Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
The Border Patrol has been under fierce criticism for its use of force.
That criticism is only expected to get louder after a Border Patrol agent trying to avert an illegal crossing at the Mexican border Tuesday shot and killed a man after being struck in the head with a rock, the Associated Press reports.
The agent’s injury was minor enough that he declined to be treated at a hospital.
According to a Border Patrol statement, the agent feared for his life.
Neither the agent nor the man who died who died has been identified.
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