Too bad they didn’t just shoot, shovel, and shut up.
That fence needs to be built and the border patrol agents need to not have their hands tied in dealing with illegals.
And what if the guy turned out to be a US citizen who was smuggling Madonna statues to his mothers boutique in El Paso? Or someone behind on his child support payments? Or a guy with 10 speeding tickets? OR someone who had one too many at lunch?
Now I know you will find these possibilities ridiculous, but the fact is Ramos and Compean KNEW NOTHING about the perp at the time they shot him other than that he took them on a high speed chase. They didn’t know about the drugs in the van (the one OAD was driving was different than the one Ramos originally called in which was a blue mini van. OAD was driving a light grey full size van, so it might not have even ended up being the same van Ramos saw being loaded with something).
R&C didn’t probable cause, they barely had reasonable suspicion. If you are saying that you think it is okay for an LEO, any LEO, to shoot to kill ANYONE they SUSPECT of committing ANY CRIME, than say so.
I would have to respectfully disagree.