http://www.nogalesinternational.com/articles/2005/12/09/news/news2.txt
"CBP officers fire on driver at Mariposa"
By Julia Bishop
Posted: Friday, December 9, 2005 8:11 AM PST
"Two U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officers fired at an adult male Tuesday when he attempted to run them over with a pick-up truck at the Mariposa Port of Entry.
Felt threatened"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The person driving a vehicle was asked to pull in for inspection. He refused to stop and attempted to hit the officers as he crossed over to the southbound lanes and fled back into Mexico, Kissinger said.
No injuries were reported and the officers were not hurt, Levin said. He added that the incident did not affect the public. CBP did not shut down the port or stop traffic.
Levin said the port was not closed during the shooting, "Because it all happened within the space of a very short time and was in an area where the public was not at risk," he said. The shooting was in the southbound lanes.
The Nogales Police Department is the lead agency investigating the incident with cooperation from CBP and Immigration and Customs Enforcement."
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"ADF: Worldwide Outcry Influenced Swedish Pastor's Hate Speech Trial"
By Allie Martin
December 9, 2005
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "(AgapePress) - An attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) says international exposure and pressure played a major role in a recent decision by Sweden's Supreme Court not to convict a pastor of committing a "hate speech" crime after he preached a sermon offering a biblical perspective on homosexual sin.
Last week Sweden's highest court unanimously decided to acquit Pastor Ake Green, who had been charged with hate speech in connection with a July 2003 sermon he preached at his church and later had published in a local newspaper. Arrested, charged, and initially convicted, Green was given one month in jail, a sentence he appealed.
An appellate court overturned Green's conviction on February 11 of this year. However, on March 9, the Swedish Prosecutor appealed that decision to the Supreme Court, which acquitted the pastor on November 29.
ADF chief counsel Ben Bull says Swedish officials took notice of the extensive international press the case generated. He says this whole affair has been "a lesson that we need to be involved in what's happening in Europe with respect to the persecution of the Christian faith."
Under Swedish law, Bull points out, any person who shows disrespect for a person's sexual orientation may be sentenced up to four years in prison. He says things could have gone very differently for Pastor Green in the courts, but public outcry made a difference in the outcome of the legal controversy."