Civil rights advocate using text messages to thwart racist Sheriff

A civil rights advocate is using text messages to alert residents when the local Sheriff conducts one of his infamous immigration sweeps. BloggerNews reports.

The Sheriff calls the sweeps crime suppression actions, but to most civil libertarians, law professors and critics, it’s simply an excuse by a reputed racist with a badge to abuse minorities. Ms. Guzman said her text messages are part of an effort to protect folks from becoming victims of racial profiling by sheriff’s deputies and posse members.

... Guzman said she sends her text messages to a wide range of individuals, including the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona, Cop watch and various immigrant-rights. She concedes some who receive the text messages could use the information to avoid being caught and deported.

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