First Amendment

Border agents crack down on First Amendment rights

All StoriesAlicia Vega10/29/20152

Border patrol officers and agents regularly harass, intimidate and threaten citizens and journalists alike who take photos from public rights of way at border patrol entries and do the same when they take photos of agents either there or in the field. Such harassment, including demanding people stop taking photos without a reason, is one of…

Part 2: A statewide audit shows arms to spare

All StoriesDaniel Desrochers05/06/20150

Thirty-three percent of the law enforcement agencies in the state don’t follow the law, an Arizona Sonora News investigation has found. When sent a Freedom of Information request for an inventory of their weapons, canines and animals, aircraft, vehicles and body armor, only 49 percent of the agencies completely complied with the request. Eighteen percent…