Durka-Durka-Muhammed-Jihad!!
Now ain't this F'd up?
GI: I held migrants in self-defenseWTF is the world coming to when someone does what the freakin police are supposed to do and gets arrested?
Patrick Haab said he was a victim, not a vigilante, when he drew a pistol on several undocumented immigrants who he said rushed toward him out of the darkness of an Arizona rest stop this week.
"I acted in self-defense," the 24-year-old Army Reserve sergeant said during a news conference filled with contradictions Wednesday at the Maricopa County jail where he is being held on seven counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. "I thought they were going to attack me."
Dressed in prison stripes and shackled with chains at his ankles, Haab said he had no idea that the men were undocumented immigrants at the time he drew his pistol from a holster he often wears.
"I was not looking for any trouble," he said. "I'm not prejudiced in any way."
Patrick does what most Americans would do - detain criminals - and he's the bad guy? Give me a freakin break...next thing you know people will get arrested for looking cross-eyed at illegal aliens undocumented migrants.
Patricks' website can be located here. Send him a quick note of support.
UPDATE: It would seem that someone in the district attorney's office fired some neurons and made a smart (and obvious) choice:
Reservist who held migrants at gunpoint won't be prosecutedSmart move Mr. Thomas.No criminal charges will be filed against an Army reservist who held seven undocumented immigrants at gunpoint this month at an Arizona rest stop.
Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas said Thursday that Sgt. Patrick Haab had the legal right to make a citizen's arrest because the man smuggling the immigrants into the country was committing a felony and the immigrants themselves were conspiring with the coyote to commit a felony.
Arizona law allows a private citizen to make a legal arrest if a felony has been committed and the citizen believes that the person he is arresting committed the felony.
"I do not want the message to go out that people can start rounding up illegal immigrants whether or not they think they're here legally, whether or not they know all the facts," Thomas said. "This is a very unusual case with a narrow set of facts and very unusual circumstances that allow Mr. Haab to avoid prosecution."
TOMS - that's about the skinny of it.
White guy defending himself: VIGILANTE
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So let me get this straight: Before you are able to draw a weapon on someone you believe is going to attack you, you must ask them if they're here illegally (I guess that means you must also be required to speak Spanish). If they reply in the affirmative, you must let them beat your ass and rob you. If they're legal immigrants or Americans, it's OK to detain them.
Good, one more instance where an illegal has rights or privileges that surpass those of legals/citizens...
|| Posted by The Other Mike S, April 20, 2005 07:23 AM ||TOMS - that's about the skinny of it.
White guy defending himself: VIGILANTE
|| Posted by Mad Mikey, April 20, 2005 08:12 AM ||