Hundreds of demonstrators protested the policies of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Friday, July 17, 2015.

The boom of drums and the shuffling of hundreds of feet echoed off the Phoenix skyscrapers near the headquarters of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office on Friday afternoon as protesters chanted, “Arrest Arpaio, not the people!” The protest, which began at the Phoenix Convention Center and ended at the sheriff’s Sixth Avenue and Jackson Street headquarters, represented a collaboration of multiple organizations, including local human-rights group Puente Arizona and a conference for progressive leaders called Netroots Nation. The groups said they aimed for Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s resignation, the end of “racist” deportations and the end of involvement of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in county jails.

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