10,000 marchers, 5 arrests at immigration protest

An otherwise festive protest march against the immigration methods of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpio turned ugly Saturday afternoon when a small group brawled with police and hit a mounted officer and her horse with sticks.
Police used pepper spray to disperse the crowd and arrested five people.
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Sarah Grace Daniels, 23, Jeremiah M. Henry, 18, and Issa A. Emadi, 26, were booked aggravated assault on a police officer charges, Phoenix police said.
Garyn Klasek, 30, is facing aggravated assault on a police officer and disorderly conduct charges. Claire E. Brock, 23, was booked for resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.
The group was dressed entirely in black with bandanas over their faces and signs read "Assassinate Arpaio" and other anarchist messages.
They had been jawing with police for most of the afternoon, chanting profanities at officers and throwing bottles at them near the beginning of the march. Officers on bikes and horses and more in patrol cars escorted the group the rest of the way until they reached 35th Avenue and Durango, blocks from the jail.
Salvador Reza, one of the organizers of the protest, described the people who created the disturbance as an outside faction.
"There was provocation by some groups who came here for their own purpose to disrupt a peaceful march," Reza said.
The marchers began to cut off a utility cart that had been riding alongside the demonstration and police brought in a mounted officer to separate the protestors from the officer. The crowd surrounded the horse and a few protestors hit the animal with sticks that had black flags on them.



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Posted By: Yessenia Garcia