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Injustice for All: How Police in Florence, Ariz. Compromised Public Safetynew

Part one of a three-part series investigating how the Florence, Arizona Police Department's culture of political favoritism undermined serious criminal investigations and compromised public safety.

Phoenix New Times | Monica Alonzo and Stephen Lemons | 11-15-2013 | Crime & Justice

Teen's Shooting Death Was Avoidable, Phoenix Cops Call It "Justified"new

A troubled, 16-year-old black teenager was gunned down by a police officer in Phoenix after getting pulled over in a stolen vehicle. Family members are now protesting the shooting while police call it justified.

Phoenix New Times | Stephen Lemons | 04-18-2013 | Crime & Justice

Power Playnew

DREAMers score a win with Obama's immigration initiative, but the war is far from over.

Phoenix New Times | Stephen Lemons | 06-26-2012 | Immigration

Tags: Immigration, DREAM Act, Obama Immigration Policy

Activists Chain Themselves to Arizona Capitol to Protest Anti-Immigrant Billnew

Nine activists protesting state Senator Russell Pearce's anti-immigrant bill SB 1070 chained and locked themselves to the doors of the Arizona Capitol on Tuesday, forcing the Capitol Police to use bolt cutters to unchain the nine and arrest them for disorderly conduct.

Phoenix New Times | Stephen Lemons | 04-21-2010 | Immigration

Tags: Russell Pearce, SB 1070

Thousands Die in the Arizona Desert as a Result of U.S. Border Policynew

No More Deaths had a couple of migrants in the camp's medical tent, but there was nothing unusual about that. Migrants often showed up at the camp seeking first aid, water or food, sometimes getting directed there by ranchers.

Phoenix New Times | Stephen Lemons | 03-02-2010 | Immigration

Tags: No More Deaths, Border Patrol, Mexico, Immigration, Migrants

A U.S. Citizen Testifies Before Congress About Being Racially Profilednew

Julio Mora testified before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee in April, the star witness during a hearing held on Immigration and Customs Enforcement's 287(g) agreements with local police entities. He and his dad were detained for three hours during a Maricopa County Sheriff's Office immigration raid.

Phoenix New Times | Stephen Lemons | 12-08-2009 | Civil Liberties

Tags: Immigration, racial profiling, police, law enforcement

Does U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke Have the Stones to Take on Sheriff Joe Arpaio?new

Will anything be done about Arpaio's possible violations of federal law? Everyone knows the Department of Justice and the FBI are investigating Arpaio, but will new U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke do anything about Arizona's rogue sheriff? History does not bode well.

Phoenix New Times | Stephen Lemons | 11-10-2009 | Crime & Justice

Tags: David Igesias, Dennis Burke, Rick Romley, Arizona, law enforcement, Joe Arpaio

State of Fear in Arizona: Permanent Legal Resident Stopped For Being Brownnew

Rosa's husband is a U.S. citizen. She's a legal permanent resident, on her way to becoming a citizen herself. She plans to raise a family and go back to school. But she's thinking twice about doing either in Arizona after her run-in with two sheriff's deputies a couple of months ago.

Phoenix New Times | Stephen Lemons | 10-20-2009 | Race & Class

Tags: Immigration, racial profiling, Hispanics, law enforcement, Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, Joe Arpaio

Janet Napolitano Pulls a Switcheroo on the Pro-Immigrant Crowdnew

You'd have to mine Davy Jones' locker to discover the true depth of Napolitano's duplicity over the federal government's 287(g) program, the new rules for which were announced with great fanfare by the Department of Homeland Security two weeks ago.

Phoenix New Times | Stephen Lemons | 07-28-2009 | Immigration

Tags: 287(g), Immigration, Department of Homeland Security, law, Joe Arpaio, Janet Napolitano

Recent Raid Shows Sheriff Joe Arpaio is Racially Profilingnew

A sweep of overwhelmingly Hispanic municipality Guadalupe shows "America's Toughest Sheriff" is down on anybody brown. What happened there seemed so odious that it earned Arpaio's sweeps condemnation from a broad political spectrum.

Phoenix New Times | Stephen Lemons | 06-03-2008 | Race & Class

Tags: Arizona, Immigration, racial profiling, Hispanics, race relations, raids, Joe Arpaio, Guadalupe, Rebecca Jimenez