arizona, you're on notice

[amezri]

ARIZONA HAS LOST THEIR MINDS.

Meant to post this yesterday, but I forgot. YOU GUYS, I thought Texas was the craziest state? What is this fuckery?

Governor expected to sign SB1070, as statewide rallies and walkouts continue
The New York Times, The Arizona Republic (not exactly the bastion of liberal thinking), Arizona Congressman Raul Grijalva, Stephen Colbert, and now President Obama have all come out against this legislation which would require Arizona law enforcement officers to ask people for proof of citizenship during legal contacts. If they don't have proof of citizenship on their person, they are presumed to be illegal.

Whites can't tell the difference between people of color anyway, so now cops are just going to be pulling people over and harassing them for no reason other than the color of their skin. And yes, I KNOW this does happen anyway, but now it's going to be LEGAL TO DO SO. "Oh hey, I thought this brown guy was an illegal immigrant from Mexico, so hey, I stopped him. And threw him in jail. Because he didn't have any proof of citizenship."

Not that I'm planning on going to Arizona any time soon, but I if do (or if this bill becomes some sort of nation-wide trend), I do not want to have to carry citizenship paperwork with me because I might get hassled by the cops. NO. Just, NO. You know where you have to carry citizenship and residential paperwork with you when you walk around your own country? CHINA. Yeah, let's use that as a model.

Comments

[buhfly.livejournal.com]

No, believe me, this is fucking ridiculous and it makes my skin crawl and makes me want to throw up. I can't believe she's doing this. Tons of us have called in/e-mailed/faxed to oppose it—WAY MORE than people who are for it have called in—and she's still for it.

On top of that, she just signed something in that makes it legal to concealed carry a weapon WITHOUT A LICENSE and to BRING IT INTO A BAR. It's like she's gone into Opposite Mode or something. I mean, honestly, WHAT THE FUCK.

[amezri.livejournal.com]

I believe there are sane people who live in Arizona (obviously!), but apparently the law makers are batshit insane.

What a crazy person! I can't believe this is going to go through! There are a lot of non-whites who live in Arizona legally, from what I can remember. This is going to be a huge mess.

[arysani.livejournal.com]

Dude. WTF indeed!

I mean, driver's license isn't enough proof of citizenship? You already get tossed in the clink if you can't provide your DL when you're stopped, so why the hell does there need to be MORE crap?

Dear Arizona, what kind of crack are you on? No love, Stacy.

[amezri.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure. Can you get a DL without proof of citizenship? It's been a while since I had to apply...

Srsly, I think they want to be able to legally harass people of color into leaving.

[arysani.livejournal.com]

You can't - I mean, you don't have to provide it every time you renew, but that's why there was all the hubub about DLs for illegals - b/c currently a DL is only issued to legal citizens, so it's technically proof of citizenship, etc etc blah di blah blah.

It's overkill.

[assassin-chick.livejournal.com]

Oh, but that's not even the best bit! Not only will it be LEGAL for cops to do so - they're fucking REQUIRED to!! Wtf?

God. Between this and the report that a judge back in Oz ruled that race was a "mitigating circumstance" when 5 white guys beat an aboriginal man to death, I'm beginning to think that I have nowhere left to go...

[amezri.livejournal.com]

A judged rules what? Oh man, what is wrong with people these days?!