Phoenix, Arizona, May 29, 2010. A peaceful protest against Arizona’s new immigration law, SB 1070. Here’s what the MSM told you the rally was about, as reported by the Arizona Republic:
Hoping to turn their frustration and anger into action, tens of thousands of protesters against Arizona’s new immigration law marched on the state Capitol Saturday and urged the nation’s leaders to hear their pleas.
“We must stand together for justice, opportunity and peace,” said U.S. Rep. Ed Pastor, D-Ariz., at the mid-afternoon culmination of what was a peaceful demonstration on the Capitol grounds. “What we need in the United States is not scapegoating immigrants.”
Sarahi Uribe, a representative of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, which helped organize Saturday’s event, said her California-based group participated to send a message to Washington, D.C. “We have a very clear demand that President Obama stop Senate Bill 1070,” she said.
And here’s what really happened, as told in these photos you never saw, such as this one:
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Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, spoke about the climate of fear Arizona’s immigration-enforcement law has created. “Immigrants are not the cause of America’s problems, and (Senate Bill) 1070 is not the answer,” he said.
Eric Ruder, 40, flew in to Tucson from Chicago after learning of the protest online last week and said the influx of protesters from around the country shows the nation’s interest in Arizona’s law.
“The criminalization of immigrants is a scary direction that this country is heading in,” Ruder said.
But now you know, as the late Paul Harvey liked to say, the rest of the story.
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