Every day these defenders of our cities put their lives on the line. They have asked to be in harms way. and then when one is killed in the line of duty. their loss is deeply felt by the entire community. There are cases. however. when peace officers are killed and their killers happen to be immigrants from foreign countries. some legal immigrants. some illegal. And there are many cases where the home countries of these immigrants refuse to send them back to the United States to face their charges once they are requested to be extradited to the United States from their home country. In 2002. a Los Angeles County sheriff was murdered by a Mexican citizen who was illegally in the country. However. the Mexican government refused for 5 years to extradite him to the United States to stand trial. and it only occurred this January when the charge was reduced. The same occurred in Denver in 2005 when a police officer by the name of Donnie Young was murdered. and only after the charges were reduced was the killer extradited back to this country. Killing police officers seems to also be a popular pastime for a few immigrants in Texas. In my hometown. a Houston police officer by the name of Rodney Johnson was shot four times and killed by an illegal immigrant in September of 2006. In fact. the last three law enforcement officers shot in Harris County. Texas. were shot by people who were illegally here in the United States.
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Killing police officers seems to also be a popular pastime for a few immigrants in Texas.