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John Beagle
MUSA Official Joined: Apr 23 2007 Location: Middletown Status: Offline Points: 1855 |
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Posted: Mar 06 2011 at 1:21pm |
Border Patrol agents followed instructions and shot non-lethal beanbags at illegal aliens in Arizona before the illegals fired back with real bullets and killed an agent, newly released documents reveal.
A team of agents confronted the illegals — who were armed with AK-47s and suspected of robbing drug runners and illegal immigrants — on the night of Dec. 14 in remote Peck Canyon. FBI search warrant requests filed in a Tucson court and viewed by the Arizona Daily Star disclosed: “When the suspected aliens did not drop their weapons, two Border Patrol agents deployed ‘less than lethal’ beanbags at the suspected aliens. At this time, at least one of the suspected aliens fired at the Border Patrol agents. Two Border Patrol agents returned fire, one with his long gun and one with his pistol. “Border Patrol agent Brian Terry was shot with one bullet and died shortly after. One of the suspected illegal aliens, later identified as Manuel Osorio-Arellanes, was also shot.” Brian Terry’s brother Kent said the other agents at the shooting site told him they were instructed to use the non-lethal beanbags first — a policy that doesn’t make sense, he told the Daily Star. “You go up against a bandit crew that is carrying AKs, and you walk out there with guns loaded with beanbags,” he said. “I don’t get it. “These guys are professionals. They should be able to use their judgment.” The search warrants were requested to examine fingerprints and a hair sample from Osorio-Arellanes, who remains in custody. The Daily Star reported its disclosures on Thursday, a day after authorities said a man beheaded in a suburban Phoenix apartment was killed for stealing drugs from a Mexican cartel. |
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VietVet
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OK. This story really P----- me off! Not only should the border patrol agents be allowed to return fire if fired upon, they should be able to be the aggressor in dealing with these dam illegals. It is a travesty that that agent lost his life due to a "respond to deadly fire with beanbag" policy. Now, they need to take the morons who got him killed and are endangering the lives of the other border patrol personnel and take them out to the desert and let the coyotes have their carcasses. This is bureaucratic bull---- at its best. The people who decided on this policy have, in essence, caused this agent's death and should be prosecuted. Why do we always put nimrods in charge? Just as cream rises to the top, so do idiots in management sometimes.
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Bocephus
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For some reason it seems as of late our Government seems more worried about "upsetting" the mexicans and illegals then protecting our own citizens.
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Middletown News
Prominent MUSA Citizen Joined: Apr 29 2008 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1100 |
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This is a travesty. Bean Bags? Come on now. Here is what those guys need:
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