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Jury says rancher didn't violate migrants' rights
Associated press ^
| 02/17/2009
| Arthur H, Rotstein
Posted on 02/17/2009 2:10:34 PM PST by San Jacinto
TUCSON, Ariz. A jury in Tucson has found that a southern Arizona rancher didn't violate the civil rights of a group of illegal immigrants who claimed he detained them at gunpoint in 2004. The federal jury also found Roger Barnett wasn't liable on claims of battery and false imprisonment. But the jury did find him liable Tuesday on four claims of assault and four claims of infliction of emotional distress. The jurors ordered Barnett to pay nearly $78,000 in damages. The bulk of that is punitive.
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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: aliens; arizona; az; immigrants; invasion; justice; mexico; propertyrights; propertyrightslol; rogerbarnett
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To: San Jacinto
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posted on
02/17/2009 2:12:59 PM PST
by
HiJinx
(~ Support Our Troops ~ www.AmericaSupportsYou.mil ~)
To: San Jacinto
Should have been cleared on all charges, but this is a very good start.
At least some justice over the hordes of illegals spitting on our borders, our flag, and our good nature.
Yep, it’s a start...
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posted on
02/17/2009 2:13:27 PM PST
by
PubliusMM
(RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. 01-20-2013: Change we can look forward to.)
To: San Jacinto
Jury of Wimps.
Although they find no civil rights violation, they award the illegal immigrant trespassers $78,000 from the landowner. Landowner's lawyer is ‘pleased with the outcome’.
It IS better than being ordered to pay the $32,000,000 asked for by the illegals.
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posted on
02/17/2009 2:13:31 PM PST
by
San Jacinto
(gorebull warming -- the Socialists' Shortcut.)
To: San Jacinto
No violation of their “rights” but still guilty and on the hook for $78K. Madness.
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posted on
02/17/2009 2:13:53 PM PST
by
AngryJawa
(Obama's Success is America's Failure)
To: San Jacinto
four claims of assault and four claims of infliction of emotional distress Pure unadulterated BS.
More blood in the water for the MALDEF sharks...
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posted on
02/17/2009 2:14:00 PM PST
by
HiJinx
(~ Support Our Troops ~ www.AmericaSupportsYou.mil ~)
To: PubliusMM
It won't be long before some of these ranchers start applying the "Three S" rule.
L
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posted on
02/17/2009 2:14:29 PM PST
by
Lurker
(The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
To: San Jacinto
If he did not violate their civil rights, how in the hell is he responsible for assualts and emotional distress?
This country has already began its descent into the clutches of peril.
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posted on
02/17/2009 2:14:40 PM PST
by
Ultimatum
(**"It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish." -Mother Teresa)
To: San Jacinto
But the jury did find him liable Tuesday on four claims of assault and four claims of infliction of emotional distress. The jurors ordered Barnett to pay nearly $78,000 in damages. The bulk of that is punitive.
So now a burglar or robber can sue the victim.
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posted on
02/17/2009 2:15:02 PM PST
by
Dallas59
("You know the one with the big ears? He might be yours, but he ain't my president.")
To: San Jacinto
Well, that’s just silly. They had some semblance of sanity in their grasp and then ordered him to pay damages. What is wrong with people?
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posted on
02/17/2009 2:15:10 PM PST
by
ronnyquest
("Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not." -- Thomas Jefferson)
To: San Jacinto
four claims of infliction of emotional distress I wonder how many on the jury were once illegal aliens.
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posted on
02/17/2009 2:15:15 PM PST
by
donna
(Synonyms: Feminism, Communism, Fascism, Socialism)
To: PubliusMM
but this is a very good start. Not. $78,000 now on top of a $98,000 judgement last year...these are fines that Roger cannot sustain, and MALDEF will not leave him alone after this.
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posted on
02/17/2009 2:15:19 PM PST
by
HiJinx
(~ Support Our Troops ~ www.AmericaSupportsYou.mil ~)
To: San Jacinto
But the jury did find him liable Tuesday on four claims of assault and four claims of infliction of emotional distress. The jurors ordered Barnett to pay nearly $78,000 in damages. The bulk of that is punitive. PFT...good up to that point.
The jury should have given him part of the stimulus package as a reward and an incintive to keep doing the job this f'n gubmint won't do
13
posted on
02/17/2009 2:15:38 PM PST
by
Las Vegas Ron
(Obama says we should listen to our enemies, but not to Rush)
To: San Jacinto
How could he violate something they don’t have?
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posted on
02/17/2009 2:15:50 PM PST
by
txnativegop
(God Bless America! (NRA-Endowment))
To: San Jacinto
He should have shot the “wetbacks”!
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posted on
02/17/2009 2:16:03 PM PST
by
WellyP
To: San Jacinto; gubamyster; calcowgirl; Kimberly GG; cripplecreek; All
So...he didn’t violate their civil rights, but they’re going to get $78,000 out of him anyway?
God help us all.
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posted on
02/17/2009 2:16:27 PM PST
by
AuntB
(The right to vote in America: Blacks 1870; Women 1920; Native Americans 1925; Foreigners 2008)
To: San Jacinto; TigersEye
The jurors ordered Barnett to pay nearly $78,000 in damages..... I don't think the illegals deserve a dime.
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posted on
02/17/2009 2:16:29 PM PST
by
pandoraou812
(Don't play leapfrog with a unicorn! ...........^............)
To: Lurker
...took the words right out of my mouth...
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posted on
02/17/2009 2:16:46 PM PST
by
hiredhand
(Understand the CRA and why we're facing economic collapse - see my about page.)
To: San Jacinto
Illegal immigrants? They can be “disappeared”. Oh look, no one to cash the check now.
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posted on
02/17/2009 2:17:24 PM PST
by
Sir Gawain
(Dear President Obama, where's my free stuff?)
To: Dallas59
Yep, now a burglars can sue us. Sometimes it feels like this country has the insane in charge. The rancher was not guilty of anything.
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posted on
02/17/2009 2:17:34 PM PST
by
Jane Austen
(Boycott the Bahamas!)
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