I have my own opinions about what happened and I think the biggest loser in this was Ramos. Compean got mad because the perp got away and shot 15 times...and missed, from a distance far shorter then Ramos (hello?).
Compean was never trying to hit OVD, but Ramos didn’t know that, saw and heard Compean shooting and erroneously believed there to be a firefight. He did what he was trained to do.
Ramos got screwed by Compean’s inability to control his anger. But they both screwed themselves with their unbelievable “black shiny object” story, their inconsistent and unpersuasive testimony, their attempts to cover it up and their defense attorneys horrible strategy.
So no, they don’t belong in prison but they also don’t deserve adulation and uncritical support of their actions.
>> Ramos got screwed by Compeans inability to control his anger. But they both screwed themselves with their unbelievable black shiny object story, their inconsistent and unpersuasive testimony, their attempts to cover it up and their defense attorneys horrible strategy.
So no, they dont belong in prison but they also dont deserve adulation and uncritical support of their actions.
Ramos got screwed by Compeans inability to control his anger. But they both screwed themselves with their unbelievable black shiny object story, their inconsistent and unpersuasive testimony, their attempts to cover it up and their defense attorneys horrible strategy.
So no, they dont belong in prison but they also dont deserve adulation and uncritical support of their actions.<<
Thanks Bob.
I think it is likely that Ramos, hearing those shots, thought what I would have thought: Compean was in a real firefight.
I also think it is unlikely that Compean was really trying to shoot OAD. Compean had a shotgun and would not have missed if he really wanted to hit him.