I read the following short article in the Yuma Sun (AZ) today. I am copying the article in it's entirety so that you get the flavor of it and they get the credit:
Spear Thrown at Border Patrol Agents
Nicole E. Squibbs
August 1, 2007 - 2:14PM
An attempted assault with a rock and a homemade spear was made against Border Patrol agents in the Yuma Sector who were trying to apprehend 15 illegal immigrants. Around 5 a.m. today, agents in the Boat Patrol Unit were assisting agents along the Colorado River in capturing the group, and as they closed in, the group scattered and fled into surrounding brush. One man, suspected to be the group's smuggler, entered the shallow water along the river bank and allegedly threw a rock at agents in the boat, but missed them, according to a Border Patrol press release. When the boat moved closer to the apparent smuggler, he allegedly threw a homemade spear at one of the agents, which also missed, the release said. An agent used a substance similar to pepper spray to stop the spear-thrower, who crawled out of the water and into nearby brush before agents could catch him. He and two others fled to Mexico and five others fled shortly after them. Agents were able to apprehend eight people during their search for the remaining members of the group, the release said. The eight illegal immigrants were transported to the Yuma Border Patrol station for processing.
I got to wondering, if this had happened in the Western District of Texas under the keen eye of U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton, would he have prosecuted the Border Patrol Agent for using professional pepper spray instead of just tossing common home ground pepper back at the chucker of the homemade spear? So now the coyote escapes and lives to continue smuggle more poor souls another day. Were the Agents hesitant to draw their weapons in an effort to stop them because of Sutton's actions--- one wonders!
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