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Good target to retaliate against. I'm sure they considered going after the people who drafted the legislation, or the voters who passed it, but passed on that b

by pkulak 15y ago

Good target to retaliate against. I'm sure they considered going after the people who drafted the legislation, or the voters who passed it, but passed on that because... this was the server they happened to find that was easy to get in to and they came up with their justification afterwards.

TomOfTTB 15y ago
The problem is the Officers are actually the least guilty here. SB1070 actually requires officers check people's papers. Officers COULD do that before SB1070 but they weren't. So the legislature passed 1070 in part to force officers to do it more often. The truth is Officers generally don't want to get involved in immigration cases because it requires interaction with the Federal Government. That is a local cop's least favorite activity.
- mbateman 15y ago
  Yes, there have been many articles and letters written against this law by Arizona police officers and their representatives. I don't understand why one would target the Arizona police of all people. Probably not worth analyzing LulzSec too deeply, though, there aren't any real answers or justifications besides maybe psychological ones.
  - sliverstorm 15y ago
    There is an automatic hatred of the police shared by just about every lawbreaker. Just or not, I believe they basically see the police as their enemy, not the state.
    - true_religion 15y ago
      Lawbreakers feel that they are in a war against the state and the police are the soldiers of the state. In this case, they feel justified to 'shoot' the enemy soldiers even if they didn't individually start the war.
- jbooth 15y ago
  Type "Joe Arpaio" into Google. You might be right about a given low-level cop, but the police leadership in that state is all-in on racial profiling and disliking mexicans for their mexicanness.
podperson 15y ago
If they really wanted to nail someone over this they should have gone after the private prison lobby which drafted the law, bribed the politicians, and built the prisons in advance of the law passing. While this law is all about exploiting racist tendencies in the electorate, at bottom it's a money-grab by the prison lobby.

by pkulak 15y ago

TomOfTTB 15y ago

The problem is the Officers are actually the least guilty here. SB1070 actually requires officers check people's papers. Officers COULD do that before SB1070 but they weren't. So the legislature passed 1070 in part to force officers to do it more often. The truth is Officers generally don't want to get involved in immigration cases because it requires interaction with the Federal Government. That is a local cop's least favorite activity.

mbateman 15y ago
Yes, there have been many articles and letters written against this law by Arizona police officers and their representatives. I don't understand why one would target the Arizona police of all people. Probably not worth analyzing LulzSec too deeply, though, there aren't any real answers or justifications besides maybe psychological ones.
- sliverstorm 15y ago
  There is an automatic hatred of the police shared by just about every lawbreaker. Just or not, I believe they basically see the police as their enemy, not the state.
  - true_religion 15y ago
    Lawbreakers feel that they are in a war against the state and the police are the soldiers of the state. In this case, they feel justified to 'shoot' the enemy soldiers even if they didn't individually start the war.
jbooth 15y ago
Type "Joe Arpaio" into Google. You might be right about a given low-level cop, but the police leadership in that state is all-in on racial profiling and disliking mexicans for their mexicanness.

podperson 15y ago

If they really wanted to nail someone over this they should have gone after the private prison lobby which drafted the law, bribed the politicians, and built the prisons in advance of the law passing. While this law is all about exploiting racist tendencies in the electorate, at bottom it's a money-grab by the prison lobby.