By Mike Sunnucks
Phoenix Business Journal
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas has filed felony charges against immigration protestors involved in a minor skirmish with Phoenix Police at a march Jan. 16.
Thomas filed aggravated assault charges — a state felony — against the three protestors who poked at a Phoenix Police officer on a horse and threw a water bottle during the incident. The office pepper sprayed a small crowd during the incident, which occurred during protests against Sheriff Joe Arpaio's immigration raids and crime sweeps. Those sweeps were targeted against businesses suspected of hiring illegal immigrants.
Jeremiah Matthew Henry, 18, Sarah Grace Daniels, 23, and Issa A. Emadi, 26, were charged. Henry and Daniels are charged with poking sticks at the mounted officer. Emadi faces felony charges for tossing a water bottle at police.
The protesters insist Arpaio is unfairly targeting Hispanics in his immigration raids and crime sweeps. Arpaio denies wrongdoing.
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