aliens, and then it was, ‘Let's send all the Mexicans back.' "
His officers were on edge too, and Davila — immigrant, cop, peacemaker — found himself trying to keep the neighborhood from blowing.
"I told people that it's not whites or Hispanics who killed Marc," he said back then. "It's drug-dealing cop killers. The issue isn't ethnicity — it's crime and drugs."
And something interesting:
"One thing we worked on year in and year out was to get the trust and confidence of people who are undocumented, because as witnesses and as victims, we need to talk to them," Davila said. "We can't do that if they fear being deported."