Going From Bad To Worse
February 11th, 2007 . by CaryThis isn’t bad enough (from an e-mail from grassfire.org):
Imprisoned Border Agent Ignacio Ramos was assaulted and beaten in prison Saturday night following the airing of America’s Most Wanted, Ramos family members confirmed to Grassfire.org yesterday afternoon.
Agent Ramos told his wife, Monica, that he was kicked multiple times by up to five men with steel-toe boots, shouting profanities in Spanish and saying “Kill the Border Agent.” The family reported to us that he had extensive injuries, was bleeding from the ear and may not have received medical attention for up to 48 hours.
The story was first posted on Grassfire’s new FireSociety community. Go here for details, including my interview last night on L.A.’s flagship ABC radio station with Al Rantel.
Now, we have this (also from grassfire.org):
While Ron De Jong and I were presenting 304,000 citizen petitions to Rep. Rohrabacher on Capitol Hill, we were shocked when the Congressman informed us that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had admitted to members of Congress…
…that they had lied to Congress about the case against imprisoned agents Ramos and Compean.
Under questioning by Rep. Culberson, a DHS investigator admitted that his department did NOT have evidence to back up a number of outrageous claims including:
* Mexican/American agents Ramos and Compean “wanted to shoot a Mexican”;
* confessed to shooting an unarmed suspect;
* were belligerent to investigators;
* lied and submitted false reports;
* and stated during the investigation that the illegal alien did not pose a threat.
In addition, the DHS admitted that it began its prosecution
BEFORE completing their investigation!
So, first we have a case that should not have been in court – should, in fact, have been handled internally due to the agents not following procedures (imagine if YOU could be taken to federal court for not following procedures in YOUR job…). Second, the agents are held in GENERAL POPULATION with the very same people they were hired to keep out of the US in the first place. Third, the Department of Homeland Security (motto: we don’t want to offend anyone but our own) MAKES UP CHARGES that it then levels against agents of the Border Patrol.
Oh, yeah. We’re in good hands.
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