Video: Sheriff Joe Arpaio Forces Woman to Give Birth While Shackled

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Video: Sheriff Joe Arpaio Forces Woman to Give Birth While Shackled

The news team for Telemundo 52 recently reported on Alma Minerva Chacon, a women who was terrorized by Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Unfortunately, she is just the latest in a long line of Latinos who have suffered at the hands of the ruthless Sheriff whose personal goal is to rid Arizona of all "illegals" and just maybe, all Latinos. Arpaio has repeatedly stated that he is breaking no laws and just enforcing the constitution by arresting more than 600 Latinos a year. But the problem with his tactics is that less than half of those arrested are even in this country illegally.

The most recent atrocity committed by the self-proclaimed "America's Toughest Sheriff" involves a woman who was detained while 9-months pregnant. Alma Minerva Chacon's case has been receiving media attention due to the brutality with which she was treated. The very same night of her arrest, Chacon went into labor and found herself afraid and alone, being rushed to a local hospital with her hands and legs chained in shackles.

Once she reached the hospital, nurses repeatedly begged the Sheriff's staff to allow them to unchain the mother, but they refused and Chacon was forced to give birth while still shackled to the bed. At one point, the nurse asked for them to release her so that she could be escorted to the bathroom for a urinalysis, but even that request was denied. But the worst came once Chacon gave birth to her baby girl.

Still chained to the bed, Arpaio's police staff refused to allow Chacon to hold her newborn baby and then warned her that if no one came to pick up the child within 72 hours, she would be turned over into state custody. Telemundo 52 sat down with Chacon and let her tell her side of the story. Check out the interview below and if you don't support Sheriff Arpaio's barbaric practices sign the petition at www.SheriffJoeMustGo.com:

 

25 Comments
OK - if this is actually true, it's ridiculously wrong. End of story. What's also ridiculous is the people on here who clearly think that illegal immigration across the Mexican border is not a big deal. It is. Tens of thousands of people streaming over the border illegally. If you had 100 people walking through your property every day, you'd build a fence. And if those 100 people all barged inside to use your bathroom, you'd begin to throw them out yourself.
tHE ENGLISH ONLY crap is because americans are paranoid that they are being talked about in another language. We have become a militarized country, we are just about under martial law and it is the israelis power of lobby,- ringers in the govt. I can't imagine your friend, the israeli, could possibly be having any problem getting 2 this country unless she may be an activist in her own. If that is the case more power to her. The minute men on Mexican border along with israelis buiilding the fence(they really like to build fences see PALESTINE//!!!!) Anyway these minute men, tiny brains, and because they think they were descendants of the mayflower just gives them the right to harass any latino o latina. Well this country is getting short on culture and too long on mayflower descendants who bit and killed the hand that fed them ----the true NATIVE AMERICANS!!! and now minutemen descendants full of piss and vinegar. I had an experience with one in s.f. mission and the twit was harrassing a young latino couple, constantly shoving and hitting the yougster in the back, until the latin younster hurled his juice and paper cup. the mayflower guy then threw punches yelled about his 5 generations of americans and fell over, lost his glasses and just plain looked the FOOL!!!!
jo arpaio is a psycho-sociopath and is dangerous to others, yet arizona doesn't hospitalize him. Anyone who does to ms chacon what he did, usually feels inadequate ie; they are insecure about their geneitalia, sexual performance or is denying his real sexuality. This is considered an extremely violent procedure and any cop who has witnessed a woman during childbirth, would know how very sick this man is. It represents a hatred of women, himself and reflects a very uneducated man. Life in prison isn't enough for the atrocities he has committted. Let just one of his antics be performed on him! If it isn't a cure, jail or hospitalize him for life. Women are not safe with this monster arpaio on the loose---HE IS THE CRIIMIINAL!!!!
jo arpaio is a psycho-sociopath and is dangerous to others, yet arizona doesn't hospitalize him. Anyone who does to ms chacon what he did, usually feels inadequate ie; they are insecure about their geneitalia, sexual performance or is denying his real sexuality. This is considered an extremely violent procedure and any cop who has witnessed a woman during childbirth, would know how very sick this man is. It represents a hatred of women, himself and reflects a very uneducated man. Life in prison isn't enough for the atrocities he has committted. Let just one of his antics be performed on him! If it isn't a cure, jail or hospitalize him for life. Women are not safe with this monster arpaio on the loose---HE IS THE CRIIMIINAL!!!!
jo arpaio is a psycho-sociopath and is dangerous to others, yet arizona doesn't hospitalize him. Anyone who does to ms chacon what he did, usually feels inadequate ie; they are insecure about their geneitalia, sexual performance or is denying his real sexuality. This is considered an extremely violent procedure and any cop who has witnessed a woman during childbirth, would know how very sick this man is. It represents a hatred of women, himself and reflects a very uneducated man. Life in prison isn't enough for the atrocities he has committted. Let just one of his antics be performed on him! If it isn't a cure, jail or hospitalize him for life. Women are not safe with this monster arpaio on the loose---HE IS THE CRIIMIINAL!!!!
jo arpaio is a psycho-sociopath and is dangerous to others, yet arizona doesn't hospitalize him. Anyone who does to ms chacon what he did, usually feels inadequate ie; they are insecure about their geneitalia, sexual performance or is denying his real sexuality. This is considered an extremely violent procedure and any cop who has witnessed a woman during childbirth, would know how very sick this man is. It represents a hatred of women, himself and reflects a very uneducated man. Life in prison isn't enough for the atrocities he has committted. Let just one of his antics be performed on him! If it isn't a cure, jail or hospitalize him for life. Women are not safe with this monster arpaio on the loose---HE IS THE CRIIMIINAL!!!!
jo arpaio is a psycho-sociopath and is dangerous to others, yet arizona doesn't hospitalize him. Anyone who does to ms chacon what he did, usually feels inadequate ie; they are insecure about their geneitalia, sexual performance or is denying his real sexuality. This is considered an extremely violent procedure and any cop who has witnessed a woman during childbirth, would know how very sick this man is. It represents a hatred of women, himself and reflects a very uneducated man. Life in prison isn't enough for the atrocities he has committted. Let just one of his antics be performed on him! If it isn't a cure, jail or hospitalize him for life. Women are not safe with this monster arpaio on the loose---HE IS THE CRIIMIINAL!!!!
This is horrible! As a woman and a taxpayer in Arizona I am outraged. I would like to know what she is saying...is this available anywhere with a translation dub? I would like to send it out to other social work students.
This is horrible! As a woman and a taxpayer in Arizona I am outraged. I would like to know what she is saying...is this available anywhere with a translation dub? I would like to send it out to other social work students.
This is horrible! As a woman and a taxpayer in Arizona I am outraged. I would like to know what she is saying...is this available anywhere with a translation dub? I would like to send it out to other social work students.
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