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To: TomGuy
Reno burns down the church at Waco and she is not punished.

Horiuchi shoots and kills an innocent woman holding a baby. He is not punished.

An FBI Agent shoots an innocent teenage in the face. He is not punished.

A USSS agent writes something on the private property of a possible enemy agent in possesion of $12 million dollars of fake checks. He is suspended without pay for 6 months, and his career is effectively over.

Only in Amerika.

39 posted on 08/09/2002 5:26:29 PM PDT by Mulder
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To: Mulder
Reno burns down the church at Waco and she is not punished.

Horiuchi shoots and kills an innocent woman holding a baby. He is not punished.

An FBI Agent shoots an innocent teenage in the face. He is not punished.

A USSS agent writes something on the private property of a possible enemy agent in possesion of $12 million dollars of fake checks. He is suspended without pay for 6 months, and his career is effectively over.

Only in Amerika.

You put it in perspective. Worth repeating.

48 posted on 08/09/2002 6:50:27 PM PDT by FR_addict
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To: Mulder
Reno burns down the church at Waco and she is not punished. Horiuchi shoots and kills an innocent woman holding a baby. He is not punished. An FBI Agent shoots an innocent teenage in the face. He is not punished. A USSS agent writes something on the private property of a possible enemy agent in possesion of $12 million dollars of fake checks. He is suspended without pay for 6 months, and his career is effectively over.

Only in Amerika.

The reason the agents in the former cases were not punished is that the government was able to spin their actions as justifiable. This is important not only to the governments' image, but also to that of the agents themselves. If the government can spin that an agent had good reason to open fire on someone, a jury is not likely to regard such action as impugning the agent's integrity. This guy's actions, while less severe than those of Reno, Horiuchi, et al., were far less justifiable.

64 posted on 08/09/2002 9:31:06 PM PDT by supercat
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