Rights Activists Disrupt LAPD Checkpoint

Group claims state is stealing cars from undocumented immigrants
Updated 12:00 PM PST, Sun, Feb 20, 2011


An immigrant rights group claimed victory Sunday in its effort to disrupt a Los Angeles police drunken driving checkpoint, saying the operation was unfairly aimed at impounded the vehicles of unlicensed Latinos, some of whom cannot afford to get their cars back.

“There were at least 20 of us there,â€