Daniel Pochoda, head of the Arizona ACLU's Legal Department, was arrested for misdemeanor trespass over the weekend by deputies from the Maricopa County Sheriff's Department, headed by the legendary Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Pochoda, 65 years old and a Harvard Law School graduate, was taken away in handcuffs around 1 PM Saturday, and released on bail just after midnight Sunday morning. He says this is his first arrest. Pochoda vows to hire criminal defense counsel and fight the charges. Pochoda claims he was present at a demonstration in order to observe the interactions between law enforcement and demonstrators, and was arrested only after he identified himself as an official from the ACLU. "Nothing unlawful occurred on my part, but that was not the story that was told," said Pochoda, of Phoenix."It was not deliberate. It was not provoked or wanted. The arrests and handcuffs came after I identified myself with the ACLU and gave the two sheriff's deputies my card as the legal...(Read Full Post)