Today at 1:30pm Arizona Governor Jan Brewer ignored criticism from President Barack Obama on Friday and signed into law bill, supporters said would take handcuffs off police in dealing with illegal immigration in Arizona, the nation's gateway for human and drug smugglers.With hundreds of people surrounding the state capital, protesting that the bill would lead to civil rights abuses, Gov. Brewer said she wouldn't tolerate racial profiling . She said critics were, "overreacting".
As I arrived on scene I noticed a majority of the protesters were high school students all who were fighting the cause against Arizona State Bill 1070. I walked around snapping pictures left and right, getting in the crowd hearing what each group, rally, news channel reporters, radio show hosts had to say about the passed bill. A lot of them said, "this is a huge mistake", "Arizona is going to be turned upside down". Already there was a individual walking around gathering signatures to "Get Governor Jan Brewer Out Of Office", come August elections.
Shortly after walking around a small group of protesters ran through, yelling something I couldn't understand, but it sure stirred up the young people causing them to hoard the group and chasing them down, all I could see was the group running surrounded by high school students throwing whatever they could at these protesters.
What is my take on this newly passed senate bill 1070. I believe there is going to be a even bigger uprise once somebody or someone is made a example of. I see more frequent stops from the Phoenix Police Department, Arizona Highway Patrol, and Arizona Border Patrol. This does not only effect immigration but people of color like myself. I know Arizona is the only state to have very strict laws basically on everything you can think of. This is going to be even tougher times to live in Arizona.
