shootinstudent
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Nobody said they were shot at. By all accounts they weren't even assaulted at all.
Did you ever hear of citizen police officer? In some states you can shoot a person who's commiting a felony in progress. Not that I say we shoot illegal immigrants or beat them up, I'm saying the judgement at the court of law was illegal.
They pistol whipped them. Even the border patrol agent confirmed that by noting the size of the knot on the illegal's head. This is also, mind you, a group of convicted felons running around with guns in the woods at night...and the ringleader wasn't convicted of a petty felony. He was a violent felon.
On what grounds do you say the judgment of that court was illegal? The law is well settled on this topic...intentional harm to trespassers has always been illegal. I don't understand where everyone is getting the idea that this is special for illegals. It's not. This is and always has been the law, and there's nothing out of line for what happened...if you hire a bunch of convicted violent felons to guard your land with guns, regardless of who crosses them, you are opening yourself up to major liability, and that's always been the case.
Where's the injustice???
As far as I'm concerned, the only message this case sends is, if you're going to have people defend your land against illegal immigrant trespass...use a reputable group like the minutemen, who haven't as far as I know been in even a tiny spot of trouble with the law. This is what happens when you dole out "security" jobs to felons.