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Cesar Chavez — Part 15
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“him and that we should go meet him at the ranch. I explained that he wanted ao
to meet the kids first and that once someone went on strike they had to be
= escorted by @ sheriff to get their money otherwise they could be arrestod
re “for trespassing. I again asked ff they couldn't call Lt. Lane on their
radio. Officer Pitts then said fn a loud voice” Fuck You" J then asked his
t. partner {who was standing by him) {f he'd heard what Pitts had said. -
Stanley replied “I didn't hear a word."
: Seeing that I'd get no cooperation I crossed the road. Approximately 15
‘ minutes later {t. Lane appeared and I explafned the incident. He shook his
vf head and then took the kids to get their checks. Lt Lane made no attempt
te to speak to his subordinates. -This is a typical example of the Yackadasical
i _ and contemptuous attotude of the Maricopa County Police Dept toward the
L. Strikers. u : .
On another occasion I asked another sheriff why he didn't stop the
teen age truckdrivers who were obviously underage and driving trucks of
rapes on county roads. He only told me “if we enforecd every Taw out
: here you guys couldn't even picket since the law says that county
- roads can be used for no other purpose except moving vehicles. I told him _.
: that I would question the constitutionality of stopping us but I wouldn't
hesitate stopping minors from driving I; - 2 ton vebicles on county roads
“without a license. . =
duan Alvarez . og ere
Right after the arrest of Gustavo Gutierrez and Alfredo we started moving” “= ="
the picketers to another field. As our line of cars was moving along the
road ve passed a patrol car and the sheriff inside stuck his erm out the
window waving a pair of handcuffs to all the strikers in the passing
ears. .
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