Prod filing on the basis of religion, gender, national orig origin, sexual orientation and gender identity. it means that federal law enforcement officers cannot use these chafblgts as the basis for making routine or respondent use law enforcement decisions like traffic stops. the new policy comes amid outrage over recent officer-involved deaths including the choke hold death in new york of eric garner. garner s widow did not directly address profiling but she did say she believes her husband s death was the culmination of prolonged police harassment. they knew him by name. they harassed us. they said things to us. we would go shopping, you know, they hi, cigarette man. hey cigarette man wife. stuff like that. i would say eric, keep walking. don t respond. you know, don t give them a reason to do anything to you. and, you know, he just felt like
Origin. even so, some in law enforcement say confusion will persist. it puts my officers in a very difficult position. if they enforce the law or if they don t enforce the law. so they re being put in a place where if they enforce state law, they re going to be sued because they re violating federal law. if they abide by federal statute, they re going to be sued because they re not enforcing the state law. reporter: friday brewer signed the revised version of the law. casey wian is live for us in phoenix. casey, this was supposed to make the critics feel better, these changes, but how are they taking to the changes now? reporter: t.j., they still don t like this law. some of the problems they have with it is that it will allow police who are investigating municipal code violations to investigate someone s immigration status, so potentially someone who has got a barking dog or someone who has got grass that s overgrown and someone complainses about that, police could come and re
Have your papers and you took your kid out to get ice cream, you re going to be harassed. that s something that could potentially happen. reporter: state senator russell pierce authored the law. shame on president obama and others who spoke before they read the bill. in washington they have a habit of not reading their bills. actually in arizona we read them. we know what s in them. reporter: still, legislators have now changed the law seeking to clarify what they call misinformation that has stoked the fears of lahtinolatinos. the original law said police could conduct an immigration status check during an lawful contact. it replaces lawful contact with lawful stop, detention, or arrest. clarifying police may not stop people without cause. the revised law also removed the world solely from the phrase the attorney general or county attorney shall not investigate complaints that are based solely on race, color, or national orig