Posted on 06/08/2010 5:27:42 PM PDT by JoeProBono
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) -- A U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot a 15-year-old Mexican boy after a group trying to illegally enter Texas threw rocks at officers at an international bridge near downtown El Paso, U.S. authorities said Tuesday.
The shooting, which happened Monday evening, drew sharp criticism from Mexico, where the government said Tuesday that "the use of firearms to repel attacks with stones represents disproportionate use of force.....
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The article says "group".
Why the hell weren't thay ALL shot?
What about the thousands of Americans killed by illegal criminals and DUI since 2001?
A foreign invader with a backback full of illegal narcotics threw rocks at the Border Patrol.
What did the idiot expect?
Here we go, the BP agents will be thrown in jail.
Large rocks are deadly weapons and a deadly response is warranted. I still have a scar on my forehead of a large rock which nearly killed me..thrown by a neighborhood tough when I was a kid.
sorry...no remorse here
A rock is a lethal weapon. If the kid was throwing rocks at the border patrol agents, they did the right thing.
None of their family members should be subject to these men not returning home just because some idiot fifteen year old with stones couldn’t be dealt with.
Leave us alone. We’ll leave you alone.
Comprende?
Sounds like a proportionate use of force to me.
They think Mexican "anger" is "high", Americans are REALLY PO'd. We're tired of their BS.
You break a law, you pay the price.
Our very own "Palestinian" problem will only get worse. And the lib media's reporting of it will be just as biased.
So Mexico was attacking the US and now Mexico expects the US to not repel the attack?
we need to be niccer to the mexicans. After all its the official birthplace of syphilis....
I propose our Military and Militias conduct Live Training Fire daily along the Border.
Anyone who says a rock isn’t a deadly weapon should offer someone the chance to throw a 6 ounce rock at them from 60 feet away.
Gee, didnt the poor palestinian youths throw rocks and stuff too? We must be the new Israelis!
Dumbshites...
What is this “proportionate use of force” BS that has been spewed forth for the last 8 years or so? In other words, if you are attacked with feathers, stabbing with quills is too much? How about if someone throws a lawn dart at you, do you then reply with a horseshoe? If they use water pistols, can I then use my water hose?
What tragedy?
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