Posted on 07/11/2010 11:43:41 AM PDT by John Semmens
Wheat Ridge, Colorado homeowner, 82-year-old Robert Wallace, has been charged with attempted first degree murder for firing shots at two men who stole his trailer. The thievesDamacio Torres and Alvara Cardanohave prior arrest records and are suspected of being in the country illegally.
Jefferson County District Attorney, Scott Storey called the shooting completely unjustified. First of all, at best, Wallace was confronting persons engaged in a property crime. The appropriate response is to let the property be taken. If it can later be located and he can prove it is rightfully his he may get it back. As it turned out, Cardano will carry the scars of his bullet wound on his face the rest of his life.
Second, even though Torres and Cardano took the trailer it is not proven that they are thieves. Perhaps they thought it was abandoned property. This is a matter for courts, not Wallace to adjudicate and enforce.
Finally, in a broader social context, its possible that Torres and Cardanos need for this vehicle is greater than Wallaces claim to it. They cant get jobs if theyre in the country illegally, yet they still need money to live. Until we have comprehensive immigration reform we will continue to be faced with such conundrums.
Storey hinted that the charges against Wallace might be reduced if he can work out a mutually agreeable compromise solution with Torres and Cardano. Threatening to throw the book at him gives us leverage to encourage him to cooperate along these lines.
Unmentioned were the statistics that affect the Countys budget for the Prosecutors Office. Inducing Wallace to plead to a lesser charge is recorded as a resolved case. Trying to prosecute illegal aliens, who likely will skip out before trial, will leave an unresolved case. The ratio of resolved to unresolved cases factors into the DAs performance ratingaffecting salaries and overall budget allocations for the next fiscal year.
Let us know when you start writing, I love made up names and events.
If you’d mark the title “sarcasm” I wouldn’t have to waste time with these.
I like humor but I don’t like dead alleyways when reading news.
You know it took me until the fourth paragraph to realize it was satire.
Actually, if you lived here something close to this is happening. An 82 year old man shot at a truck that tried to run him down. The guys had a stolen trailer, belonging to the man, and they got away. One perp dropped one guy off at the hospital, with a bullet wound. Turns out these guys had robbed him before too.
Long story short, the bad guys are illegals and the prosecutor is now filling 8 counts of attempted murder against the old man. The illegals? They told the court they promised to stay out of trouble and were released.
Only in America and only with dumb assed politicians. Oh yeah, the prosecutor is a Republican. Go figure.
John, today I got an email ‘forward’ with a rant about Obama’s disregard for flag etiquette......I Snoped it up to show the sender, and was tickled to see that the “source” was John Semmens.
The incident itself is real, and was posted earlier. The older gentleman is indeed still facing charges for shooting them, and not just at them, he hit one of them in the face.
It would have been a "good shoot" in Texas. Grand Jury would return a "No Bill" and that would be that for the guy defending his property.
But then, he-he!
Please send me a link to the real story.
PapaBear already did, but here it is again.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2550548/posts
Thank you for the link to the truth. Obviously, my reaction is justified as is the similar and logical reaction of normal, law abiding citizens. The DA is still a jerk and probably holding this office for the last time.
Yeah, I saw it just after I asked you. Read it. Still cannot believe it. The world is going crazy.
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