"County of Cochise, Arizona" (c) 2008

"County of Cochise, Arizona" (c) 2008 Stu Jenks

    [I was at this three-day domestic violence training a few weeks ago. Some court staff from Cochise County drove up to attend it. They drove a county car. On the first day, I saw the official seal, attached to the side of their car. On the second day, I brought my camera.
    I talked with the P.O.s about the irony of the seal during an afternoon break. They didn't get the joke I saw. It used to be the 'county of Cochise', of his people, his family, his tribe, but not anymore. And my guess is he looked nothing like this picture, for no photograph was ever taken of the man, just like Jesus doesn't look like his portraits either. Not that funny of a joke, really. Frankly, I'm sad and angry, all at the same time.]

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[Dylan Santana]

Dateline from the News of “The Times They Are a Changin’”
It was discovered that a likeness of Mohammed was being used by Cochise County, AZ. After some fast work by the Federal Bureau of Native Likenesses the Do Not Reproduce file was moved to a different room from the Generic Native Heroes. An anonymous source said, “Likenesses is not a science, take for example the Unibomber.”