The LA times had a front page article (by Brian Bennett and Joseph Tanfani) about the border patrol killing a Mexican man who was having a picnic with his family. See this link: http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-border-shooting-20141019-story.html#page=1
The article reported that the border patrol officer shot into a crowd of civilians on the Mexican side of the border because they were throwing rocks at their boat. It would seem to me that any country shooting a civilian across the border would be an international incident. I can't imagine what would have happened if a US civilian were killed by a mexican law enforcement officer by shooting across the border.
This shooting happened two years ago and is still "under investigation" by the FBI. Video of the situation may be available from border cameras, but the Border Patrol has refused to release it.
This seems crazy to me! The evidence should be presented ASAP both to the Mexicans and to the US "Court of Public Opinion". If the officer was guilty of murder, he should be prosecuted as soon as possible too. Two years is much too long!
We clearly need a Federal law that sets up a Federal register of all law enforcement shootings. I don't think the country knows if law enforcement agencies are abusing deadly force. If we don't have statistics we will never know.
The article reported that the border patrol officer shot into a crowd of civilians on the Mexican side of the border because they were throwing rocks at their boat. It would seem to me that any country shooting a civilian across the border would be an international incident. I can't imagine what would have happened if a US civilian were killed by a mexican law enforcement officer by shooting across the border.
This shooting happened two years ago and is still "under investigation" by the FBI. Video of the situation may be available from border cameras, but the Border Patrol has refused to release it.
This seems crazy to me! The evidence should be presented ASAP both to the Mexicans and to the US "Court of Public Opinion". If the officer was guilty of murder, he should be prosecuted as soon as possible too. Two years is much too long!
We clearly need a Federal law that sets up a Federal register of all law enforcement shootings. I don't think the country knows if law enforcement agencies are abusing deadly force. If we don't have statistics we will never know.
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