It begins ...

A 15-yr police veteran doesn't want to enforce the law:

In one of the suits filed Thursday, a Tucson police officer, Martin Escobar, 45, a 15-year veteran, claims the law, which requires officers “when practicable” to stop and check the legal status of people they reasonably suspect may be illegal immigrants, would compel him to racially profile.

Methinks officer Escobar needs to find another place of employment, and I'll refer him to Peel's #7 law:

Police, at all times, should maintain a relationship with the public that gives reality to the historic tradition that the police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full-time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence.

And since 70% of the citizens of AZ are in favor of this law, officer Escobar is not upholding the trust the citizenry has placed in him.

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