Arizona Sheriff Says He Won’t Enforce New Immigration Law

Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik, a 52-year police veteran, says the new Arizona anti-immigration law will lead to racial profiling. Dupnik refuses to enforce it, and calls the law “racist, disgusting, and unnecessary.”

The sheriff acknowledged that this course of action could get him hauled into court. SB 1070 allows citizens to sue any law enforcement official who doesn’t comply with the law. But Dupnik told Nunez that SB 1070 would force his deputies to adopt racial profiling as an enforcement tactic, which Dupnik says could also get him sued. “So we’re kind of in a damned if we do, damned if we don’t situation. It’s just a stupid law.”

Dupnik had harsh words for anyone who thinks SB 1070 will not lead to racial profiling. “If I tell my people to go out and look for A, B, and C, they’re going to do it. They’ll find some flimsy excuse like a tail light that’s not working as a basis for a stop, which is a bunch of baloney.”

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.