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Artist News
RATM protests against tough sheriff
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 2 March 2009
Rage Against The Machine frontman Zack de la Rocha has attended a protest in Phoenix, Arizona, against Joe Arpaio, self styled ‘America’s toughest sheriff’.
Arpaio has introduced a host of controversial measures during his time in office, attracting the attention of Amnesty, and is currently under review after four US congressmen lodged complaints about him.
Rocha says of the Maricopa County lawman: “Without the proper warrants, he raids the homes and workplaces of janitors and gardeners. At routine traffic stops he detains and deports mothers, violently separating them from their children, who are left abandoned”.
