To Serve and Protect
Or
To Hunt for Undocumented and Racially
Profile
PRESS CONFERENCE
Location: Macehualli Work Center
16801 N.
25th Street
Phoenix
Arizona
Time: 11:00
a.m.
Date: June 1,
2012
Re: City of Phoenix Police Racial Profiling
in light of their own SB1070, Police Order 4.48
Jesus Aguilar Saenz recently
participated in a Community Forum with the Phoenix Police Department,
protesting profiling actions of Police Officer Graham. After numerous
complaints by the community on the West side, Graham had been transferred to
the North, and chose the Palomino neighborhood to stop, question, and harass
brown skinned community members including mothers on their way to take children
to school. In an internal investigation police denied racial profiling admitted
he needed “sensitivity” training and transferred him away from the heavily
populated Mexican and Guatemalan community.
On Thursday May 31st,
another officer in Palomino, Phoenix Police Officer Ryder arrested Jesus when
he and a friend were pushing a truck out of the traffic lane after the truck
stalled. Is this a case of
retaliation and the continuation of racial profiling by police? There are other questions that shed
light on the actions of the Phoenix Police. Why would a police interrogate Mr. Aguilar instead of
assisting him when he clearly saw he had car trouble? Is it standard practice
to question brown skinned community members’ status before assisting in traffic
emergencies? Why did officer Ryder, contact an ICE Officer instead of citing
him if he had a traffic infraction? Is the traffic stop the crime necessary to
transfer people to ICE? How does this differ from Arpaio’s tactics?
The community demands
a response from the newly appointed chief of police: What is Chief Daniel
Garcia position on the Police Order 4.48 which gives total discretion to Police
Officers without even notifying supervisors when they turn over people to ICE?
How can police ask for Community Trust when they imitate Sheriff Arpaio’s racial profiling tactics with our community?
Jesus Aguilar Saenz
was released from ICE Custody Thursday evening and will demand an investigation
by the Phoenix Police Professional Standards Unit as well as register a complaint
with the Justice Department. He plans to be present at the Press Conference.
The Barrio Defense Committees have asked for a meeting with Chief Daniel
Garcia.
Los Comités de Defensa del Barrio
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