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www.k9mc.com/ - 5k - Apr 20, 2005
Posted on 04/21/2005 4:14:44 PM PDT by Spiff
KFYI is Reporting:
CHARGES HAVE BEEN DROPPED against Army reservist Patrick Haab who was accused of holding a group of illegals at gunpoint.
So its not against the law for a reservist to protect himself and our lands border from some intruders trying to suck on the country's teet??
Wonders never cease.
NEWS 5 KPHO Phoenix
MESA, Ariz. (AP) -- Seven Mexican men who say they were held at gunpoint in southwestern Arizona by an Army reservist gave authorities differing accounts of the incident, according to police records.
In a report released by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday, all seven immigrants say they were held at gunpoint and ordered facedown to the ground, but their stories differ about what happened before that.
"They seem to be all over the place," said David Cantor, defense attorney for Sgt. Patrick Haab, who is stationed Kalamazoo, Mich., and charged with seven counts of aggravated assault for the April 10 incident.
Some said Haab, who served two tours in Iraq, took the keys from the Chevy Suburban in which they were sitting, while others said another man Haab summoned took the keys.
One of the immigrants said a second man, whom authorities are still trying to find, pointed a gun Haab gave him at the group.
Haab was released from jail Thursday night on $10,000 cash bond.
Haab told authorities that he drew a pistol to stop a group of men from rushing him at an Interstate 8 rest stop. The men later were determined to be illegal immigrants from Mexico.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio said Haab also gave differing accounts about the incident first to dispatchers and later to investigators. Haab only claimed he was acting in self-defense in an interview with a sheriff's investigator, Arpaio said.
The investigator wrote that when he pointed out an inconsistency during an interview, Haab invoked his right to a lawyer.
"He's got his story, we've got ours and that's what the criminal justice system is for -- to get to the bottom of this," Arpaio said.
Cantor said Haab didn't mention the self-defense in the earlier phone calls because he "cut to the chase" in his conversations.
Haab is from New Paris, Ind., and is assigned to the Army's 415th Civil Affairs Battalion from Kalamazoo, Mich. He currently lives in Mesa.
04.20.05
Joe needs to go stay in one of his tents and eat his bologna sandwiches for a couple months....jackass
thanks for posting that
Sheriff Joe, Try Telling These People that Crimes by Illegals No Big Deal
“If they are illegal, it’s not the biggest crime in the world.” -- Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio
Sheriff Joe, please tell the following people that these are not the biggest crimes in the world. These crimes should not have been committed and were committed because of this very attitude. Sheriff Joe, you and most of our elected officials just do not get it. We are fed up!
- Kris Eggle, a park ranger in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, shot to death by illegal alien drug smugglers, August 9, 2002;
- David March, a Los Angeles County Sheriff, shot twice in the head by an illegal alien drug smuggler;
- Tricia Taylor, lost both of her legs above the knees to an illegal alien drunk driver who had 17 past violations;
- Joey Cornell, a child killed by an illegal alien now living in Mexico and being protected by the Mexican government like many other violent illegals;
- Holly Swartz and Marjorie Monnett shot and killed by a Jamaican national in this country illegally;
- Sister Helen Chaska, raped and strangled to death with her rosary beads by an illegal alien in Klamath Falls, Oregon in summer 2002;
- Bret Clodfelter, Oregon State Trooper, murdered by an illegal alien after offering him a ride. His wife of one month subsequently committed suicide;
- Sheila Herring, a police officer, was shot to death by an illegal alien after responding to a shooting by the same illegal in a bar;
- Ruben Morfin, 13-years-old, gunned down by an illegal alien gangster;
- Seven people were killed and 31 injured as a van full of illegal aliens tried to avoid capture by driving into oncoming traffic in San Diego;
- Two men killed and 20 injured when a stolen truck filled with illegal aliens tried to escape authorities;
- Larry Baca of Albuquerque, killed by a head on collision with a van loaded with illegal aliens;
- Sean Marti, 24, and Sage Marti, five months, killed by an illegal alien drunk driver driving the wrong way in Idaho;
- Robert Sitek, Phoenix policeman, shot four times by an illegal alien in April 2003 during a routine traffic stop;
- Marc Atkinson, 28, Phoenix policeman, shot in an ambush by an illegal alien in 1999;
- Christina Long, 13, Greenwich, Conn., killed while being molested by a Brazilian national in this country illegally;
- Randy Burris, hit and killed by a car driven by a drunk illegal alien as he was pushing a mother and baby out of the way;
- Hugo Arango, policeman from Doraville, Georgia, murdered by an illegal alien on May 13, 2000;
- David Contreras, shot in the face by the same illegal alien that shot Officer Arango at the same time Arango was shot;
- Jennette Tamayo, 9, from San Jose, kidnapped by an illegal alien in her own home;
- Victoria Hen, Los Angeles International Airport ticket agent, shot by an Egyptian who was in this country illegally for a time;
- Gary Selby, 18, killed by a drunken illegal alien whose blood alcohol level was three times the legal limit; three others were badly injured;
- Tony Zeppetella, 27, policeman, Oceanside, Calif., shot three times and killed by an illegal alien with a long criminal record;
- Christopher Shackleford, 19, Julieanne Pascoe, 18, and Kelli Bourgeois, 19, were all killed in Marietta, Georgia by a drunk illegal alien whose blood alcohol level was twice the legal limit;
- Walter Contreras Valenzuela, 10, sexually molested and killed in New Jersey by an illegal alien who had been arrested three times prior;
- Kimberly Hope, killed by an illegal alien who wanted to steal her car;
- Ana Cerna, 5, killed by an illegal alien in a hit and run accident;
- Felix Leon, 5, killed by an illegal alien in a hit an run accident as he rode his bike in Brownsville, Texas;
- Dustin Inman, killed, Kathy and Billy Inman, seriously injured in a hit and run accident with an illegal alien;
- Annie Cumpston, 6, killed by an illegal alien drunk driver in a hit and run accident in Baltimore;
- Adriana Sanchez, victim of identity theft by an illegal alien who rang up $70,000 in debt in her name;
- Tracy Owen, pregnant, shot five times by illegal aliens who believed they had hit her with their truck and wanted to cover up the incident
- Robert Bryant, Denver policeman, purposely run over by an undocumented Mexican as he tried to slow the driver down;
- Joseph Crummy, shot in the face by an illegal alien during a theft; Crummy leaves behind four children and a pregnant wife;
- Amber Merkle, 8, killed in a hit and run accident by a drunken illegal alien;
- Vinessa Hoera, 23, brutally raped and murdered by an illegal alien from Guatemala after she rejected his advances;
- Troy Payton, 32, Las Vegas resident, stabbed with a butcher knife by an illegal alien who had been previously deported;
- Will Seuis, Oakland policeman, killed by an illegal alien in a hit and run accident;
- Michael Gordon, policeman, Chicago, killed by a drunk driving illegal alien; another officer in the car was also injured;
- Terry Dilks and Lisa Dilks, shot multiple times and killed by an illegal alien in their home in Urbandale, Iowa; and
- James Lee and Emillia Lee, married just six weeks, killed by a truckload of 17 illegal aliens traveling at 90 mph trying to escape police near Fort Huachuca.
This list just barely scratches the surface of crimes committed against Americans by those who are in this country illegally. Certainly America has its share of crime problems, many of which are caused by liberal social policies, but the crimes listed above would not have happened if the elected officials of both parties in this country had the spine to do what is necessary to protect Americans.
thank God.
i was just wondering how this was going. hope i can buy the lad a beer one day..
Nam Vet
27% of the Federal prison inmates are illegal aliens.
(CBS 5 News) - The Maricopa County Attorney has declined to press charges against a man accused of holding 7 illegal immigrants at gunpoint.
The case had garned national attention with people divided on whether Patrick Haab was a victim or a vigilante.
County Attorney Andrew Thomas decided that Haab was making a lawful citizen's arrest and did not commit a crime.
"This is not a green light to intimidate, threaten, or detain anyone merely suspected of being in this country illegally. Mere presence in the U.S. illegally is a crime, but not in itself a felony, so other factors must be present in order to justify a citizens' arrest. In this case, the other factor was the human smuggling," Thomas added.
Thomas urged citizens to recognize the risk of making a citizens' arrest, and reminded the public that the right of citizens' arrest is available under very specific circumstances and if engaged in unlawfully will result in prosecution.
This is no different than the Local Police force asking apprehended bank robbers if they want to sue the FBI. I think the reservist ought to sue the Border Patrol, and the agents involved should be arrested for conspiracy to violate his civil rights.
And they make up less than 10% of the U.S. population. In states like Arizona and California the number of prison inmates who are illegal aliens is closer to 40%.
what a sobering list. i had never seen it before now.
Don't screw with veterans decompressing from the pressures of warfare. Between the lines I read "He displayed amazing restraint!"
The man has every right ro be upset, risking it all on the line only to find his representatives are allowing an invasion of his very homeland.
Great news!
And you can bet that's only some of it.
There has been for quite a few years a serial killer working the border town illegals. It'll be interesting to find out who it is if they are ever finally discovered. Odds seem to me to favor someone who blends well into the illegal community, i.e., an illegal himself.
I say 'himself,' because as we all know, only males are serial killers. Any female mass murderer must have been suffering from postpartum depression, or shock over being raped, or something that completely excused the fact she went out and killed a bunch of men. /sarc
Ahhh...but they do have rights- it was determined in the late 70's that illegals have the same civil rights while in the US as US citizens have. The determination was used in a Federal court US-vs-Hannigan.
I don't remember if this came about by an executive order issued by Carter (as I remember it) or by judicial interpetation as my friend remembers it. The Hannigan's were acquited of criminal charges involving illegals; State of Arizona-vs-Hannigan and the Federal Gov't tried them (retroactive) for violating the civil rights of the illegals in Federal court. In the Federal case the younger brother was acquited & the older brother was sentenced to prison. His sentence was upheld on appeal so it is still the law as far as I know.
Please don't let this get out to our FOQNA loons.
I'll thank you not to badmouth my beloved Sheriff. He is extremely well liked in this County and there are many reasons why.
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