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Students Protest Arizona Sheriff at Public Forum

HeadlineDec 02, 2009

In Arizona, a group of protesters confronted the controversial sheriff Joe Arpaio Tuesday during a public forum at Arizona State University’s journalism school. Arpaio has faced widespread accusations of racial profiling and discriminately enforcing federal immigration laws. Arpaio walked off the stage after the protesters refused to stop singing a version of the Queen song “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

Sheriff Joe Arpaio: “This isn’t the way journalists should operate. Are they all students up there? Well, why were they allowed here if they’re not students? Are we going to continue here? I mean, now you’ve got me in a box. I can’t explain myself. You know what? You know what? This is ridiculous. I’m going to go.”

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