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Also, they took her baby away right at birth and she had no contact at all for 72 days? That is just beyond the pale. Just so horrible I can't even begin to contemplate it. Emotional and physical horror is all I can say. That will have consequences for that baby and mother for the rest of their lives.
So so sad.
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05:53 PM
And to think when I was in high school we thought Ev Mecham cancelling MLK Jr. day was bad ...
05:54 PM
ICE is an absolutely frightening group. The fact that something like that can exist on American soil is an abomination. But they don't make headlines, so the president and congress aren't going to do a goddamned thing. There's nothing political to be gained by treating the downtrodden like human beings.
05:59 PM
The saddest part is what she herself says: "I'm not afraid to come out with my story," she said. "But I'm disappointed to see that not much has been done to stop [Joe Arpaio]."
This dude has been in office for how fucking long? I remember him since I was in college, and that was eons ago. And he's still getting elected!
05:59 PM
She waited 14 extra days in jail to be picked up by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
"[ICE officers] took me to the Florence Detention Center, where they treated me much better," she said. "At least not like an animal."
05:40 PM
Joe Arpaio is a total fascist.
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05:53 PM
Another thing that sucks is that she was arrested on warrants that, had she had access to halfway decent legal representation, would have been nothing. Driving without a license and a misdemeanor shoplifting charge? Shit. I just wrote a story about a 17-year-old girl who was accused of hitting and killing a homeless woman with her car, then who drove home without telling anyone. She got fifteen months probation as a juvenile, and you KNOW the fact that her parents had money to get her a decent attorney had SO MUCH to do with it.
And then of course the fact that she is undocumented....ARGH. You'd think the preamble to the Constitution contained the clause that all people were imbued with inalienable rights...as long as they are Americans.
Again I say, FUCK JOE ARPAIO.
06:09 PM
The U.S. is unsurprisingly behind much on the world on this.
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05:37 PM
How ironic.
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"Let's assume someone is faking labor — that's a hypothetical — and she then chose to escape and hit or assault the hospital staff," McIntyre said. "She could do that easily because it's an unsecured area."
Yeah, you know those pregnant ladies. They're SUPER HARD to chase down what with their pregnancy speed.
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The entire story literally nauseates me.
11/21/09
A standing ovation?
I'm lame, but seriously, she is so great, and I love her so much.
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11/22/09
Have those boys being hit by those girls tried leaving? Honest question. If they have and the girls refuse to let them go, chasing them down and terrorizing them or threatening to kill themselves, then it's comparable.
11/22/09
@Ginmar Rienne: Slapping is still abuse. If you put your scenario in the reverse (a man slapping a woman) I don't think you'd be so cavalier). And I'm not trying to equalize things. I'm just mentioning that abuse is a equal opportunity kind of thing. Men abuse men. Women abuse women. Men abuse women. Women abuse men. Men and Women abuse children. Now yes, men in many instances have the physical advantage, but to say that a woman doing the same thing to a man wouldn't be just as emotionally damaging is incorrect. Your comment implies women are somehow weaker and can't really emotionally or physically inflict harm. Incorrect. Or that men who are victims of abuse should stay "closeted" because it really doesn't matter in the "gender power structure". Also incorrect. Abuse is abuse. Putting it in terms of women as victims and men as abusers paints a broad stroke that I'm sure Rihanna didn't intend, but because of my experiences working with teens I've had to address more than once. Keeping one's hands to themselves is an EVERYBODY kind of thing. #tips
11/21/09