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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-30-10 11:28 PM
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"Hey, there are some Mexicans standing on the corner. You need to check them out."
"We are in a tenuous position as law enforcement," Tucson Police Chief Roberto A. Villaseñor said, noting that the law allows citizens to sue police agencies that do not enforce it. "No matter which way we go, there are lawsuits in the wings. The ones who are going to get beaten up on this most are the law enforcement agencies."

...The day after the Arizona legislature approved the bill, the police headquarters was flooded with phone calls. A typical complaint, according to Villaseñor, was this: "Hey, there are some Mexicans standing on the corner? You need to check them out."

The police chief considered the requests "ridiculous" because "a lot of people stand on street corners." Villaseñor, a Tucson native who joined the police force in 1980 and became chief last year, said he understands the frustrations but objects to the law on several levels.

"Too many vagaries," he said. He said that he doubts there is a law officer "anywhere in the state of Arizona" who can accurately describe how to enforce the measure and that he fears it will lead to racial profiling, despite the law's prohibition of the practice.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/29/AR2010042904970.html?hpid=topnews
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-01-10 12:30 AM
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1. Havocdad wants to get a group of guys together, have them wear lederhosen and stand around in AZ
Then he wants to see if any of those redneck 'patriots' demand somebody card them.
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-01-10 12:37 AM
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2. I'm in.
I am even fluent in German.
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-01-10 12:42 AM
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3. Cool, so is he!
Hey, Bear, can you yoddle? Been looking for a yoddle coach; it's on my bucket list and time is gettin short ;)
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-01-10 12:52 AM
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4. No, I'm a baritone, sorry!@
:)
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-01-10 12:58 AM
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5. ::sigh::
Gotta find a yodel coach
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-01-10 03:11 PM
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7. We need to find you a Swiss yodeler, pronto!
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Tunkamerica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-01-10 01:35 AM
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6. yodel
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TCJ70 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-01-10 03:18 PM
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8. If I were an officer and heard that request...
...I'd ask the person making the request to provide me with their birth certificate on the spot or get in my squad car.
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-01-10 03:19 PM
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9. Using reverse trace, go to the house that made that call...
and cite them with making a false police claim :)
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