WHILE OBAMA'S CORRUPT LA RAZA DEPT OF JUSTICE HAS SUED AMERICAN STATES ALL OVER THE NATION ON BEHALF OF HIS LA RAZA PARTY BASE OF ILLEGALS, OBAMA HAS REFUSED TO SUE SANCTUARY MEX-INFESTED CRIME STATES REFERRED TO AS "SANCTUARY CITIES". THESE ARE CITIES WHERE ILLEGALS COME FOR OUR JOBS, WELFARE, TO ILLEGALLY DRIVE WITHOUT BOTHERING TO HAVE INSURANCE, AND VOTE LA RAZA!
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EVERY DAY THERE ARE 12
AMERICANS MURDERED BY ILLEGALS DRIVING WITHOUT LICENSE OR INSURANCE, AND
FREQUENTLY DRUNK!
LA RAZA SUPREMACIST
MAYOR OF MEX INFESTED LOS ANGELES HAS A PLAN TO KEEP ILLEGALS ABOVE THE LAW.
APPARENTLY NO COMMENT
BY LA RAZA TOADY LAPD CHIEF CHARLIE BECK ABOUT THE NUMBER OF MURDERS HIS
BURDENED ILLEGALS COMMITTED IN LOS ANGELS, OR THE FACT THAT L.A. PAYS OUT
NEARLY $10 MILLION FOR MEXICAN GRAFFITI ABATEMENT!!! THOSE THINGS ARE SLID
UNDER THE STINKING TACO TRUCK WHEN THEY’RE PUSHING THEIR LA RAZA SUPREMACY
AGENDA!
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“Under the law
illegal immigrants make up the majority of the drivers who have their cars
impounded because they can't get licenses in California or most states. LAPD
Chief Charlie Beck told the local newspaper that this presents an "unfair
burden" and "disproportionate blow" for illegal aliens, who he
refers to as a "valuable asset to our community."
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LA RAZA SUPREMACY IN VILLARAIGOSA’S
MEX-OCCUPIED GANG INFESTED DUMPSTER CALLED POTHOLED LOS ANGELES
CORRUPTION CHRONICLES: L.A. Police
Won't Enforce Safety Law To Help (Illegal Aliens)
L.A. Police Won't Enforce
Safety Law To Help Illegal Aliens
The city of Los Angeles is taking its sanctuary title more seriously than most by ordering police officers to stop enforcing a state public safety law because it creates an "unfair burden" for illegal immigrants.
A few weeks ago the mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, directed the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) to stop impounding the vehicles of unlicensed drivers for 30 days as per state law. The measure is intended to keep potentially reckless drivers off the road and therefore protect the public. It applies to unlicensed drivers as well as those who have had their license revoked or suspended.
Under the law illegal immigrants make up the majority of the drivers who have their cars impounded because they can't get licenses in California or most states. LAPD Chief Charlie Beck told the local newspaper that this presents an "unfair burden" and "disproportionate blow" for illegal aliens, who he refers to as a "valuable asset to our community."
So the chief has ordered his officers to give unlicensed drivers a chance to avoid having their vehicles impounded by calling someone with a license who would then be allowed to drive the car. The chief says it's a "fairness issue" because there is a "vast difference between someone driving without a license because they cannot legally be issued one and someone driving after having their license revoked."
The city's police union is outraged and is charging the mayor with putting politics above public safety. "This new policy will result in innocent people being injured and killed," the union said in a statement posted on its website. "It is a sad day for Los Angeles residents because the Mayor is directing the LAPD to purposely not enforce a state law designed to protect public safety."
The union further points out that the new policy exposes officers and the city to potential legal liabilities stemming from any damage or injury caused by an unlicensed driver's continued operation of a vehicle that should have been impounded under state law. It also "substantially reduces the disincentives against the unlicensed and unlawful operation of a vehicle."
The LAPD has a decades-old policy (Special Order 40) that prohibits officers from initiating police action with the objective of discovering the alien status of a person. This prevents officers from inquiring about the immigration status of an individual and from contacting federal officials about an individual's immigration status. In 2006 Judicial Watch filed a taxpayer lawsuit in the Superior Court of the State of California asking the court to prohibit the LAPD from expending taxpayer funds to enforce and maintain Special Order 40, which violates both federal immigration laws and California law while placing American citizens at risk.
The city of Los Angeles is taking its sanctuary title more seriously than most by ordering police officers to stop enforcing a state public safety law because it creates an "unfair burden" for illegal immigrants.
A few weeks ago the mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, directed the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) to stop impounding the vehicles of unlicensed drivers for 30 days as per state law. The measure is intended to keep potentially reckless drivers off the road and therefore protect the public. It applies to unlicensed drivers as well as those who have had their license revoked or suspended.
Under the law illegal immigrants make up the majority of the drivers who have their cars impounded because they can't get licenses in California or most states. LAPD Chief Charlie Beck told the local newspaper that this presents an "unfair burden" and "disproportionate blow" for illegal aliens, who he refers to as a "valuable asset to our community."
So the chief has ordered his officers to give unlicensed drivers a chance to avoid having their vehicles impounded by calling someone with a license who would then be allowed to drive the car. The chief says it's a "fairness issue" because there is a "vast difference between someone driving without a license because they cannot legally be issued one and someone driving after having their license revoked."
The city's police union is outraged and is charging the mayor with putting politics above public safety. "This new policy will result in innocent people being injured and killed," the union said in a statement posted on its website. "It is a sad day for Los Angeles residents because the Mayor is directing the LAPD to purposely not enforce a state law designed to protect public safety."
The union further points out that the new policy exposes officers and the city to potential legal liabilities stemming from any damage or injury caused by an unlicensed driver's continued operation of a vehicle that should have been impounded under state law. It also "substantially reduces the disincentives against the unlicensed and unlawful operation of a vehicle."
The LAPD has a decades-old policy (Special Order 40) that prohibits officers from initiating police action with the objective of discovering the alien status of a person. This prevents officers from inquiring about the immigration status of an individual and from contacting federal officials about an individual's immigration status. In 2006 Judicial Watch filed a taxpayer lawsuit in the Superior Court of the State of California asking the court to prohibit the LAPD from expending taxpayer funds to enforce and maintain Special Order 40, which violates both federal immigration laws and California law while placing American citizens at risk.
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Judicial Watch Files Taxpayer
Lawsuit against City of LA over Illegal Alien Sanctuary Policies
This week we started a new fight with the City of Los Angeles, this time over a new policy that prevents police officers from impounding vehicles driven by unlicensed drivers.
On Wednesday, we filed a taxpayer lawsuit against the Los Angeles Police Department, Police Chief Charlie Beck and members of the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners over Special Order 7. Under this policy, police officers will no longer immediately impound the vehicles of unlicensed drivers for 30 days, as long as they meet certain conditions.
It's no secret that this policy change was made to specifically accommodate illegal aliens.
The problem is that Special Order 7 is unlawful. And, for this reason, Judicial Watch's lawsuit on behalf of Harold P. Sturgeon, filed May 8, 2012, in the Superior Court for the State of California, County of Los Angeles, seeks to stop the use of taxpayer funds to implement the new policy:
This week we started a new fight with the City of Los Angeles, this time over a new policy that prevents police officers from impounding vehicles driven by unlicensed drivers.
On Wednesday, we filed a taxpayer lawsuit against the Los Angeles Police Department, Police Chief Charlie Beck and members of the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners over Special Order 7. Under this policy, police officers will no longer immediately impound the vehicles of unlicensed drivers for 30 days, as long as they meet certain conditions.
It's no secret that this policy change was made to specifically accommodate illegal aliens.
The problem is that Special Order 7 is unlawful. And, for this reason, Judicial Watch's lawsuit on behalf of Harold P. Sturgeon, filed May 8, 2012, in the Superior Court for the State of California, County of Los Angeles, seeks to stop the use of taxpayer funds to implement the new policy:
Plaintiff, a taxpayer and resident of the City of Los Angeles, seeks to
enjoin Defendants from expending taxpayer funds or taxpayer-financed resources
to implement, enforce, maintain, or otherwise carry out the provisions of
Special Order 7, which was issued by the Los Angeles Police Department
("LAPD") on April 10, 2012 and which became effective on April 22,
2012. Plaintiff seeks a declaratory judgment that Special Order 7 is preempted
by Article XI, Section 7 of the California Constitution and California Vehicle
Code § 21, and therefore is unlawful and void.
Let's review the policy as it exists. Under the California Vehicle Code, vehicles driven by unlicensed drivers can be impounded for 30 days and, in some circumstances, must be impounded for 30 days.
According to the Los Angeles Daily News, however, under the new policy "vehicles of unlicensed drivers will only be impounded for a day, if that person has insurance, valid identification, has not caused an accident and has not been cited previously for unlicensed driving. An exception may be made in some cases if a licensed driver is immediately available to drive the vehicle away."
As Judicial Watch alleges in its complaint, according to the California Constitution and California Vehicle Code § 21, "a local government has no authority to regulate or control any matter covered by the California Vehicle Code unless such authority is expressly granted by the State of California....Because the provisions of Special Order 7 are not within the purview of any express authorization granted by the State of California Defendants...were without authority to enact Special Order 7...."
While illegal immigration support groups and their government allies - including LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Police Chief Beck- support the policy change, they do not have a lot of company. Even the city's own police union doesn't want Special Order 7! In fact, the Los Angeles Police Protection League, as it is known, has also filed a lawsuit challenging the new policy.
And here's another group opposed to the policy change - anyone who has ever been harmed by an unlicensed driver. The Los Angeles Daily News interviewed one such person, Don Rosenberg, whose son was killed by an unlicensed driver in San Francisco in 2010: "To me, it is clearly illegal," Rosenberg told the Daily News. "Can you think of one traffic law that when a problem gets worse, they reduce the penalty? I think we should question why this is being done."
We know why this is being done. This is yet another example of the Los Angeles Police Department's unlawful use of taxpayer dollars to further Los Angeles' status as a sanctuary city. LA's politicians are once again putting politics and ideology before the safety of citizens, police officers and the rule of law.
Special Order 7 is illegal and dangerous. Unlicensed drivers - whether unlawfully present aliens or not - are a menace to the public safety. And that's why Judicial Watch will do what it can to stop tax dollars from funding it.
We are persistent in advocating for the rule of law. We previously filed another taxpayer lawsuit against LAPD over Special Order 40, a sanctuary policy that prohibits police officers from "initiat[ing] police action with the objective of discovering the alien status of a person," on behalf of a taxpayer. Despite an obvious conflict with federal law, California state courts refused to let Judicial Watch's taxpayer legal challenge against Special Order 40 proceed to tria
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The Cost of Sanctuary
Policies
May 14, 2012 By Jack
Martin 1
Comment
A recent criminal case in California highlights the human costs of looking the other way when illegal aliens are apprehended and then turned loose rather than being placed on deportation proceedings.
Marcos Lopez Garcia, an illegal alien, pled guilty to manslaughter in a hit-and-run case that killed a 4-year-old in Santa Rosa, California, in August 2011. He now faces a 5½ year sentence. Lopez had two prior arrests for driving without a license and without insurance, most recently in June 2010. At that time he was given a one-year conditional sentence.
(See Sacramento Bee, May 14, 2012, and KSRO News, May 11, 2012)
The news accounts do not explain why Lopez was not reported to the immigration authorities, although the likely explanation is misguided sanctuary policies. But, even if he had been turned over to the authorities, under the current prioritization policy of the administration, Lopez would not have been a priority case, and likely would not have been taken into custody by ICE.
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