Sensible Republicans defeat profiling

Sensible Republicans defeat profiling

There was a boom in construction during the 1990s. The labor shortage forced the immigrants to work in Prince William County. The Latino population began increasing as a result of labor demands that accompanied this real estate development. A few were legal residents, others were not. His first blog post expressed his dissatisfaction with hearing Spanish spoken aloud in public places.

Responding to these concerns, he began writing about rising crime rates, increasing taxes over services for immigrants, overcrowded living spaces, loud music, reckless driving and so on. These included some crimes committed by Latinos using police blotter records. He further alleged that there were armed members of Zapatistas (a Mexican revolutionary group) who had relocated to Prince William County.

Subsequently, “Help Save Manassas”, his organization issued red lapel stickers that were about the size of saucers which could be seen all around the town. Consequently he enacted with the President of Board of Supervisors Corey A Stewart an ordinance which would necessitate local police officers to stop individuals under “probable cause” and request them to prove their citizenship status. Back then it seemed as if this measure enjoyed popular support except among some quarters who objected it including one Mexican-American citizen who put up a big sign at 9500 Liberty St., his property.

Additionally, Eric Byler filmmaker and Annabel Park (a Chinese-American and Korean-American respectively) post political videos on YouTube that are more raw material for a documentary than anything else. There are recordings taken from discussions and debates amongst various county residents; footage filmed before the board by Stuart himself besides other law enforcement advocates like Greg Letiecq; other ordinary people featured include man speaking against new legislation inspired by viral videos made by park counteracting Letiecq; anyone wishing for more information on 9500 Liberty should go here.

An opponent of this statute was Charlie T. Deane, a police chief who served for long and was widely respected in the locality; he had testified that it would cost around $14 million over five years to implement this law, claiming that his officers already had enough duties and reiterating the point made by the county attorney that in its absence they (the officers and county) would be sued for liability thus making cameras mandatory in every police car; an additional $3.1 million is required to install cameras.

Another problem is Latinos leaving Prince William County or moving their business to more favorable locations closer by. A retail slump coincided with the housing market collapse. The county lost tax paying “legals”. There were many restaurants and shops forced out of business as well as broke up down town areas. State forms, W-2s , sales receipts these are records that show legal residency which all taxpayers have to complete.

Chief Dean met a Mexican government official when he attended a meeting where he was charged with treason by conservatives (for “negotiating with a foreign power”). It did not go down well. When the Republican woman who had hosted his campaign fund raiser spoke against him at a Board meeting, something snapped in her heart. Then there was growing opposition to the law and its negative image towards the area.

The result was 4-4 tie vote on whether or not to raise taxes in order to maintain both law enforcement agencies and purchase video recorders; during this time Stuart called for recess of board session before coming back with another proposition termed as “compromised” ending surveillance under grounds of reasonable suspicion, thereby resulting into voting 8-0 after much debate among members. At this particular time period on this body there were two democrats while six republicans constituted it.

The most fulfilling part of this deeply detailed documentary is board meetings. A lot of speeches are made by many local residents who hold different opinions about the matter. Various board meetings continued until after midnight and they were in the great tradition of New England town meetings.

All Hispanics stood against it. Many have been long time famous Americans. This balance, however, was turned over by thoughtful Republicans and how they abhorred Letiecq’s hate incitement and that of his followers. His calling Chief Deane a traitor was the last straw for them.

Park and Byler started as objective documentarians who came to find themselves in the core of the story. They became advocates with respect to their position on this issue only emphasized themselves better later when they tried to show both sides of the argument, but (inevitably?). Anti-law group seems more sympathetic.

Resulting from this: Passing the law caused higher taxes not lower ones. What about crime rates? Relying on charts, Chief Deane shows that crime has dropped every year for ten years running now.

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