[MsDemeanor]

Besides the obvious issue of everything AZ is doing recently being racist, there's another issue that I don't recall being discussed yet here (correct me if I'm wrong, there's a lot in life that I don't recall).

In the news that I've seen, the primary argument in favor of this law seems to be centered around the drug trade, that the intention of the law is to stop the crime associated with that trade.

So, please explain to me, how does a cop asking someone in Flagstaff for their papers stop the flow of drugs and guns back and forth across the border?

When is someone in this country - politician, activist, anyone? - going to bother to point out that the US brought this on itself. We use more illegal drugs than any other nation, and we have lax gun laws and a ton of gun dealers near the southern border. The entrepreneurial spirit of "find a need and fill it" is held up as a god in this country. Well gee, a bunch of folks found that us Americans really like our drugs, so they're filling the need. Can't blame them for that any more than we can blame someone who risks their life to get in to this country because they can make more money here working for the poultry processors in the south who want to hire undocumented workers that they can pay less (sorry, that sentence got away from me). This country created the need, and people from other countries are filling that need. God Bless America, right?