[Aussie Dasher]

This is an obscenity! What the hell is the world coming to?????

[sgtbono2002]

The only people who care about illegal are the Minutement and a few lone deputy's doing their jobs. What is theirreward? Prosecution, anytime the government gets a chance.

Is there any doubt in any American's mind that we are being sold out?

[sig226]

If this was Joe Citizen I'd agree, but in this case, the driver tried to run over a uniformed police officer and then fled. The driver is clearly a threat to the life of anyone who gets in his way. Sorry for the other people in the car, but when you lie down with dogs, you wake up with fleas.

[RadioAstronomer]

At one time in my life I actually looked into being a LEO. I would not now (especially near the southern border) for all the tea in China.

[snowsislander]

The deputy's Dec. 1 conviction has enraged his hometown of Rocksprings, Texas, population 1,250, where "Free Gilmer" signs have been posted. The Baptist church is paying the deputy's mortgage and others have come up with costs for the family's truck, propane and water bills.

Hernandez, 25, and his wife, Ashley, have a 4-month-old daughter.

At least the town is pulling together to help the family.

[tutstar]

This is totally screwed up!

[ZULU]

This has GOT to friggin STOP!!!!

Gonzales should be IMPEACHED.

[moonman]

What kind of people makes up these juries? Anyway to find out? I'd love to see a break down. Otherwise, the defendants lawyers must be thee worst!

[dragonblustar]

Where the heck is the outrage on this? We are being invaded, our citizens attacked and the legal system is punishing us for trying to protect ourselves.

[mtbopfuyn]

Why did I know it would be an illegal...

[Tolsti]

Our government is waging war against its citizens with this insanity.

[trumandogz]

The problem was that the vehicle was fleeing and not a threat to the officer.

[misterrob]

U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton, appointed in October 2001 by President Bush, said Hernandez fired shots at the vehicle as it sped away "knowing it was occupied with the nine individuals," at least seven of whom were illegal aliens -- some of whom later were called to testify for the government.

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Hernandez was convicted after a jury trial in U.S. District Court in Del Rio, Texas, 75 miles southwest of Rocksprings -- found guilty of violating "under the color of law" the civil rights of Maricela Rodriguez-Garcia, a Mexican national.

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Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Baumann, who prosecuted the case, told reporters that the law does not give law-enforcement officers the right to use "deadly force to stop a car unless it poses an imminent threat to the officer or another person. If the car is going away from you, it's not even a close call."

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Noting that prosecutors offered the deputy probation in exchange for a guilty plea, the sheriff said, "This young man didn't do anything wrong and wasn't about to say he had. I think that speaks to his character."

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Sheriff Letsinger said an investigation found that Hernandez approached the vehicle and found only the driver was sitting upright and suspected the others were illegal aliens. He said the driver, after being asked to step out of the vehicle, pulled forward and turned into Hernandez -- fleeing from what the sheriff described as the deputy's "legal stop."

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Thinking the driver had tried to run him over, he said Hernandez fired at the vehicle's rear tires. He said at least one of the people inside the vehicle confirmed that the driver had turned it into the deputy.

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Sheriff Letsinger, with three deputies to handle all law-enforcement matters in a 2,000-square-mile county, called the Texas Rangers after the incident to investigate what happened. He said he also called the Mexican Consulate because Mexican nationals were involved, and the consulate later notified the FBI.

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The Rangers' incident report, the sheriff said, noted that after firing shots, Hernandez returned to his patrol car, notified dispatch and pursued the vehicle until it crashed into a fence -- at which time the occupants, except for Mrs. Rodriguez-Garcia, fled.

[wolfcreek]

Why is it OK for LAPD to fire hundreds of shots into an SUV escaping authority with an American citizen as the driver but, when there are illegals driving, it suddenly becomes something completely different?

I think that is a question for all to ponder.

[crghill]

It is time to rise up!

[DH]

That's what you get when you shoot a soldier of the Democratic party. We simply can't have our law enforcement officials shooting at fleeing criminals. It could actually hurt them and cause traumatic stress or worse yet, loss of self-esteem.

[spectre]

A Texas deputy sheriff who fired shots at a fleeing vehicle after the driver tried to run him down faces 10 years in prison for injuring one of the passengers, a Mexican national being smuggled illegally into the United States.

" The U.S. *attorney, who won lengthy prison terms last year for two U.S. Border Patrol agents in the shooting of a drug-smuggling suspect, also prosecuted Edwards County Deputy Sheriff Guillermo F. Hernandez, who is to be sentenced next month."

Sutton is that rogue..

How many people are going to come on here and continue to defend the invaders over our own LE?

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[Ladycalif]

Please watch and Circulate this video. It will break your heart.


I have a feeling that Agents Ramos and Compean will be pardoned soon. There is so much attention in the main stream media on their wrongful conviction that it is just a matter of time.

Unfortunately, Gilmer Hernandez hasn’t gotten the same amount of attention and this man does not deserve to go to jail just for doing his job. Please circulate this video around as much as possible. He has a beautiful wife and baby girl that need him.

CIRCULATE THESE LINKS

http://www.immigrationwatchdog.com/?p=3041
http://www.freegilmer.com

[Ladycalif]

Free the Texas 3 PING

[Ron H.]

Starting to sound more and more like we have a rogue prosecutor on a personal mission or perhaps even a vendetta. It might be interesting to see just what turns up if an investigation were done into Sutton's past and current cases and any possible ties to the Mexican government or maybe even drug lords.

[GOP_Thug_Mom]

Seems to be no justice---in this world...