Advocates, Democrats Decry Joe Arpaio’s Latest Run for Sheriff
“President Trump might’ve pardoned him, but those who had families and communities destroyed by his unlawful tactics have not,” one advocate said. Immigration and civil rights advocates and Democrats decried the announcement that Joe Arpaio, who was charged with contempt of court and later pardoned by President Donald Trump, was running for his old job as […]
Study: Hate Crime on the Rise in Arizona
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) – A new study shows hate crimes are up in the U.S. and in Arizona. SafeHome.org looked at FBI data from 2013 to 2017 and shows hate crimes rose 55% in Arizona in that time; that ranked us 14th in the nation in terms of percentage growth. Researchers say Phoenix was among the top five […]
How a Fringe Muslim Cleric from Australia Became a Hero For America’s Far-Right
FOR ISLAMOPHOBES, Mohamad Tawhidi is something very close to a godsend. A Shia Muslim cleric, raised in Australia and educated in Iran, Tawhidi presents himself as an Islamic reformer who embraces and amplifies far-right warnings that immigration by his fellow Muslims poses an existential threat to Western civilization. “He’s a hero,” the former New York Assembly […]
“I was just trying to survive.” Phoenix Family in Viral Video Want Officers Fired
Dravon Ames thought he would be dead if it weren’t for the cameras. He said he feared for his life and the safety of his family as Phoenix police allegedly pointed a gun in his face and threatened to shoot him during their May 27 encounter with police in an apartment complex parking lot. He […]
CAIR-AZ Calls on Phoenix PD to Fire Officers Involved in Excessive Force Incident Caught on Video
(PHOENIX, AZ, 6/17/19) – The Arizona chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-AZ) today called on the Phoenix Police Department to take swift action in response to a disturbing incident caught on video showing officers using excessive force against a local family. CAIR-AZ said the recently-released video shows officers – guns drawn – shouting profanities […]
Muslim Leaders Say Woman Who Burglarized Mosque in Hate Video Deserves Chance at Redemption
Members of the Phoenix-area Muslim community were forgiving of the woman who sentenced Tuesday for her role in a Facebook lives-stream that depicted she and a friend burglarizing a Tempe mosque in front of her children in March 2018. Tahnee Gonzales was sentenced to 225 hours of community service and two years of supervised probation during proceedings before […]