Several civil rights activists on Friday alleged “anti-immigrant hysteria” motivated the quick arrest of a Hispanic truck driver involved in a fatal collision that killed a Harris County sheriff’s deputy who was drunk on duty. - Texas

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“And the League of United Latin American Citizens is calling for an independent agency such as the FBI to investigate how the Harris County Sheriff’s Office and Harris County District Attorney’s Office handled the case.

“We don’t feel the sheriff’s office and DA’s office can do a fair and unbiased investigation on this case,” said Francisco B. Rodriguez III, director of LULAC’s local office. “They have done minimal work because they thought they had a scapegoat.”"*

*From: http://www.chron.com
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