Posted on 07/01/2014 7:28:27 AM PDT by Rusty0604
TUSCON, Arizona--The US 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Monday that the parents of Sergio Hernandez, a 15 year-old Mexican teenager who was shot and killed by Border Patrol Agent Jesus Mesa on June 7, 2010, could sue Mesa in US civil court for alleged excessive use of force. This was a reversal of the initial judgment made in Mesa’s favor in the lower Western District Court in El Paso, TX.
The unfortunate precedent this sets for Border Patrol agents cannot be understated. All law enforcement officers are trained to deal with various kinds of threats, but those who work on the southwest border are working under unique conditions and stressors, along with the additional scrutiny that comes with regular interactions with foreign nationals. Few things place an agent’s life in danger more than the hesitation that comes with having to second-guess an action that has been ingrained to come as second nature through training.
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Liberals want to emasculate America.
This is just another step in that direction.
he should have had a Bag O’ Rocks with em .....
we will henceforth need to issue all border patrol agents a Stock of Standard Issue Rock Missles to counter these “children”.....
And Congress should immediately hold impeachment hearings for the entire bunch of scumbag lawyers with little hammers.
Please, senor, hit me with more rocks and here’s your voter’s card and assorted other freebies.
“cannot be understated”.
Breitbart’s usually better than this. If it can’t be understated, it’s not important. If it can’t be overstated, it’s immensely important.
Just like with Trayvon, rocks are a deadly weapon even if liberals are too foolish to understand. Playing stupid games is a great way to win stupid prizes, and I don’t mind at all when thugs who throw rocks are killed in the act of assaulting others.
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