They had wounded a fleeing suspect. although they didnt know they had wounded him. And who was the suspect? He was someone who they had who was a drug dealer. an illegal alien drug dealer who was smuggling $1 million worth of drugs into our country and was now escaping the scene of his crime after assaulting a police officer who had Intercepted him. This. again. was not someone who was out having a picnic. not some person they discharged their weapons and shot who was an illegal alien just trying to cross the border. This was a drug dealer who was trying to bring $1 million worth of drugs into the country. And although these laws were never intended by Congress to be applied to law enforcement officers. who have to carry a gun and have to make splitsecond decisions. the gun law mandatory prison sentence was applied to these police officers. these law enforcement officers. So. remember. we send a message not only to all the Border Patrol agents. but to law enforcement all around the country. that if In the middle of an altercation they discharge their weapon because they think their life is in danger. they may end up in prison. maybe even in solitary confinement. Again. this is a travesty. The prosecutors knew that charging law enforcement officers in situations like this was not the intent of Congress. but they threw the book at the agents anyway.
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