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Border Patrol agent fatally shoots man rock-throwing man
KVOA Tucson Channel 4 News (AP Story) ^ | August 27, 2006

Posted on 08/27/2006 9:07:43 PM PDT by SandRat

YUMA, Ariz. -- A U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man who was throwing rocks at officers from the Mexican side of the border late Saturday, officials said.

The incident began after agents spotted a suspicious vehicle near the Andrade Port of Entry west of the California-Arizona border, just north of the international border and alongside the Colorado River.

The driver fled and then tried to swim across a pond along the river in an effort to return to Mexico, the agency said in a press release.

But the man began to struggle to stay afloat and agents threw him a flotation device and began to try to rescue him. Several people on the other side of the border then began throwing rocks at the agents, and one officer was struck in the head.

The officer then shot at a man who was getting ready to throw another rock, the Border Patrol said. Mexican authorities took the man to a hospital, where he died.

Attacks on Border Patrol agents have become more common in recent years, and this year agents say they're seeing smugglers become even more violent as more federal resources make crossing into the U.S. ever more difficult.

Smugglers are throwing softball-sized rocks, hunks of concrete and whole bricks at agents, either out of frustration or to try to get authorities to back off.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; Mexico; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: agent; aliens; border; borderpatrol; bordersecurity; borderwars; compean; fatally; illegalaliens; immigrantlist; invasionusa; man; narcowars; patrol; ramos; rockthrowing; shoots
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Huge mistake? Rocks can kill or maim just as easily as a bullet.

Well, they (rocks) can potentially kill or maim, but let's not get carried away here. As easily as a bullet is a bit of stretch. If that were true, I'd save money and carry a pocket full of rocks instead of a gun.

61 posted on 08/27/2006 10:18:34 PM PDT by Melas (Offending stupid people since 1963)
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To: Minus_The_Bear
If the officer that was struck in the head was significantly injured it was easily justifiable.

If not, it takes more explaining, but not all that much as they were in the middle of trying to save another person from drowning. They couldn't just walk away. More than just the officers lives were in immanent danger.
62 posted on 08/27/2006 10:21:29 PM PDT by DB (©)
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To: Loud Mime
Mexican authorities took the man to a hospital, where he died.

The question is: Did the shot kill him or did something else?

My question is, where were the Mexican authorities BEFORE he was shot, while the rock throwing etc was going down?

There have allegedly been plenty of incidents where they were very close by, and even trying to give cover.

63 posted on 08/27/2006 10:23:26 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Islam: a Satanically Transmitted Disease, spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus.)
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To: Nathan Zachary; ButThreeLeftsDo
He could toss a rock and nail them right in the head at 25 ft without fail. Rocks are deadly in the right hands.

Back in the late 1800's, a rail road section boss in colorado was attacked by a grizzly bear, while he was walking his section.

He KILLED the griz with thrown rocks, AND was uninjured.

He was a pitcher for either the company or town, forget which, baseball team.

Yes, in the right hands, rocks are deadly.

64 posted on 08/27/2006 10:31:13 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Islam: a Satanically Transmitted Disease, spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus.)
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To: ApplegateRanch

I know a couple of "town" pitchers that I would never walk in front of....

;-)


65 posted on 08/27/2006 10:34:00 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Fight Crime. Shoot Back.)
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To: Michael.SF.

Rocks can cause GBI or death. A person throwing a rock intending to injure or worse does so at his own peril. Of course, that want stop the activists, race hustlers or ambulance chasers from villifying the officer. By the way I have seen BP video of a person being stoned to death (on the Mexican side) and they werent tied down etc. After the first good shot knocks you senseless you become an easier target to finish off.


66 posted on 08/27/2006 10:38:17 PM PDT by lawdog
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To: Michael.SF.
The last time a rock did serious damage in a battle was David vs. Goliath.

beg to differ

67 posted on 08/27/2006 10:39:46 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (Here to Help)
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To: NRA2BFree
Mexican authorities took the man to a hospital, where he died.

I'm gonna guess he probably doesn't throw any more rocks.

68 posted on 08/27/2006 10:42:41 PM PDT by South40 (Amnesty for ILLEGALS Is A Slap In The Face To The USBP!!)
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To: Graybeard58
You almost had a:


69 posted on 08/27/2006 10:43:19 PM PDT by LukeL
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To: Michael.SF.
Why arabs throw rocks
70 posted on 08/27/2006 10:44:18 PM PDT by South40 (Amnesty for ILLEGALS Is A Slap In The Face To The USBP!!)
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To: South40

LOL. good one!


71 posted on 08/27/2006 10:52:16 PM PDT by Michael.SF.
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To: SandRat

Lesson learned. Gun covers rock.


72 posted on 08/27/2006 11:27:55 PM PDT by taxesareforever (Never forget Matt Maupin)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

The mistake was in not continuing to shoot.

When I see the riots in European countries, it just amazes me that they do not just shoot the rioters. You can not have people rioting and throwing things at police or private citizens. Just shoot them, the rioting and stone throwing will stop.

A civilization needs order or it is not civilized, it is a jungle as it is now.


73 posted on 08/28/2006 2:57:55 AM PDT by 2ndClassCitizen
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To: SandRat

74 posted on 08/28/2006 3:02:19 AM PDT by killjoy (Dirka dirka mohammed jihad! Sherpa sherpa bakalah!)
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To: Loud Mime
"The question is: Did the shot kill him or did something else?"

He fell on his own rock.

75 posted on 08/28/2006 3:16:55 AM PDT by azhenfud (He who always is looking up seldom finds others' lost change.)
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To: Michael.SF.

Tell that to Reginald Denny.


76 posted on 08/28/2006 3:48:56 AM PDT by Badray (While defending the land called America, we must also be sure to preserve the Idea called America.)
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To: Nathan Zachary

Not only are rocks deadly, but at a distance how do they know that it is only a rock and not a grenade?


77 posted on 08/28/2006 3:54:27 AM PDT by Badray (While defending the land called America, we must also be sure to preserve the Idea called America.)
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To: SandRat

No word from the Mexican Gov? In normal countries, this would be an international incident.


78 posted on 08/28/2006 4:22:17 AM PDT by wolfcreek (You can spit in our tacos and you can rape our dogs but, you can't take away our freedom!)
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To: SandRat
Several people on the other side of the border then began throwing rocks at the agents,

But they're honorable, hard-working, religious folk just trying to make a better life for their families. /sarc

79 posted on 08/28/2006 6:19:57 AM PDT by jrp
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To: beaversmom

Our Southern border is either a joke or a serious line of defense. Glad to see there are a few who still take is seriously. The truth is that if this was the standard, supported response to rock throwers at the border, no one would lift that first stone.


80 posted on 08/28/2006 6:23:22 AM PDT by mad puppy ( The Southern border is THE issue)
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