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VIDEO: Poverty pimps and poverty porn against minorities
Sometimes well-meaning people, in an attempt to help out with issues dealing with poverty or racism, can make things worse by being condescending, by missing the humanity involved, and by missing current and past policies that directly led to present problems.
In Tucson we have one such person, a well-meaning white liberal who ironically has a “racial justice” program under her command, but when it comes down to tough choices, sides with the ones causing the problem over the ones fighting the problem.
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From poverty pimp Janet Marcotte to “poverty porn” produced by ABC’s Diane Sawyer… maybe they are trying to help, but maybe they should also stop “helping” and let others provide real help.
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Then again, maybe the more racism TUSD produces, the longer executive director Janet Marcotte will have a job… promoting Pedicone is job security for a poverty pimp?

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Crime Trackers cold case
Posted: Dec 27, 2011 4:46 AM
TUCSON – Detectives say a known prostitute with an expensive drug habit is found dead back in July of 1997. The Pima County Medical Examiner’s office says the body was so badly decomposed, they couldn’t determine the cause of death.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Cold Case unit is now reviewing the case of Jeanette Brown.
She was 29 years old when she was found wrapped in a carpet and tossed off the side of cliff in Reddington Pass. On July 15, 1997 people whose car broke down and were walking to get help when they spotted a vehicle that had gone off a cliff. Detective Kelly Anderson says, “As they were investigating this car that looked like an accident they saw the body rolled up with the victim a little bit further down.”

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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -
A man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for a 2009 shooting death outside a Tucson strip club.
Pima County prosecutors say 30-year-old Andre Lightsey-Copeland was sentenced Wednesday. He was given 27 months’ credit for time he’s already served in the Pima County Jail.
Lightsey-Copeland was convicted last month of second-degree murder in the July 2009 shooting death of David Tyne.
In a statement to the judge, Lightsey-Copeland apologized to Tyne’s family.
But the victim’s father, David Tyne Sr., says he can’t forgive Lightsey-Copeland and called him “morally deficient.”
Pima County Superior Court Judge Teresa Godoy told Lightsey-Copeland she believes he’s a decent man who lost his way when he started hanging out with the wrong people.

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There are some interesting insights to be drawn from Arizona being the “crazy state” in the national media. Certainly Arizona has had its fair share of lunacy recently, and all of these eruptions of strangeness must be dealt with, and owned up to, at the state level. But many of these ills are not unique to Arizona.
Though the media tends to portray it as an anomaly, Arizona is really just another state in the union, with all of the problems of the national entity. SB 1070 was quickly one upped by even harsher laws in such places as Alabama and South Carolina. Prison breaks and prostitution rings happen all across the country, and the questions these particular incidents raise (when does privatization go too far, and what are the limits of religious freedom) are puzzling concerns for all Americans.

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Tucson man given 12 years in strip club killing
Becky Pallack, Arizona Daily Star Arizona Daily Star | Posted: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 1:02 pm
A murder victim’s father had a dramatic outburst in Pima County Superior Court Wednesday when the convicted murderer was sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Andre Lightsey-Copeland, 30, was convicted last month of second-degree murder in the July 2009 shooting death of David Tyne outside what was at the time the Candy Store strip club, 1104 S. Craycroft Road.
On Wednesday Judge Teresa Godoy sentenced Lightsey-Copeland to 12 years in prison, with with two years and three months of credit for time he already served in the Pima County jail.
“You’re a lucky man. Twelve! Life is cheap,” David Tyne Sr. yelled at Lightsey-Copeland before walking out of the courtroom.

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TUCSON, Ariz. — A man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for a 2009 shooting death outside a Tucson strip club.
Pima County prosecutors say 30-year-old Andre Lightsey-Copeland was sentenced Wednesday. He was given 27 months’ credit for time he’s already served in the Pima County Jail.
Lightsey-Copeland was convicted last month of second-degree murder in the July 2009 shooting death of David Tyne.
The Arizona Daily Star says Pima County Superior Court Judge Teresa Godoy told Lightsey-Copeland she believes he’s a decent man who lost his way when he started hanging out with the wrong people.
In a statement to the judge, Lightsey-Copeland apologized to Tyne’s family.
But the victim’s father, David Tyne Sr., says he can’t forgive Lightsey-Copeland and called him “morally deficient.”
The Arizona Daily Star (http://bit.ly/vhnpo9) says Pima County Superior Court Judge Teresa Godoy told Lightsey-Copeland she believes he’s a decent man who lost his way when he started hanging out with the wrong people.

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Pablo Francisco, however, has done his best at giving the former Saturday Night Live performer a run for his money. Francisco, who was born in Tucson and cut his teeth at Valley clubs like the Tempe Improv, is a gifted impressionist who’s starred on MADtv, appeared on Jay Leno and Jimmy Fallon, and cracked jokes on Comedy Central, VH1, and NBC’s Last Comic Standing.
Francisco will even have the honor of demonstrating how his yukks are funnier than Spade as both comedians will perform back-to-back gigs at Stand Up Live over Thanksgiving weekend.
Jackalope Ranch recently spoke with Francisco, who now resides in L.A., about his upcoming performance what he misses about Phoenix (including his favorite strip club) …
What are your roots here in Phoenix? My family is there in the Valley and I’m from Tucson. I used to perform a lot at the Improv up there. Phoenix has always been a hub for me because it’s hip and sexual. Got the topless bars on a lot of street corners. Table dances are still $10 and its gonna be the next L.A. so I’ve thought of it as home

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The cast behind restoring the Tropicana sign reads like a scroll of movie credits. Buffalo Exchange funded the restoration carried out by Cook & Co. Signmakers. Jude Cook did the project management and layout; Scott Reeves and Isaac Reyes were responsible for crane and rigging work; Steve Gaspard did the wiring; Mike Spronken undertook the metal work and lettering; Sam Richardson was the neon man; layout and patters came courtesy of Rudy Florez; Mike Braun did the painting and Cisco Campista assembled the sign.
“My hope is by doing this we will help reshape how the city views this part of the city,” Clinco said. “Miracle Mile was the major entrance and exit to the city.”
When Interstate 10 first opened, Tucson had only three exits and one was Miracle Mile. But Miracle Mile’s decline started in the late 1960s as more freeway exits opened. Motel owners started selling their properties in 1972 and Clinco said the 1973 oil crises “killed it. It became synonymous with prostitution.”

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The debate regarding the legalization of prostitution is a complex one. Sex is a socially sensitive issue and a private matter, so when debates start about the legalization of the solicitation of sex, things are bound to get heated … The problem with this discussion is that both arguments are based on an existing and continuing patriarchal, economically unequal, violent society that doesn’t allow for complete freedom and choice. Now, I realize there are male prostitutes, and not all sexual abuse is directed at women by men.  However, in a majority of cases, it is men that sexually abuse women and children (85 percent of domestic violence victims are women according to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence), and a large majority of prostitutes are women.  My analysis of the issue is largely based on those generalities … When people discuss the right to choose to pay for sex, it seems like they ignore the woman’s right to choose to have sex in exchange for payment. Obvi …

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The phone call didn’t take long, and I was seated in Judge Shetter’s courtroom along with my friends, to hear whether or not the State would allow the prosecutor’s motion to apply zoning restrictions to our cases. Zoning restrictions mean that the defendants cannot return to the scene of the crime. Usually these restrictions are applied for crimes of moral misconduct like theft and/or prostitution, or if others are injured as in the case of fighting or domestic abuse – those convicted are unwelcome to return to the physical location and make more mischief.  Think what that says about how the City views the Occupiers.  And consider the implications if adopted.  By lumping us together with thieves, prostitutes, and violent offenders, we are banned from returning to Armory Park.  (The first time this plan was forwarded, it was to cover ANY time, the second time, it covered just the hours the curfew was in effect.)  But, if we cannot return, the number of tents steadily decreases and the media can contend that support is waning.  It is a sure way to break the back of the movement.  Pretty slick, huh?  Both judges Chrenshaw and Shetter denied the motion.

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