Posted on 02/07/2018 11:52:49 AM PST by jazusamo
An Indiana prosecutor criticized President Trump for his comments Tuesday after police said the man accused of killing an Indianapolis Colts linebacker in a suspected drunk-driving accident was an undocumented immigrant.
Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry said in a statement that comments politicizing the fatal crash were "ghoulish and inappropriate," The Associated Press reported on Wednesday.
Curry said that his office would "vigorously prosecute" the case, according to the AP.
“We are disheartened that ghoulish and inappropriate public commentary has politicized this tragedy,” Curry, a Democrat, said. “Much of such commentary, including tweets by the president, fails to acknowledge that both Edwin Jackson and Jeffrey Monroe lost their lives on Sunday. We will simply seek justice on behalf of the families of those two victims.”
Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson was killed on Sunday when a Ford-150 struck him and another man on the side of a highway in Indianapolis.
Indiana state police identified the suspect as Manuel Orrego-Savala, a Guatemala citizen who is in the U.S. illegally.
Orrego-Savala had been deported twice from the U.S.
President Trump on Tuesday tweeted that it was "disgraceful that a person illegally in our country killed @Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson."
"This is just one of many such preventable tragedies. We must get the Dems to get tough on the Border, and with illegal immigration, FAST!" Trump tweeted.
Curry filed felony charges Wednesday against Orrego-Savala. He is being charged with two counts of causing death while driving intoxicated and of leaving the scene of an accident, according to the AP.
By refusing to enforce they would not allow prosecutors to bring cases of violations against RFRA like your pal Terry there.
The city of Indianapolis (yes THE CITY) made the proclamation when the legislature (representing the city) made and signed the proclamation along with Mayor Ballard also making an official proclonationx
And as I said - Indianapolis doesn’t actively enforce immigration law here - sanctuary city in all but word.
Really don’t wish anyone’s death but this kind of political erasure of facts will quickly halt when a noted Liberal politician, bits it!
Odds(higher each day) are, lt will happen!
‘Trump Curse’?
A Democrat. All you need to know. They hate Americans. This guy is probably ONLY prosecuting the case because the victim was so well known.
I guess the feds need to take charge.
Actually the fact that the perp is an illegal is getting shouted-down and censored all over the internet.
First off, Who would not allow prosecutors to do this? A county prosecutor is a elected position and nobody has the power to tell them what they can and can't prosecute. Second off, nothing in RFRA allows any prosecutor to "bring cases" for it's "violation". The statute provides a defense for defendants being charged with certain civil rights violations.
...Curry, a Democrat, said......some DNC talking points not worth reading.
Democrats hate the truth.
I love it when Trump tweets things like this, it pushes the Rat Tards out further on the Crazy Ledge. (”Jump, you Rats, jump!”)
He's the one who should keep his mouth shut and just do his job.
No one else is obligated to keep quiet about this tragedy caused by a drunken illegal from Guatemala.
As a matter of opinion. I think these illegals committing crime and mayhem in this country need to be called out and publicly shamed more often.
I did a search the other day and could not find any pictures of Edwin Jackson taking a knee for the national anthem.
goulish? goulish?
Ah, so, we’re through the dictionary from ‘d’ to ‘e’ to ‘g’. How many adjectives are left for the snowflakes to use to allege Trump’s comments are all ‘dark’ and ‘evil’ and ‘goulish’ ?
I get it, but this seems like grand-standing for headlines. He could be a swell guy otherwise. Why do you suppose he’s putting this out there? Worried about re-election and trying score brownie points with Dem voters?
Well, if you are a dirty rat bastard liberal, then it might SEEM inappropriate, because it makes you look pretty bad.
Not seeing the ghoulish, though.
“If you can’t politicize this...than you can’t politicize anything. The left has blood on their hands each time an illegal kills or hurts someone and they need to be told that every day.”
Needs repeating, and a giant coverup is in progress on this one.
I think he’s mostly concerned about getting a conviction that will stick. Prosecutors always get nervous about big publicity cases like this because it always raises the specter of an undue media influence - jury bias claim if he gets convicted. Further, Terry Curry is well aware of the heat that SF prosecutor took in the Steinle Case when he let an illegal get away with murder. Indy is conservative for the most part and if this guy gets off Curry loses his job. Period. So, I think he wants to shut down this national media attention stuff ASAP and just do his job. Curry strikes me as a pragmatist, not an ideologue. I think he’s taking a big risk that his comments will just stir up more attention and media vitriol.
Especially awful here is that the football player was responsible enough to take a ride home. He died doing the right thing.
Nobody outside the Indianapolis area would have heard about this if an NFL player had not been one of the victims. If it was just two non-celebrities, it would not have received any national attention.
I must’ve missed this same article when B. Hussein Obama said,“If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon.”
Yeah, but ya know, Hussein didn’t tweet it, so it’s no ghoulish and no politics.
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