I have to wonder why they covered though? Did they think they had done something wrong or panicked because of the PC consequences that were sure to follow. If they were covering a crime, I think they could have done a much better job.
If these guys were Rambos and didn't follow P/P, fine. Fire them. To send them to prison on the word of the man they were trying to arrest to begin with though? What does this say to the other agents?
I have already said the punishment did not fit the crime. 10 years is real disproportionate sentence for shooting a drug dealer in the ass.
I also disagree with the PC nuttiness and how many times the law is hamstrung by loony rules. I tend to think, with you, that they just panicked. That is why 10 years is such a crazy sentence.
My point is that the way things have degenerated re: immigration/border control, the crazies have turned this (or attempted to turn it) into some witch hunt of our noble law enforcement guys by a hispanic pandering group determined to "sell us out" or some other such idiotic nonsense. It is not, and it just shows them to be the fixated drooling haters they insist on being.