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Apache Stronghold grandmothers terrified Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar this week when they came to his office door at the US Captiol. Gosar called the cops on them. |
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
English/French
French translation by Christine Prat
Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar — who called the cops on Apache Stronghold grandmothers who came to his US Capitol office — sank to many new lows this week, even for Arizona politicians.
In a statement reeking of paternalism and white supremacy, Gosar claims Apache can't think for themselves and are controlled by outside interests. Gosar said, “Anti-mining opponents have sunk to a new low by using members of the Apache Tribe to further their misguided effort …”
Gosar's statement is too ridiculous and self-serving to post and give publicity to. This is how they spin, Arizona racist politicians harnessed by corporate interests and racist underbellies.
Read more: Arizona Rep Gosar calls the cops on Apache grandmothers
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2015/07/ariz-rep-gosar-calls-cops-on-apache.html
Brenda Norrell has been a news reporter in Indian country for 29 years, serving as a writer for Navajo Times and a stringer for AP and USA Today during the 18 years she lived on the Navajo Nation. After being a longtime staff reporter for Indian Country Today, she was censored and terminated. She then created Censored News, focused on Indigenous Peoples and human rights, now in its fifth year.