No. No effort was made to do that. Instead. an expensive Herculean effort was made to try to get the Border Patrol agents. Now the drug smuggler is being portrayed as a victim because he swears he was not armed. Our government takes the word of this nefarious character over two law enforcement officers. In short. the initial decision to prosecute the two Border Patrol agents instead of the drug smuggler was indefensible. Period. Suttons only defense. to cover up this horrendous decision. has been to lie and to demonize the two Border Patrol agents. Well. it just does not jive. According to that investigative report. Agent Compeans sworn statement. in his sworn statements he repeatedly stated he believed the drug smuggler had a weapon and felt threatened. The Border Patrol training manuals allow for this type of deadly force to be used when an agent fears imminent bodily injury or death. Both of the officers say they saw this drug smuggler turn and point what they believed to be a weapon in their direction while he was running away. The wound created by the bullet corroborates their version of the events.
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