Asian community members, the 9/11 Commission that planned the memorial, the Anti Defamation League of Arizona, and former Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley, who prosecuted the case against Singh Sodhi’s murderer, all came out against the bill. The Sikh civil rights and educational group SALDEF circulated a petition, resulting in over 7,500 letters being sent to Brewer’s office in three days.
