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Title: Border Agent's Death Would Spark Impeachment Talks, Republican Says
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URL Source: http://www.prisonplanet.com/article ... uary2007/080207Impeachment.htm
Published: Feb 8, 2007
Author: Kevin Mooney and Fred Lucas
Post Date: 2007-02-08 12:16:51 by christine
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Comments: 5
Weeks after accusing President Bush of "shameful" behavior over the imprisonment of two Border Patrol agents who shot an unarmed suspected drug smuggler along the U.S.-Mexico border, a federal lawmaker turned up the heat further Wednesday, suggesting the president should be impeached if either of the two men is murdered in prison. Speaking after the Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed that agent Ignacio Ramos was assaulted by inmates in his Mississippi prison over the weekend, California Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher had a warning for the White House. "I tell you, Mr. President, if these men -- especially after this assault -- are murdered in prison, if one of them lose their lives, there's going to be some sort of impeachment talk in Capitol Hill," he told a press conference in Washington D.C.(Listen to Audio) When Ramos and colleague Jose Compean began their sentences of 12 and 11 years' imprisonment respectively last month, Rohrabacher said of the president for not pardoning the men, "This is the worst betrayal of American defenders I have ever seen." "It's shameful this was done by someone who is in the Republican Party," Rohrabacher added, saying Bush "obviously thinks more about his agreements with Mexico than the lives of American people and backing up his defenders." The outrage has targeted both the administration and U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton, who prosecuted the two and offered an immunity deal to the suspected drug smuggler, Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila, in return for his testimony against the agents. Sutton has noted that the agents not only shot an unarmed man while he was fleeing toward the Mexican border, but also tried to cover up the crime by disposing of their shell casings and not reporting the incident to their supervisor. After a two-week trial last year, the two were convicted by a jury on 11 out of 12 counts, including assault with a dangerous weapon, assault with serious bodily injury, discharge of a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence, willfully violating the illegal immigrant's constitutional rights, lying about the incident and failing to report the truth. More to come.
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#1. To: christine (#0)
LP actually has an official "George Bush Impeachment Thread" running...
If impeachment proceedings were to begin today, Bush's term would expire before the culmination of his term. Ballsy Mr Rohrabacher is simply discussing the possibility of impeachment "talk". More dog and pony show tunes from the elected to the enslaved.
Here's the thing that I'm a little put off by. Had these guys shot the guy in a gun battle between them, and some drug lords, the jury might have saw things a little differently. However, these guys did indeed shoot an un-armed man. The fact that the guy was illegal doesn't make shooting this person right. Perhaps I don't know all of the facts of this case, and perhaps it went down another way, where there was a real threat to these officer's lives, but by the charges listed in the above article, I'd say these two guys made a mistake. I don't think they deserve the jail terms they got, but I don't think they should have gotten off scott free either. If you make a mistake, and someone dies that's one thing. If you're the guy who shoots someone who dies, and it's not justifiable, or lethal force isn't warranted, then you should expect some consequences. I'm the first guy to defend anyone who stands up for our borders and our security, but we don't shoot unarmed people arbitrarily, and the list of charges certainly makes it look bad for these guys.
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#2. To: christine, all (#0)
"I tell you, Mr. President, if these men -- especially after this assault -- are murdered in prison, if one of them lose their lives, there's going to be some sort of impeachment talk in Capitol Hill," he told a press conference in Washington D.C.(Listen to Audio)
#3. To: christine (#0)
 | This country's priorities are all fucked up. |
#4. To: christine, JETHRO TULL (#0) (Edited)
WHY WAIT?! Impeach the criminal now. [Dog and pony show is RIGHT!]
dog and pony show
Weeks after accusing President Bush of "shameful" behavior over the imprisonment of two Border Patrol agents who shot an unarmed suspected drug smuggler along the U.S.-Mexico border, a federal lawmaker turned up the heat further Wednesday, suggesting the president should be impeached if either of the two men is murdered in prison.
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In a CorporoFascist capitalist society, there is no money in peace, freedom, or a healthy population, and therefore, no incentive to achieve these - - IndieTX In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act - - George Orwell
#5. To: TommyTheMadArtist (#3)
Everybody did their jobs. The drug smuggler, who was or is now a DEA rat, smuggled drugs into the country. The DEA enabled drug smuggling. The border cops tidied up a crime scene and destroyed evidence. I don't see why this even came to trial. Just another day in Texico. Or Mexifornia. Or whatever.
The national nightmare has ended... Now begins two years of watching the Congress play "Kick the Gimp".
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