Thread: Immigrants sue over arrests at Baltimore 7-Eleven

Immigrants sue over arrests at Baltimore 7-Eleven
By Luke Broadwater
Examiner Staff Writer 1/29/09

Outraged over Homeland Security raids arresting immigrants, CASA de Maryland has filed a lawsuit demanding the federal government turn over documents about the arrests.
"We are living in contradictory times," Gustavo Torres, executive director of CASA de Maryland, said in a statement. "On one hand, you have the first president of African descent in the world outside Africa, but on the other hand, you have the federal government engaging in racial profiling."

At issue are two police actions: a Jan. 23, 2007, immigration raid in the parking lot of a Baltimore 7-Eleven and a June 30 raid on the office of Annapolis Painting Services and 17 homes nearby.

CASA de Maryland alleges the raids resulted in "grave violations of the Fourth and Fifth amendments."

In the Baltimore raid, 24 Hispanic men were arrested while other people of different ethnicities walked by without being disturbed or asked questions by immigration agents, the lawsuit alleges.

"Many members of our communities know what it means to be considered suspicious just for being in the wrong place at the wrong time and having dark skin," said Marvin L. "Doc" Cheatham, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's Baltimore City branch. "Generations of Americans know the meaning of racial profiling. It has to stop now. Having been victims ourselves, African Americans cannot be silent."

CASA de Maryland's lawsuit seeks all documents related to the raids, including the results of an internal investigation into the legality of the agents' actions.

Immigrations and Customs Enforcement has released a document to the organization that says "some of the circumstances surrounding the presence of the officers at the 7-Eleven have come into question" but then blacks out the next page and a half. The lawsuit seeks the entire document in its original version.

The lawsuit alleges ICE agents initially pretended to be employers seeking to hire day laborers at the 7-Eleven, but then detained all Hispanics in the parking lot, while ignoring white and black day laborers who were also present. After arresting 24 day laborers, the ICE agents arrested other Hispanics, who were blocks from the 7-Eleven, the lawsuit says.

ICE did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment.

http://www.baltimoreexaminer.com/local/012909casa.html

Outraged over Homeland Security raids arresting immigrants, CASA de Maryland has filed a lawsuit demanding the federal government turn over documents about the arrests.
"We are living in contradictory times," Gustavo Torres, executive director of CASA de Maryland, said in a statement. "On one hand, you have the first president of African descent in the world outside Africa, but on the other hand, you have the federal government engaging in racial profiling."





Oh puh-leeeze!!

It's a well known fact that Mexicans and other Latin Americans DESPISE blacks.

But when it's convenient they hide behind the black man's coat tails.

Give it a rest hombre.....you bore me.

I'm sure I read somewhere that we are all descendants from Africa. I've often found it humorous when the history of settlement of regions of the world are used in this debate. Why stop at just a few hundred years ago? Whether you believe in evolution or the bible in some way or another we are all descendants from the first two humans.

With that in mind I say that I love my siblings but refuse to support them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicente_Ra ... lda%C3%B1a

It is generally accepted that Guerrero was as Black as Obama

The lawsuit alleges ICE agents initially pretended to be employers seeking to hire day laborers at the 7-Eleven, but then detained all Hispanics in the parking lot, while ignoring white and black day laborers who were also present. After arresting 24 day laborers, the ICE agents arrested other Hispanics, who were blocks from the 7-Eleven, the lawsuit says.

We have police officers putting plants in 7-11's to catch clerks who serve minors and they don't hold every person who bought cigarettes.....only the young ones. Same with liquor stores and bars serving minors.

Plus, they don't note whether the officers asked for ID's and the others could show them and that's why they weren't detained. They also don't note whether or not they got the hispanics blocks away because maybe they saw them flee the sceen and got them later. Also no mention whether or not the officers told the black and white workers hanging out there to leave......always so many missing pieces to these stories.

No to mention, I have no sympathy when they were oh so powerful and bragging about how many illegal hispanics are here and you can't stop me....that now you are getting the attention you were demanding. We all get drug down when certain people of our particular group causes problems.