[SwinneySwitch]

"....the San Juan attorney said in an earlier interview that Ramirez reunited with his wife and family in Louisiana after the hearing."

Pathetic!

[cripplecreek]

I wonder what racial slurs Ruben Torres used?

[FlingWingFlyer]

The NEW "American dream." Sneak into America. Win a huge lawsuit. Go back to Honduras and live like a king for the rest of your life. Cool.

[umgud]

I kinda doubt they just beat him for no reason. They probably did go overboard and he may win the suit, but I suspect the first thing out of his mouth next time he meets an agent is; Yes Sir!

[SteveMcKing]

Here they are, the enemies within:

Jaime Ortiz, Corinna Spencer-Scheurich, Sr. Moira Kenny, Noemi Martínez, and Abner Burnett

The South Texas Civil Rights Project
P.O. Box 188
San Juan, TX 78589-0188
(956) 787-8171

email: southtexascivilrightsproject@netzero.com

[SwinneySwitch]

BP Ping!

Please FReepmail me if you want on or off this South Texas/Mexico ping list.

[inquest]

If in fact the BP agents are guilty, then I'd agree they should be sanctioned in some way. But the illegal shouldn't get a dime out of it. He had no business being here in the first place.

[Flavius Josephus]

Zamora said one of the three agents attended the hearing and that Ramirez recanted his brutality claims before an immigration judge.

For any of us once you change your story once your credibility is shot. For an illegal? All rules are probably off.

[metmom]

I cannot figure out why people believe every word form someone who has so much to gain from charges like this. All these charges of *brutality* that no one can verify rot. Just like the ones from POW's. They hate America and are telling the truth. Sure, right.

[clee1]

Next time, just shoot him.

No plaintiff, no lawsuit.

[no-to-illegals]

now for what really (probably) took place.
expect more of the same..types of lawsuits.
illegals are now going to attempt to bleed
American's dry in our justice system.......

now.. for what (probably) took place.........
this guy had someone beat him up prior to the
encounter with the border patrol, and as I said
look for more of the same as these criminals
continue to bleed Americans.

[eeriegeno]

But U.S. Border Patrol officials said an administrative and external review of the incident cleared the agents of any wrongdoing and shows that Ramirez’s injuries were solely sustained when he was tackled while fleeing from the agents. “The Office of the Inspector General, an independent investigative body of the government, looked into the case, investigated it and found no criminal wrongdoing,” said agency spokesman Salvador Zamora.

End of subject, end of complaint.....

Now send this pathetic Honduras dude back where he came from.....

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

...Abner Burnett with the South Texas Civil Rights Project said his client was in the hospital for two weeks and underwent surgery for a broken hip and a herniated disc in his back, among other injuries...

So we did get stuck paying for this criminal invader.

[MillerCreek]

Something tells me that the American taxpayers are paying for his hospital and doctor bills. Among other things.

I also would like to suggest a tad of the benefit of the doubt for the Border Agents involved, before jumping to conclusions that they acted wantonly...who knows, maybe the guy here tried to run, spit on them, flipped them off, called them pejoratives, threw water or clothing or other items at them...you never know.

I think that the mere fact that force was used on the guy suggests that the Agents perceived it necessary for some as yet unpublished reason. What we're reading is only the victimology accusations of an attorney going for gold.

[Old Flat Toad]

Isn't Harlingen quite a ways away from Brownsville? Why the long distance transport for emergency services?

I'll bet BP saved his butt from the drug cartel.

[rudy45]

A few years ago, just after clearing security at Brownsville airport, I (and numerous others) were asked by BP agents if we were US citizens. I said yes, and continued. I said I would show them my passport, but they didn't seem interested.

What's the point of asking this question? Do they expect sometone to say, "no, I'm entering the US illegally"?

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Pleeeeze, pleeeeeze, pretty please with sugar on top, can I be on the jury?

[lrb111]

"U.S. Immigration Court records show that Ramirez was ordered for deportation at a March 15 hearing.

Zamora said one of the three agents attended the hearing and that Ramirez recanted his brutality claims before an immigration judge. "

He's been ordered deported, and has recanted. This story is such a condensed and convoluted aggregate of events, that it's meaning is lost.

[citizen]

Too bad he didn't die fleeing the LEOs. JMO.

Bush lies, Illegals thrive