#ArpaioASU: Unanswered questions
Video still from ASUtv/Ustream
So, um, WTF?
As The State Press tweeted shortly after Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's appearance at a Meet The Press-style interview was cut short by singing protesters, the abrupt ending left some unanswered questions... and not just the ones in the notes of the interviewers.
Here are some of the things that #ArpaioASU has left me wondering:
- The singing protest was apparently pre-planned, but I wonder if the protesters had planned to interrupt at a particular time or once a particular topic as brought up. (The singing protest did begin during a question on illegal immigration enforcement, which the song's lyrics center on.)
Who are the protesters who were inside the First Amendment Forum? Here's hoping that The State Press and other news organizations got comment and background from some of them.22:21 » TSP has included comment from singing protesters, an anti-Arpaio but anti-singing protester and a pro-Arpaio demonstrator in the latest version of their online story. Kudos.- Since the interview of Arpaio has stoked quite a bit of controversy these past weeks, was a similar interview of a prominent Arpaio opponent ever considered?
- Would the prospect of such an event have kept some protesters at home and kept those who showed up from hijacking the program as they did tonight?
- Would there even be an acceptable person who could fill that opposing role? Has the anti-Arpaio community rallied around a core of leaders, or are they too disparate to feel represented by a few people?
- What are those unasked and unanswered questions that professors Green, Elliott and Rodriguez had planned for the last 12 minutes of the interview?
- What was that hat Arpaio donned (seen above) once the singing began? From the ASUtv feed, it sort of looked like a Wilbur the Wildcat head to me. Why did Arpaio bring the hat, and why did he put it on when he did?