Here are a few examples . . .
crimresearch said:
This is the second thread in which Mephisto has made his comments about corrupt law enforcement along the border...and I would like to see references here, just as much as I would in the other thread.
Well, here is something that might point to illegal actions by American law enforcement and SUSPECTED illegal aliens. I'm sorry my other accusations are based on rumor and speculation. The doesn't necessarily mean they are not true (if I could prove them, then it's easy to assume that other, more consequential people could prove them also - then we'd read about it in the newspaper). Please keep in mind that for a while many people in the U.S. maintained speculations that there were no WMD in Iraq, in spite of what the President said. Who turned out to be right?
"Orange County police departments have detained more than 4,000 suspected illegal immigrants over the last two years, driving many straight to the INS checkpoint in San Clemente for deportation, U.S. Border Patrol records show.
They are stopped for infractions such as soliciting work or selling flowers on medians. Instead of prosecuting them under municipal ordinances, officers take them to the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service checkpoint, a practice discouraged by federal officials and one that critics say is unconstitutional and smacks of racial profiling."
http://www.calpoliceimage.org/INS Detentions.htm
Here is an example of how the unauthorized border patrols will inevitably spark violence:
" Ronald Morales said the confrontation happened near Saddle Gap in the Perilla Mountains about seven miles northeast of Douglas on Oct. 30, while he was hunting with his father, Arturo Morales, and his daughters Angelique, 9, and Venese, 11. A friend of the older daughter, Emma English, 11, was with the Morales family.
The families claim Roger Barnett screamed that they were on private property and chambered a round in an AR-15 assault rifle, then pointed the gun at the group and ordered them off "his" land.
Morales said he and his father believed at the time that they were hunting on state land - which has since been confirmed by the Cochise County's Sheriff's Department. He said the group left after Barnett threatened to shoot and kill them if they refused to leave."
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/border/50356.php
Here is an example of the type of person who believes in vigorously guarding our southern borders.
"The leader of a second border militia was arrested by the FBI this week, and the man arrested last week will remain in federal custody because he's considered a threat to public safety, officials said."
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/border/40127.php
Here is are several articles explaining how and why border tensions will escalate. For the record, I sympathize with ranchers who unwittingly play host to many illegals and must deal with the consequences of their presence, but holding people hostage at gunpoint isn't the way people who litter are treated in the U.S.
Border Hostilities Escalate
A confrontation of desperate people on both sides of America's border with Mexico threatens to grow increasingly violent, reports CBS News Correspondent Sandra Hughes, as ranchers in Arizona whose properties have become passageways for illegal migrants take up arms to guard their land from intruders.
The encounters between ranchers and migrants have sometimes turned violent. Mexican officials claim two migrants have been shot and killed and four others injured. The conflict has escalated into an international controversy. Immigrant rights groups are protesting the violence and the Mexican government is considering a lawsuit against the ranchers.
http://www.issues-views.com/index.php/sect/2006/article/2083
I'm really sorry I couldn't provide more concrete evidence, but as I said before, if I had that evidence so would other consequential people who could actually do something about it. Besides, it's a fair assumption that any given law enforcement group will have some "bad apples" who will get involved in bribery, drug traffic and other shady dealings. If you are involved in crime research as your handle indicates, you realize the possibility that there are corrupt Border Patrol agents.
Mephisto
