Posted on 08/27/2017 3:03:39 AM PDT by Zakeet
I was born in Mexico, grew up in Tijuana, and moved to Arizona when I was 14. I went to high school in a small town called Holbrook, then went to Phoenix to go to Arizona State University. By that time, roughly 2012, Joe Arpaio's vicious anti-Latino tactics had already raised racial tensions in Maricopa County, where he was sheriff.
At the time, Arpaio was infamous among my community for his "sweeps." He would send police into restaurants, hotels or anywhere else he suspected undocumented people might be working and would arrest those who couldn't produce IDs. People lived in fear of these sweeps; some families I knew even moved to New Mexico, hoping to escape Arpaio.
I heard all about Arpaio's crusades firsthand. By 2014, I was working as a court interpreter for Maricopa County. Every day, I would interpret for Spanish-speaking people who had been arrested by Arpaio in the desert, trying to come to the United States to work. Arpaio's men would arrest them and put them in detention facilities for months, holding them until they took a plea agreement so he could get a conviction for them on the record. That way, if they ever tried to return to the United States, they would be placed in federal prison.
That same year, I got into a bad relationship and I drove while drunk. I was arrested, and it took the county an entire year to prosecute me. I thought it was the worst year of my life, until I was convicted and sent to one of Arpaio's jails.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
What am I missing?
He looks like a felon to me.
Was he in the country illegally?
bingo....it wasnt a DUI...he was convicted of AGGRAVATED ASSAULT ..injured a guy named Daniel Schnooer....read the comments...some guy found his case file...so so busted.
All I have to say is GO BACK TO MEXICO.
Poor baby...
felony aggravated assault...some guy in the comments found his file. Zero credibilty..he lied.
Figured there was more to the story. Thanks.
Yesterday I was watching a 'Cold Case Files' TV show about the murder of a police officer. The prime suspect had an extensive record but was very adept at covering himself. Many years after the murder, this suspect was arrested in Arkansas, convicted and given a long sentence. In the meantime, the cold case investigator found some new evidence and traveled to interview the suspect now serving time in Arkansas.
After several interviews, the Arkansas prisoner finally asked, "If I cooperate with you, will you get me transferred to your state to serve both sentences?" (He really wanted to get off the Arkansas chain gangs) So, he admitted to killing the police officer and was sentenced to 40 years in the state the crime was committed. He was transferred and happy to get off the Arkansas chain gang. In his new incarceration, all he had to do was eat 3 meals, sleep and walk around the exercise yard a bit.
Sorry, but I do not remember the state with the 'cushy' prison life.
Francisco claims that he spent a year in jail for first offense drunk driving? I don’t believe that.
And we all know how nice and comfortable Mexican jails are rumored to be. /s
From the comments at the end of the article:
“brucehodge9
6:29 AM EDT
Poster Don Burns below is to be commended for doing his homework.
It appears that Mr. Chairez was sentenced to hard time for the felony aggravated assault, not for “getting drunk” because of a “bad relationship”.
http://www.courtminutes.maricopa.gov/docs/Criminal...
In other words, he apparently lied in his opinion-piece, and the Washington Post, driven insane by its Trump hatred, failed to “vet” Mr. Chairez’s fantastical and apparently dishonest claim, all in an effort to “advance the agenda”.
For shame Mr. Charirez! For shame Washington Post!”
I now see in the comments that it wasn’t drunk driving at all. Like most things in the Bezos Wash Post, it was all lies.
I read the OP twice. Just says “I was born in Mexico, grew up in Tijuana, and moved to Arizona when I was 14.”
My take would be yes his family was/is illegal.
Francisco makes all this sound like it’s a bad thing? Did this illegal POS think he was entitled to a suite at the Hilton?
See post 53—he was sentenced to time for assault, not drunk driving.
WAPO lies again.
All these Mexicans have excuses why they drink and drive. I thought liberals are so against drunk driving. I have zero sympathy for this criminal.
“undocumented” means “Illegal”
“....grew up in Tijuana, and moved to Arizona when I was 14.”
Gee, he kind of left out some of his bio here.. The part about committing the felony by crossing the border illegally....
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