Just my opinion.....why would this man's life be so worthless, when far worse criminals are given the same protection by the law that he is, with no public outcry?
I will remind you that they tried to cover the shooting up by making a second trip to the sight to get casings they missed picking up at the time. I will also remind you that they did not know he was smuggling.
They tried to kill a man for a misdemeanor, entering the US illegally. They shot him in the back. That's inexcusable, and they knew it. So should everyone else, unless there is something else besides the facts involved.
Your argument makes sense, I'm not saying it doesn't. But overlook my bad writing skills and hear me out past the first two paragraphs, OK?
The Southern Border can be a very dangerous place to patrol because Mexico does not want us to patrol it and neither does the current Administration. Slanted reporting is one method used to keep the Border "clear" for illegal entry.
I witnessed such slanted reporting a few years back when some U.S. Military Personnel got shot at by a "Poor Mexican Goat Herder", and they shot back in self defense. (guess who got in trouble?)
There may very well be circumstances other than the "facts" that were presented - that happens in trials all of the time..red tape inadmissible stuff.
I sat on a jury in a murder case once. After we came to a verdict, We found out a lot of facts that were inadmissible so the jurors "opinion" would not be swayed. (pissed me off, and if the judgment had of been different, I'd have been on the news complaining we were "mislead"). That experience changed my opinion about "fair trials" forever.
The Border Agents shot the guy (whether or not it was in the back is irrelevant, he could have been running towards hidden weapons, you never know)
These Border agents obviously got emotional,angry, not unlike a like we've seen Police Officers do sometimes after a chase. They tried to hide excessive use of their arms, knowing that spelled trouble for them. They are guilty of those offenses.
The witness in the case, IMO, was allowed to insert "facts" that are basically his word against theirs, as far as what "went down".
We are to believe the Border Patrol agents did not know he was smuggling at the time. LOL! Bet they knew him though, bet they knew his M.O., his past..they knew exactly what he was doing, they have been agents a long time.
The Agents are guilty alright. But they deserve a Pardon, because the whole thing smells BEYOND what "facts" were presented. You don't send an Officer to jail for ten years for firing his gun and not killing someone, or not reporting the useage. You fire them.
Apparently you missed the part about the illegal alien fighting with the agents and then attemtping to shoot them.
The man was a known Mexican drug dealer, and was offered immunity (FGS) to testify against OUR officers. We gave him immunity, and he went back to smuggling drugs into our country.
Some people are worth defending more than others. Scum who sell our children drugs are worthless in my book.. I choose to defend our Border Patrolmen over the drug dealer..I'm funny that way..
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His life, judging by his documented behavior, looks pretty worthless to me. The fact that invading our country is considered a mere "misdemeanor" is unjust. The outcry in this case is over the prosecution of the border patrol agents, who face 11 and 12 years in prison, for shooting this jerk in the butt, not to mention the immunity given the criminal alien drug-pusher and his $5 million dollar lawsuit in American courts.
Something is seriously wrong if this case is an example of American justice.