Don't worry, it did.
Posted on 01/17/2011 2:17:14 PM PST by epithermal
SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (Reuters) – The parents of a Mexican teenager allegedly killed last year by a bullet fired by a U.S. Border Patrol agent across the Rio Grande river, on Monday sued the U.S. government for $25 million.
The U.S. Border Patrol says Sergio Hernandez Guereca, 15, was pelting U.S. agents with rocks from the Mexican side of the Rio Grande river last June when Border Patrol agents on the U.S. side shot him to death.
But Bob Hilliard, attorney for the Mexican family, said today that the boy was the victim of "brutality" on the part of the federal agents, and was "shot in cold blood."
"We have seen brutality captured on video tape that stuns us as a country, when we think that law enforcement are trained and should not do that," Hilliard said.
The incident was videotaped by several individuals and was broadcast on the Spanish-language Univision television network, and posted on the internet. It has come to represent the lawless nature of the violence along the Texas Mexico border. It is unclear from the grainy cell phone video whether the boy was throwing rocks at the time.
"Part of this lawsuit seeks to require the government to turn over the border camera video and see it and get a better look at it," he said.
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Will the Fed.gov claim soverign immunity here, like they did at the Waco Haulocaust? Or Ruby Ridge?
Not so fast Hilly..
That kid was on the fence when he was allegedly shot by this "unnamed agent". That put's the victim on our side. If he retreated south after that, he could be charged with bullet theft.
Bill the family for the bullet.
“Wasn’t this the kid that was a drug runner?”
Which drug running Mexican kid are you referring to? There are at least 100,000 of them.
How do you say “we hit the jackpot!” in Spanish?
If someone was throwing rocks at me I’d shoot them, too. A rock can be a lethal projectile. Just ask Goliath.
“Certainly it wasn’t his ‘potential lifetime earning potential’ assessed as damages. In Mexico that would be more like $4.19.”
No, no. With inflation factored in, it would be more like $5.02.
So the gov’t settles for one cent on the dollar ($250k) and thinks it’s getting a bargain...which is what the Mexicans expect.
Not much, once they find out about the $35 million tax on it.
I can see a settlement for 25 Pesos.
Bob Hilliard equals Ambulance Chaser and an embarrassment to the legal profession, if that's possible.
Don't worry, it did.
Love the Despair Demotivators. My boss made me remove my calendar a couple years ago. Human Resources Directors have no sense of humor.
You must be an accountant.
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