Posted on 02/25/2020 10:44:58 AM PST by aimhigh
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the parents of a 15-year-old boy cannot sue the federal agent who shot him by firing across the border separating the United States and Mexico — a case that inflamed tensions over border security.
The ruling was a defeat for the parents of Sergio Hernandez Guereca, who was on the Mexico side when he was killed in 2010 by a Border Patrol agent who fired from the U.S. side of the boundary separating El Paso, Texas, from Juarez, Mexico.
The teen, a Mexican national, was playing with three friends in the cement culvert that separates the two cities. They dared each other to cross the unmarked border, run up and touch the fence on the U.S. side, then run back to the Mexican side.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/17-1678_m6io.pdf
5-4, of course. File under “Elections Have Consequences”
Cool, a Two-fer against the wise latina this week.
do mexican courts allow american families to sue mexican border guards?
NBC News point of view is not to be trusted.
resetting my tagline
Yup. I dont feel anything at all for the kid. I must be a heartless American.
It’s a tragic case. There was no evidence the kid posed any threat to the agent although others present apparently did. It’s an example of the adage hard cases make bad law. In this case, the four liberals would have made bad law, extending a Constitutional tort to actions occurring in foreign countries.
throw rocks at border agent, win free coffin.
The teens were daring each other to run up to and touch the border fence then run back. The Border patrol caught the kid. His friends started throwing rocks at the agent. The agent shot at the kid he had caught and hit him in the head as he was running away (he had not thrown any rocks). Doesn’t sound justified to me.
Justified is irrelevant
The lawyer is attempting to allow mexican access to American courts. He has no standing
Maybe I am a tad extreme but I think maybe it would be good policy to shoot ALL invaders. Have a GREAT day!
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The lawyer is attempting to allow mexican access to American courts. He has no standing”
Hopefully our justice system will determine if the shooting was justified and will respond accordingly.
I agree with you, but....... there are those here who believe one Mexican life is worth more than America
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
Thanks for posting a link to the opinion itself so I don’t have to. :-)
In the long run that would actually SAVE many lives
“there are those here who believe one Mexican life is worth more than America”
I don’t get your meaning.
Powerful, powerful stuff, there Brookie.
I mean, you just framed the whole issue anew for me.
Clarity. A glowing clarity. Words like flares in the night!
A statement such as this must must reach the desk of Sotomayor, and of Bloomberg too.
I'll get busy on it. I may--if you don't mind, only if you don't mind--pen you a little poem about it too.
Clarity! Brilliance!
N.B.Y.= Nowhere but Brooklyn Yay!!
“Powerful, powerful stuff, there Brookie.
I mean, you just framed the whole issue anew for me.
Clarity. A glowing clarity. Words like flares in the night!
A statement such as this must must reach the desk of Sotomayor, and of Bloomberg too.
I’ll get busy on it. I may—if you don’t mind, only if you don’t mind—pen you a little poem about it too.
Clarity! Brilliance!
N.B.Y.= Nowhere but Brooklyn Yay!!”
F**k off jackazz.
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