Wednesday, February 03, 2010

Police Chief to Immigrants: May the Force Be With You

The L.A. police chief is trying to convince immigrants that the police will protect and help them and are not going to check on their immigration status. Everyone will benefit from this. - - Donna Poisl

by Jeffrey Kaye

Activists at political rallies are accustomed to the sight of police officers, uniformed and plainclothes, observing their actions. But rarely are cops featured as invited guests and welcomed participants.

So it came as somewhat of a surprise last night when new Los Angeles police chief Charlie Beck, decked out in uniform, stood before an immigrants' rights rally at La Placita church downtown to declare to a crowd of about 1,000 that "a person's immigration status alone is not the business of the Los Angeles Police Department!"
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