Sun, Jul 06, 2008
ez access
Subscriber services | Subscribe now
Custom clipper icon

Most Recent Tucson Traffic Incidents

S 12 AV/W VALENCIA RD ,TUC ACCIDENT NO INJURY 17:32
S MISSIONDALE RD/W VALENCIA RD ,TUC HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT NEG INJ 17:17
N ORACLE RD/W RIVER RD ,CO ACCIDENT UNKNOWN INJURIES 17:11
N HARRISON RD/E SPEEDWAY BL ,TUC ACCIDENT WITH INJURIES 16:27
E OLD VAIL RD/S RITA RD ,TUC TRAFFIC HAZARD 16:14
updated every 5 minutes - incidents provided by transview.org

Hourly Update

May Day march, rally draws about 1,200 in Tucson (with video)

Counter-protest attracts about 250
Staff and Wire
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 05.01.2008
Turnout for a May Day immigrant rights march in Tucson appears lighter than expected.
About 1,200 flag- and sign-carrying activists are marching from the city’s south side to Armory Park near downtown. More people are expected to join in as the marchers near the park, but turnout so far is well below the estimated 10,000 to 12,000 people who took part in a similar event in Tucson in 2006.
About 250 counter-protesters calling for the enforcement of immigration laws also congregated Downtown Thursday morning.
Led by conservative talk show host Jon Justice, the protesters gathered at De Anza Park at North Stone Avenue and Speedway early Thursday and then marched Downtown to El Presidio Park.
The counter-protest also called for support of the U.S. Border Patrol, which Justice said should be a universal sentiment regardless of a person’s stance on illegal immigration.
The pro-immigrant rights march is one of more than 200 planned across the nation Thursday by activists hoping to revive the stalled push for immigration reform.
The Tucson event was organized by a coalition of immigrant advocate organizations and labor union locals. Speakers at the park plan to address border and immigration issues, ethnic and racial justice and education, health care and jobs.
Get Arizona Daily Star home delivery and SAVE BIG!
Go Back