SB 1070 Supporters and White Supremacists Raise $3.6 Million for Legal Costs

[pampango]

Source: Change.org

Since the passage of the now infamous SB 1070 in Arizona last April, about 41,000 people from across the nation, in every state in the union and Puerto Rico, have put together $3.6 million to ensure the survival of racial profiling.

According to a report by the Christian Science Monitor, the state of Arizona has withdrawn $440,000 from the legal defense fund so far. But the governor will soon have to revisit the fund's millions, because that 400K went to only the last days of May and the month of June.

It is uncertain whether Governor Brewer will eventually run out of private funding for the state's growing legal costs, but considering the impassioned nature of the fund's contributors, anything is possible. The largest contributor to the fund comes in the form of a Wyoming tycoon named Timothy Mellon, who contributed a whopping $1.5 million. The next largest contribution is quite a few steps down at $5,000.

Other contributors to the fund range from disgruntled Arizona residents, bizarrely zealous New Englanders, and disturbingly influential hate groups. According to a report by Time Magazine, more Arizonans contribute to the fund than anyone else in the country, which shouldn't be surprising. However, in terms of actual dollars, the rest of the country actually contributes far more. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, hate groups have lined up in defense of SB 1070, contributing to the state's fund in earnest. White supremacist party American Third Position, whose official mission is to "represent the political interests of White Americans," contributed to the fund, along with white nationalist forum stormfront.org.

Read more: http://immigration.change.org/blog/view/sb_1070_supporters_and_white_supremacists_raise_36_million_for_legal_costs

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Never heard of the American Third Position before.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Third_Position_Party

"The American Third Position Party is an American political party which promotes white nationalism.<2> It was founded in 2010, and defines its principal mission as representing the political interests of white Americans.<3> The party takes a strong stand against immigration<4> and globalization,<5> and strongly supports an anti-interventionist foreign policy.<6> Although the party does not support labor unions, they do strongly support the labor rights of the American working class on a platform of placing American workers first over illegal immigrant workers and banning of overseas corporate relocation of American industry and technology."

[comtec]

1. Oh look the American Nazi party!

god please protect me from your fanclub