Arizona bill targeting specific arrest warnings advances despite heated opposition

A controversial Arizona bill that would criminalize warning people about imminent arrests moved forward Tuesday after a heated hearing. The legislation, sponsored by Senate Majority Leader John Kavanagh, would make it illegal for someone to alert a person to avoid, hinder or delay an arrest in any case, not just immigration enforcement. "In Arizona, for some reason, our obstructing statute only talks about physically obstructing, blocking the police, locking the door, something like that. It does not deal with warning the police, warning somebody of an imminent arrest by the police," Kavanagh said.