US EditionICE-Themed Halloween Display at Alabama Sheriff's Home Sparks Backlash
The sheriff's Halloween display depicting immigration raids draws criticism for offending local Hispanic residents and raising fears before the city’s Latin Fest, community leaders said.
- On Thursday, a Halloween display outside Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch's home showed skeletons dressed as ICE agents chasing others over a fence, drawing local outrage.
- Tuesday, Michelle Alfonso Burch said she made the decorations reflecting her Cuban background and needed changes in immigration enforcement, adding her husband only mows the grass; Sheriff Paul Burch said his office works with Homeland Security and ICE but knows of no Latin Fest operations.
- Grace Rensendez McCaffery drove more than 70 miles from Pensacola to view the display and called it sad, while Hispanic activists labeled the decorations offensive and linked them to Sheriff Burch.
- Despite the controversy, Latin Fest organizers met downtown to finalize Saturday's event amid concerns about immigration enforcement in Mobile and Baldwin counties, while a grassroots progressive group leader called Sheriff Paul Burch unworthy of trust this year.
- Community leaders warned the display could increase fear and discord, while Silvia Lessa, Hispanic American Business Association of the Gulf Coast, said `This event is to empower our community to make our community accept each other and make sure that we live life`.
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The leader of a grassroots progressive group that has organized “No Kings” protests in Mobile this year said Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch is “unworthy of our trust and of his position” and lacks the fitness to serve as the county’s top law enforcement officer.
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Source: Whitney Newman / Whitney Newman Look, we are barely a full week into October, and the unhinged whites are already starting with their annual Halloween shenanigans (or she-Klan-igans, if you will). So, let’s talk about Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch, who is currently on the receiving end of public outrage because, in his infinite Alabama cop wisdom, he thought it was a good idea to decorate his front yard with a Halloween display featur…
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Source: Whitney Newman / Whitney Newman Look, we are barely a full week into October, and the unhinged whites are already starting with their annual Halloween shenanigans (or she-Klan-igans, if you will). So, let’s talk about Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch, who is currently on the receiving end of public outrage because, in his infinite Alabama cop wisdom, he thought it was a good idea to decorate his front yard with a Halloween display featur…
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