Posted on 03/27/2007 4:05:59 PM PDT by buffyt
RAMOS: I had a pretty good sense, I mean, like I said, I had done this for the last ten years and the fact that the person that was driving this van didn't yield to, at the time, Agent Juarez, who first encountered the van, and then didn't yield to me, once I got behind it, pretty much gave us a good indication that at that time, yes, 99 percent chance that he was carrying narcotics in the van. I mean, that's just the way things worked out there.
DOBBS: You said, when you were down in the ditch and you were pursuing the suspect, or the witness, as it turns out, that you heard shots fired. What did you think was going on?
RAMOS: Well obviously, some type of altercation. and if there are shots being fired, I have to assume that, you know, in this case that it's the smugglers shooting at the other agent, and I knew that Agent Compeon was by himself, you know, because he was the only one standing between him and the smugglers' freedom to Mexico at the time.
So there was -- there was no other thought for me, other than he was in danger and he was being shot at.
DOBBS: At what point did you fire at the suspect?
RAMOS: When he made a threatening motion to me, when he turned and pointed what I believed was a gun to me. Had he never turned, you know, there would have been no shot. But when I told him to stop, he turned and made a threatening motion to me, and that's when I fired.
DOBBS: The prosecutor said you failed to arrest the drug smuggler, and that's why they couldn't charge him. Does that make any sense to you?
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Oh goody. Time for popcorn.
Why do you say THAT?
NICE Freeper profile page!
LOL!
There are currently (as always I'm sure) some very miguided, or possibly corrupt, agressive prosecutors who the real problem with these cases. The other problem in too many cases are some stupid people who serve on juries. It's not the government or the justice system totally.
I cannot believe Bush hasn't pardoned these two yet. It really sickens me.
The ballistics proved that the bullet removed from Davila's butt did not come from either patrol agent's gun. And the doctor who removed it said that Davila was turning around, swiveling around, toward the agents, in a pose he would use to shoot at them. He was NOT running from them. And Davila's mother said that he always carried a gun when he carried truck load of drugs into USA. He was a Mexican drug cartel drug runner. The US gave him a pass so that he could come into US any time he wanted to, pass freely. Then he was stopped again for carrying a truckload of drugs into US. Never prosecuted for it. Davila is currently suing US gov. for $5million. Living here on the Calif./Mexican border and at our other home in Texas we see what is happening. The drugs are coming in freely. And in Sequoia and Yosemite the Mexican drug cartels are growing pot, easier than crossing the border all the time, in areas that are considered pristine and fragile, where no one is allowed to go.
You are virtually a Newbie.
What a setup for anarchy.
Punish law enforcement for doing their job.
Future officer candidates thinks better
and chooses another career. So would I.
The people who remain to protect us will be
mostly "owned" agents of the sons of Muhammed.
Cripes! We're in such big trouble.
They are having trouble recruiting new border agents now.
Bush needs to either pardon these two or trade places with them.
And who put them there?
Excuse me? Why did you say that?
News Feature, Benito Ortiz, Translated by Miguel A. Báez and Mónica Monroe, Photos: John Tipton,
Noticero Semanal, Feb 28, 2005
[...They are having trouble recruiting new border agents now...]
I know I'm not sleeping well at night. How about you?
It is happening at Yosemite too.
You are excused.
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