Is the 2 border patrol agents case a travesty of justice?

Answer 1

Travesty of Justice, completely. Shooting bad men who repeatedly are breaking our laws should not be something our Border Patrol agents should have to worry about not doing. It was a split second decision as they always are, and he has since been caught doing the same thing The funny thing is (and I know this will piss you off, as I know of your political persuasion). Bush refuses to pardon them, why? Because he is in bed w/ Mexico...this issue cuts across party lines and you would be suprised to see how many liberals with a brain actually agree with you.

Answer 2

It is a terrible situation which seems to be getting worse as time goes by. These guys were in violation of rules of their jobs, they did not break any criminal laws. The most they should have gotten should have been termination and that would have been too severe for what they did/did not do. The supervisors on the scene were not treated the same way, why??? The judge and the prosecutors all should be disbarred and placed in the prison for this terrible situation. That would be as reasonable as what has happened to these two men.

Answer 3

Even though eleven months have passed since the trial and subsequent imprisonment of one of the guards, the government still hasn’t seen fit to release the transcripts of the trial. This is crucial in order to compare what we were told about the trial in the media to the actual evidence used in the trial. We already have learned several disturbing outright lies that the D.A. (who is a close personal friend of Bush’s from Texas) used to build his case against the two guards. We also have blatant lies on the part of Homeland Security regarding the ‘testimony’ of the other border guards who were present at the time of the shooting. Even CA Senator, Diane Feinstein, to her credit (and it pains me to do so) said that on the face of it the evidence of the shooting would point to a ‘minor administrative infraction’ worthy of no more than a suspension or, at worst, losing their jobs. She also pointed out that there are convicted criminals in CA prisons serving less time for murder.

We now know that the drug dealer (with 600 pounds of pot) who was shot as he was turning back towards the two guards and (according to the two guards) appeared to be preparing to fire a weapon. The two officers claimed from the beginning that they felt they lives were in danger and fired at the escaping drug dealer not even knowing that they hit him until he was brought back into the U.S. In court, the prosecutor lied and said that the illegal was “shot in the back as he was fleeing”. Forensic evidence that we now have, proves otherwise.

The prosecuting DA also lied when he claimed that there was no evidence that the van with 600 pounds of marijuana belonged to the escaping illegal. We now know that there was fingerprint evidence on and in the van linking it to the drug dealer. Big lie number 2.

The drug dealer, who was offered immunity and given a green card, is now in the U.S. preparing his $5 million lawsuit against the U.S. government. He has subsequently (to the trial where he was the ‘star’ witness) caught again bringing drugs into the U.S. The prosecution had the charges dropped in order to keep their star witness looking ‘credible’.

Now, to make matters worse, a U.S. congressmen concerned about the safety of a law enforcement officer in prison, specifically requested that the imprisoned guard be placed in a low security institution and that he not be placed in the ‘general prison population’ where his life would be in danger. One week ago, Saturday, he was transferred, unannounced, to a medium security prison (where more than 30% of the inmates are illegals) and placed in the general prison population. While he was in his bed, he was severely beaten by six inmates who were shouting in Spanish to kill the “Migra” (immigration). He was then placed in solitary confinement (according to his lawyer) for two days (for his own protection) before receiving any medical attention.

At the same time the judge who heard the case has a federal ‘gag order’ on only the defense team who are not allowed to talk about the trial, while the prosecutors are free to talk to the media and support their case in the court of ‘public opinion’.

Something is very, very wrong here and as a Bush supporter I hate to say it. But we need an independent federal investigation, NOW. This stinks worse than the Duke ‘rape’ case.

Answer 4

Keep hearing so many versions of what happened but even if the worst are true, I'll still side with the border patrol guys.
Can't believe the gov is on the drug dealers side on this.
Last I heard, no Dems had signed on with Republicans.
Where is the ACLU?

Answer 5

ABSOLUTELY!!

When are the Democrats going to speak out against this travesty of justice?

The Republicans have already lined up against the President on this but the Democrats have backed down.

Not that anyone is surprised they are giving up. When things get tough, they like to cut and run....

Answer 6

of direction no longer and you have confidence approximately that Johnny Sutton with Alberto Gonzalez are overlaying up a intercourse scandal with the Texas little ones Authority. the actual question is are the incorrect human beings in reformatory? the respond is obviously confident we could no longer forget approximately Deputy Gilmer Hernandez who has been thrown in many situations inhabitants!

Answer 7

Heck yea! The President should pardon them and the Border Patrol should award them medals.

Answer 8

Werent they at the end of a bad drug cartel deal between rival gangs in mexico to new york?

The President cant pardon them. Thats when the evidence would come out and make him part of the mess.

Answer 9

They knew the law. They broke the law. A jury found them guilty of breaking the law. They were sentenced for breaking the law. They are incarcerated for breaking the law.

What part of this is confusing to you?

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Answer 10

yes it is, they preformed their duty and acted as they deemed necessary, they also have to live with their action, right or wrong and intheir case its punishment, any combat vet can tell you that.