No, I'm not happy that two Mexican nationals were killed crossing into the United States illegally. I believe anyone who would find joy in the death of another human being is deeply disturbed, regardless of whether that death is justified or not.
That's not the point here. The issue is that once again, we have a border war. A war by people who think it's okay to propel rocks and create a dangerous situation for our Border Patrol officers, and then decry the situation when the Border Patrol reacts to protect themselves. Other situations when people attempt to cross illegally into the US and resist apprehension and arrest, turn violent and are subdued by whatever means, and then die, it's never a good thing for anyone. But in the final analysis, it's not the Border Patrol's fault.
Nobody gave the right for people to throw rocks at the officers and try to injure them. An intelligent person wouldn't be with a group of people doing so. Not much different than a crowd of rioters who suddenly are swept up in a police rush and someone gets injured or killed. There are always those who say they were not rioting, just bystanders. In my opinion, if you're not part of the crowd, then you don't belong in the crowd!
If a person attempts to enter the country illegally and is caught, they simply submit to arrest and detention. Seems like many thousands do that each year from what records I have viewed. Yet when a person resists arrest and tries to avoid legal detention, and fights with officers, they place themselves at risk of harm. Yes, of being Tasered or perhaps worse. And, if they have an underlying medical condition, even death, as the recent unfortunate case in San Diego shows. But, it was the illegal border crossers' fault, not the officer who tased him. Because the initiation of the illegal act of crossing the border, compounded by resisting arrest, made it necessary to initiate force in subduing the subject.
I do understand this person was illegally living in the US for 20 years, was deported and was illegally coming back in again. The shame is that our system is so screwed up that he wasn't caught 20 years ago, and permanently deported before having a bunch of children that are now fatherless. Had the system worked as it should have, this would never have played out as it has, and this man would likely still be living south of the border. So, in a way, our system of failed immigration policies that are so politically oriented and wishy-washy, that fails to apprehend illegals, is more responsible for this situation than any Border Patrol action.
Yet we hear the Mexican president whining about rights being violated. What audacity this person has to judge anything when he can't effectively run his own country! When Americans die in Mexico we don't hear him whine about it. He can't control the violence that saturates his own country, yet he has the balls to complain about how we handle illegals, and attacks on our own people in our own country? He can't fix his own country's problems, and that's why the Mexican citizens want to get the hell out!
Do I blame the Mexican people for wanting out? No! I blame the government there for not fixing the problems that drives their own people out of their own country. Does anyone think for a minute that if the people in Mexico could make a decent wage, and have a decent home for their family, and live in safety within their own country, that they would be headed north? No. But that won't happen as long as corruption remains king and the government points their finger north for the blame.
Just remember, when you point a finger, 4 more are pointed back at the real problem in your own front yard!
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