The agents collected the shell casings and filed false reports, trying to cover up the incident.
Why did they do this???? This is probably the reason they are in jail and most likely the reason they have not been pardoned yet. I just don't like the idea they covered it up. Am I alone in this bothering me?
"am I alone in this bothering me?" Hopefully, yes!
no
"Am I alone in this bothering me?"
No, the fact that these guys attempted to cover up evidence bothers me also. This is not a cut and dried case on either side. The drug smuggler got shot attempting to bring his poison into the U.S. and in my opinion got what he deserved. The Border Patrol Agents proved they were not rocket scientists by romoving evidence from the scene, so they got what they deserved, no one is above the law, and these guys know that.
No but the facts are skewered by the irrationalogues. Such as above the poster states that the supervisors were present during the shooting. They were not. They were at the scene of the shooting to investigate the van and the getaway of the smuggler. Nobody told them about the shooting and the shell casing evidence had been removed.
Except that version of the story has turned out to be quite the "BIG LIE"
(there were 7 agents and 2 supervisors in the immediate area when the incident happened)
Hopefully you are alone in using twisted half-truths from Ruben Navarrette as a source for reaching any conclusion.
Oh, and did they do that? No. Ramos filed no report and picked up no shell casings. The answer relative to Compean is more complex and would take more time than I am willing to devote here -- do some research.
> Am I alone in this bothering me?
No.
The last thing we need is "Don Johnson" being transferred from Miami to El Paso for a new version of "vice".