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BORDER PATROL AGENT SAYS WHAT PROMPTED THE USE OF TEAR GAS AT US-MEXICAN BORDER [VIDEO]
The Daily Caller ^ | 12:34 PM 11/26/2018 | Christopher Smith

Posted on 11/26/2018 2:43:41 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

Rodney Scott, the chief U.S. Border Patrol agent of San Diego, outlined the circumstances Monday morning that led to law enforcement utilizing tear gas at the United States-Mexican border.

CNN host John Berman began the interview with Scott simply by asking, “explain the use of tear gas.”

Scott responded by saying that the main responsibility of Border Patrol is ensuring that “the border is safe and secure.”

The leading officer went on to challenge the notion that the migrants storming the border were part of a “peaceful protest” or that the “majority of these people were claiming asylum.”

Scott then candidly outlined the apparently raucous scene at the border, which ended with the deployment of tear gas.

“Similarly to what we saw the first wave of the caravan came up a week or so ago, the group immediately started throwing rocks and debris at our agents, taunting the agents,” Scott said. “Once our agents were assaulted, and the numbers started growing, we had two or three agents at a time initially facing hundreds of people at a time, they deployed tear gas to protect themselves and to protect the border.”

He went on to add that three agents were actually struck with rocks and some military vehicles were severely dented. None of the injuries were serious, according to Scott.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: border; invasion; rocks; teargas

1 posted on 11/26/2018 2:43:41 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

If you’re struck in the head by a fast rock

IT CAN KILL YOU


2 posted on 11/26/2018 2:45:58 PM PST by gaijin
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Throwing rocks at your prospective benefactor is not usually the way one asks for asylum..................


3 posted on 11/26/2018 2:46:08 PM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Next time use lead. It’ll make a more lasting impression.


4 posted on 11/26/2018 2:51:02 PM PST by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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To: gaijin

Shouldnt there be a “me too” movement for border agents?


5 posted on 11/26/2018 2:52:59 PM PST by Shark24
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
outlined the circumstances Monday morning that led to law enforcement utilizing tear gas at the United States-Mexican border.

The .50 cal. was still on the truck?

6 posted on 11/26/2018 2:58:55 PM PST by SamuraiScot (am)
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To: SamuraiScot

GET SOME!


7 posted on 11/26/2018 3:01:30 PM PST by shotgun
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
“peaceful protest”

I checked several sources. Peaceful protest does nowhere include throwing rocks and bottles.

8 posted on 11/26/2018 3:03:13 PM PST by Don Corleone (Nothing makes the delusional more furious than truth.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

These kids didn't throw rocks at anyone,
but Janet gassed them anyway.
Never forget Waco.

9 posted on 11/26/2018 3:18:14 PM PST by itsahoot (Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Something I learned very quickly in martial arts over fifty years ago, sticks and stones can kill, later verified by working in ER rooms.


10 posted on 11/26/2018 3:25:53 PM PST by Karliner (Jeremiah29:11,Romans8:28 Isa 17, Damascus has fallen)
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To: itsahoot

Post of the year!


11 posted on 11/26/2018 4:27:34 PM PST by SENTINEL (Kneel down to God. Stand up to tyrants. STICK TO YOUR GUNS !)
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To: Red Badger

“Throwing rocks at your prospective benefactor is not usually the way one asks for asylum”

Very good point. Maybe the violent ones are being videoed.


12 posted on 11/26/2018 4:28:39 PM PST by cymbeline
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To: itsahoot

Is Janet still with us? And, if so, WHY?


13 posted on 11/26/2018 4:32:22 PM PST by beelzepug (Another day, another reason to grind my teeth.)
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To: beelzepug

http://www.legacy.com/ns/janet-reno-obituary/182377332

She is burning in hell. Try posting names of those kids on her legacy page. They block it.


14 posted on 11/26/2018 5:50:18 PM PST by wgmalabama (Mittens is the new Juan. Go away mittens!)
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To: beelzepug
Is Janet still with us? And, if so, WHY?

Lived: Jul 21, 1938 -
Nov 07, 2016 (age 78)

15 posted on 11/27/2018 8:18:06 AM PST by itsahoot (Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
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