Ruben Garcia, director of Annuniciation House, listened to a question posed during a conference to respond to a judge's ruling which found the U.S Border Patrol not liable in the 2003 shooting death of Juan Patricio Peraza, a 19-year-old undocumented Mexican immigrant. Peraza is pictured with an unidentified child at right
The United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals handed down it’s ruling yesterday in the case of Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean and Justice was affirmed. US Judge Katherine Carbone was foud to have run a fair trial and the verdict hinged on who the Jury or 12 chose to believe. The Prosecution or the Defense. They chose the former.
Reaction to the ruling is about what one would suspect. but with a few surprises.
WND seemed to get the jump on everyone, not surprising since Jerome Corsi has been instrumental in having this case tried in the Court of Public Opinion, but a couple of hours after we broke the news here, WND relegated the story midways down their page. I guess since the ruling didn’t go their way, it didn’t have much importance to them.
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Isabel Garcia Co-Chair of Coalicion de Derechos Humanos
As there has been much made about the recent protest in Tucson against Sheriff Joe Arpaio, we would like to share a statement that our Co-Chair Isabel Garcia sent to media outlets in response
Good afternoon, and thank you for allowing me to respond in writing, as I am presently out of town.
As you know, Derechos Humanos, along with 6-7 community groups, called for a protest of Joe Arpaio’s appearance at his book signing at the Barnes and Noble. Because of Maricopa Sheriff’s Arpaio’s outrageous police actions in the communities of Phoenix, as well as his political views surrounding the immigration issues in general, many of us in Tucson have made a promise that we will not allow him to come into our town without him hearing from those of us who stand in support of the thousands of workers and their families who have borne the brunt of his narrow-minded, ignorant policies. That he would come to Tucson to promote a book filled with lies, fear, and ignorant perspectives about immigrants, was especially appalling to us.
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