Arizona Man Kills a Latino Man Over SB 1070 Dispute
Juan Daniel Varela was the father of a 13-year-old girl and was a third-generation Mexican-American. He was a volunteer Little League coach and proud Phoenix resident.
Juan Daniel Varela is also dead now, after being shot by a bigot, Gary Thomas Kelley, that supports SB 1070. More on this Maricopa County slaying below the fold.
ARIZONA: White racist kills Latino
neighbor over immigration lawJust one day after Cinco de Mayo, the Varela family of Phoenix, Arizona suffered a horrible shock when they watched a 50 year old White neighbor named Gary Thomas Kelley yell to 44 year old Juan Varela, "You wetback, go back to where you came" and then pulled out a 44 magnum revolver and killed him. According to witnesses in the 7th and Southern Avenues neighborhood, Gary Thomas Kelley was arguing with Juan Varela over the recently signed SB 1070 law which legalizes the racial profiling of Latinos in Arizona.
I just wanted to be clear on what this was probably all about.
We're seeing the mugshot of a 50-year-old man who's facing second degree murder and aggravated assault charges in connection to his neighbor's murder.
It happened Thursday at 1:15 p.m. in front of a house in the 6400 block of S Montezuma in south Phoenix. Police say Gary Thomas Kelley shot his neighbor, 44-year-old Juan Daniel Varela, in the face during an altercation.
When officers arrived, Varela was unreponsive on a sidewalk. Witnesses told police the suspect fled into his house. They also told police Kelley shouted some racial slurs prior to the shooting.
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MichaelCollins
May 27, 2010 - 03:43
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This is the face of this legislation
That dreadful governor and the nihilistic legal institute, the legislators, that fraud of a sheriff, Fox & friends -- all of them are responsible for this. They had better hope that this is the last incident like this. If there are more, they'll be responsible for the equivalent of lynchings in the old South. Who would want to even visit a place where the hierarchy endorses this crap.
"Furthest from him is best, whom reason hath equaled, force hath made supreme above his equals." Milton
Connecticut Man1
May 27, 2010 - 09:24
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I fully expect this to get worse
before it gets any better. It is encouraging the nuts to be even bolder in their already violent actions.
Roxy
May 27, 2010 - 16:38
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This is very scary
what have we come to?