Begging Your Pardon

IBD Editorials ^ | November 14, 2008

[Kaslin]

Justice: Two Border Patrol agents convicted of shooting a drug smuggler have been resentenced for the crime of protecting the borders of the United States. Mr. President, you do not have the right to remain silent.

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Former agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean are 20 months into their sentences for shooting drug dealer Osvaldo Aldrete Davila, who tried to elude the two agents after driving a van near Fabens, Texas, that was found to hold 743 pounds of marijuana. He tried to flee back to Mexico and was shot in the buttocks by the agents who had reason to believe he was armed.

Last week the two agents had their resentencing hearing before U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cordone. The hearing was prompted by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals' throwing out a minor obstruction of justice count. Ramos and Compean were resentenced to virtually their original 11- and 12-year sentences, the bulk of which is a mandatory sentence of 10 years for the use of a firearm in the commission of a crime.

Ramos and Compean were charged under section 924(c) of the criminal code. This section is intended to punish felons who use firearms in the commission of a crime, not law enforcement officers attempting to apprehend lawbreakers.

Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas, who plans to introduce clarifying legislation, says: "It was never the intent of Congress to have U/S.C. Section 924 (c) apply to law enforcement officers."

[Grizzled Bear]

This is why he is the worst President, I am so sorry I voted for him. What a big disappointment.

Oh? Worse than Carter? Worse than LBJ, FDR or WJC?

[lakey]

Another thing, on Fox, today, someone stated that this "recession" would last 14 months.

They can determine how long?

Aw, as I once said to my plumber, "You can stroke me some ... but not too much."

[chicagolady]

Quit straying from the subject. Go have a beer or 12.

[lakey]

They are/were all One Worlders. I don’t think Reagan was but he was led in that direction with Nafta.

[linn37]

In one the largest single rounds of layoffs on record, not just for the financial industry but for any industry, Citigroup said on Monday that it planned to eliminate a staggering 52,000 jobs, or 14 percent of its global work force.

Guess whos in charge? Rubin,

[lakey]

It was 53,000 jobs. Merry Christmas!

[Grizzled Bear]

Quit straying from the subject. Go have a beer or 12.

Sure. As soon as you put down the crack pipe.