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1. #101
   On February 17th, 2009 at 9:18 pm, garydt said:

   I had not read the testimony and I believe people are upset with this situation is because illegals are coming over and littering and nothing is being done. The elites don’t care what happens because they are too far removed in their guilded homes and gated communities. People are just tired of the drug mess and the ever tiring tagging on every house and garage in their neighborhoods. Some places in Los Angeles the police won’t even go into and people fear the violence will expode on this side of the border soon.

2. #102
   On February 17th, 2009 at 9:43 pm, By Choice said:

   To all the righteous liberals and your comments you are totally missing the point to this case:

   Besides the obvious lawyer plays of getting evidence withheld due to it being prejudicial against the drug dealer; his former dealings including the ONE just before the trial, which happens all the time,the reason the judge was REQUIRED BY LAW to sentence them to more than 10 years for what should have been nothing more than administrative leave, was because SUTTON charged them with “using a firearm in the commission of a crime”.

   Let me repeat that: Using a firearm in the commission of a crime. DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS CASE TO EACH, EVERY, AND ALL LEO’S??? THEY were NOT committing the crime–Aldrete was committing the crime and Ramos and Compean used their firearms.
   The law was written to force judges to sentence criminals to a minimum of ten years when a gun was used IN COMMITTING THE CRIME. It was NOT intended to include the responding LEO. Now do you understand why this situation has totally convoluted this particular law and the future implecations???

   Slightly OT: The only person who said Aldrete didn’t have a gun was Aldrete. In an interview with Aldrete-Davila’s mother SHE stated she knew her son was a drug runner and that he ALWAYS carried a small gun with him when he was running drugs.

   The doctor that removed the bullet said the trajectory of the bullet indicated that Aldrete was turned to the side when he was shot–why would he do that–because his arm was raised and he had his arm up pointing backwards–gee, do you think that was because he had a gun and was shooting back towards the agents?? nahhhhhh!!! Even looking backwords would NOT have allowed the bullet to enter in the way it did.

   By the judge, first, allowing Sutton to charge Ramos and Compean with that law it also opens the door to every other police officer that pulls a gun to protect themselves against criminials. THEN, by sentencing them UNDER that law it further enforces the insane notion that any LEO could be charged with the same “crime”.

   God forbid that any BP agent thinks twice about using their weapons, paltry as they are compared to the zetas, because of what happened to Ramos and Compean, because the slightest hesitation will cause somebody’s death!

   These men should have never spent one minute in jail let alone in a court room and I hope to God that they will be totally vindicated and their rights restored immediately!!!! Iam so glad they are back with their families again.

3. #103
   On February 17th, 2009 at 10:02 pm, MNUSMCDavid said:

   The ” victim” was an illegal drug runner. You who think you are defending law are not seeing that the illegal drug runner is NOT a citizen. I would not give him the rights that I was born with and had defended when I served in the military. You don’t like they shot him and had to defend themselves from a left wing supervisor…. kiss my butt.

4. #104
   On February 17th, 2009 at 10:28 pm, GJCorby said:

   What is really unspeakable is that President Bush was too cowardly to pardon them, by only commuting their sentences they are still branded as felonsand cannot apply for any jobs in law enforcement if they chose to do so. Although after this experiance I find that possibility improbable.

5. #105
   On February 18th, 2009 at 12:10 am, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

   Welcome home good sirs. May Johnny Sutton take your place some day. Ignacio Ramos did survive the beating Sutton arranged for making too much noise. I hope Sutton does too.