And secure the borders while we’re at it.
Oh, and a pox on illegal alien drug runners.
The Patriot Post has taken the Texas Three‘s plight to heart and arranged a petition to ask that their sentences be commuted, that the borders be secured and that the illegal alien scumbag that got a bullet in his backside be prosecuted for his drug-running offenses.
You should read Mark Alexander’s Article on this issue for all the details.
I think that’s a good cause. Here’s the text that came in the mail:
Make your voice heard TODAY!
Please join fellow Patriots and sign “Free the Texas Three and Secure our Borders” — A citizen petition calling on President Bush to commute the sentences of both former Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean, and their colleague, former Sheriff’s Deputy Guillermo Hernandez; asking Congress to insist that the DEA prosecute Mexican national Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila on felony drug distribution charges; and demanding that Congress and the Bush administration secure our borders.
“It is not honorable to take mere legal advantage, when it happens to be contrary to justice.” -Thomas Jefferson
To sign this petition online, go to — http://PatriotPetitions.US/borders
Please forward this invitation to Patriot family members, friends and associates. In order to encourage serious consideration of this critical issue, we must collect in excess of 100,000 signatures.
Is it just me, or does United States Attorney Johnny Sutton specialize in prosecuting law enforcement officers protecting our international borders? Why does he believe the testimony of degenerates and criminals over that of the officers themselves?
Here are the facts: Two agents shot a man in the back. This act was illegal under current law. These men were tried by a Jury and found guilty.
Sutton chose to follow the law instead of public opinion. He should be thanked instead of attacked. If the law is wrong it should be changed by our elected officials, not our public attorneys.
Maybe Nelson didn’t get the point of this article. We’re not asking anyone to change laws nor are we disputing the facts in the case.
Since these guys were doing their job and had an industrial mishap, with extenuating circumstances involving the ‘testimony’ of a felon, we believe that commuted sentences would be fair. The least we can do is to support the guys who protect the border.
Sutton, in his capacity as a United States Attorney, has failed the people in both of these cases since he allowed immunity to illegals rather than prosecuting them for their crimes.
“Since these guys were doing their job and had an industrial mishap”
Since when is shooting a man in the back considered an industrial mishap? We have rules for a reason. You can’t just shoot people because you feel like it. If you think the sentence is too harsh, they could have been off a LOT easier if they didn’t try to cover up what they did. And even after that if they would have just admitted they were wrong and took a plea bargain. It would set a bad precedent if these law enforcement agents are let off the hook after violating rules for shooting someone and trying to cover it up.
As an aside, law enforcement agents don’t always get the right man. That’s one reason why we have trials before executions. My uncle was killed by police officers before I was born simply because he was driving the same kind of truck an escaping criminal was driving and it happened to be raining (reducing visibility). Sure it was a mistake. But any time you use lethal force, you can’t take that mistake back.