Deputy David March. a 7year veteran of the Los Angeles Sheriffs Department. was brutally shot while performing a routine traffic stop at 10:30 in the morning. The suspect. Armando Garcia. fled to Mexico to avoid prosecution. Garcia was an illegal alien who disregarded our Nations immigration laws when coming to California from Mexico. Once in the United States. he continued his life as a criminal plaguing our streets with drugs and engaging in other criminal activities. including two attempted murders. While he had already been deported three times. Garcia again ignored our Nations laws and illegally entered the United States a fourth time. This time. he brutally murdered a police officer who was merely stopping him for a routine traffic violation.
Identified stereotypes
Associating illegal immigration with criminal behavior.