Sheriff’s Office: Border Patrol Agent Who Fatally Shot Migrant Acted in Self-Defense
A migrant who was fatally shot by a Border Patrol agent in southern Arizona first assaulted the agent with a rock, the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office said.
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Border Patrol Union: Court Ruling Endangers Agents Because of Fear of Lawsuits
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An appellate court’s ruling that permitted a Mexican family to sue Border Patrol agents could endanger officers, the agency’s union said Tuesday, according to the Texas Tribune reports. Agents worried about lawsuits may be more reluctant to use deadly force when necessary, according to the National Border Patrol Council. “We’re concerned, and…
Appeals Court: Mexican Boy’s Family Can Sue Border Patrol Agent in Fatal Shooting
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In a decision that could have widespread consequences for federal law enforcement, an appeals court ruled Monday that a Border Patrol agent can be sued for fatally shooting a 15-year-old Mexican boy across the border, the Los Angeles Times reports. The three-judge panel in New Orleans said the 2010 shooting of Sergio…
FBI Agents Were Justified in Fatal Shooting of Suspect in New York
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents were justified in fatally opening fire on a shooting suspect in Herkimer, New York, the Herkimer County district attorney has ruled, according to the Associated Press. Agents gunned down Kurt Myers, 64, in March 2013 after he was accused of fatally shooting four people. Myers was barricaded inside an abandoned…
Baltimore Prosecutor: FBI Agents Won’t Be Charged in Fatal Owing Mills Shooting
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents won’t be charged after opening fire on a suspected gang member in Baltimore, according to a report on the fatal shooting, the Baltimore Sun reports. The decision was made by the Baltimore County state’s attorney’s office, which decided that the agents were acting in self-defense. Agents fired 19 rounds, striking…
Justice Department Drops Investigation of FBI Agent Who Shot, Killed New Orleans Man
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department has declined to open a criminal investigation into the FBI-involved shooting that left a New Orleans man dead during an undercover drug sting last summer, the Times-Picayune reports. It’s the second time an agency has opted against pursuing charges against the agent, who shot 37-year-old Allen Desdunes on July…
Locals Won’t Charge FBI Agent in Connection With Fatal New Orleans Shooting
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI agent who fatally shot a suspect during a sting operation won’t face state charges from the locals, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro said this weekend that local prosecutors don’t have jurisdiction over the agent. “When a federal agent is acting in the course and…
Opinion: FBI Is Disingenuous in Report About Agent-Involved Shootings
By The Central Florida Future Editorial According to Federal Bureau of Investigation documentation obtained via a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit by the New York Times, the FBI has been found justified in 150 shootings of subjects from 1993 to 2011. Of said shootings, 70 were fatal. “The FBI takes very seriously any shooting incidents…
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