Tohono O'odham man shot and killed by border patrol

KVOA ^ | May 19, 2023 | Lupita Murillo

[artichokegrower]

A well respected member of the Tohono O'odham community has been gunned down by Border Patrol agents.

[artichokegrower]

According to KVOA Raymond Mattia called U.S. Border Patrol agents after he discovered illegal immigrants were trespassing in his yard.

A family member told KVOA Raymond “called to request for assistance because there were multiple illegal immigrants who had trespassed into his yard and he wanted assistance getting them out of his property.”

According to the same family member who wished to not be identified, when Border patrol agents arrived to the scene Mattia exited his home and was shot dead shortly after

Our federal government in action

[No name given]

Once again, they show how incompetent they truly are.

[Lurker]

There is almost no situation that can’t be made worse by adding cops.

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[blueunicorn6]

Build the wall.

[CivilWarBrewing]

Incompetence? Seriously?

Calling the Illegal Alien Concierge Service (BP) to assist you in removing illegals is like calling the FIB when you discover one of Hunter Biden's laptops.

This isn't incompetence, this is enemy within and not much has changed since Ruby Ridge, Lavoy Finicum or Waco.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

He might have been committing the egregious capital crime of exercising his Second Amendment rights.

[Eagles6]

I am, always, sceptical of the first stories to come out and wait to form an opinion.

That said, LEOs do f**k up and there are bad ones.

If what is said is true, it's not good.

[artichokegrower]

This is going to be totally buried by the main stream media. Native American killed by federal agents to protect illegal aliens. We need to start an American Lives Matter movement and go riot down at the border

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Would like to see what the vest cams recorded.

Do I think the police might have screwed up?

Yes.

Do I think the family member might not be telling the entire story?

Yes.

This is why I am a firm proponent of public servants (not just the law enforcement, all of them) being required to have all public interactions be recorded.

[fidelis]

Way too short on details and too early to make a judgment on this. It says a few minutes passed between the time he exited his door and the time the shooting started. Could be he came out of his door, for whatever reason, armed to the teeth. Maybe not. None of us here have no way of knowing yet.

[DesertRhino]

Just watch. At night, he walks out with a gun, probably angry, refusing to cooperate.

Border Patrol deals with lot of crossers every day. They don’t open fire just because they are out somewhere with a brown man in a lonely spot. There is more to this story.

[DesertRhino]

It’s not a crime, but it’s pure idiotic when cops are in the middle of something, at night, to approach with a gun and a defiant attitude.

[dadfly]

bookmark.

[pfflier]

Yes, other facts will emerge in about two days after the sensational ones hit the media first. There is another side to this story, we don't know what it is yet. Remember the little angel with the skittles?

Could be bad, could shed new light on the whole matter. It is distressing to see so many posts that have already formed a virtual lynch mob.

[Bonemaker]

"Native American killed by federal agents..."

[artichokegrower]

This happened last Thursday night. There’s your two plus days

[montag813]

Another $20 million settlement out the door.

[Eagles6]

Yes, like that pregnant Physician's Assistant in NYC that was videoed, supposedly, trying to "steal" a city bike from 5 black teens.

Turns out they were trying to steal it from her.

Lots of Freepers need to eat crow.

It may have been a bad shoot, like the one in New Mexico where the cops went to the wrong address.

[Chuckster]

Never call the police.

[Reno89519]

“Gunned down”?