Wednesday, March 19, 2014

should i shoot......

   In the Texas tribune, Julian Aguilar wrote an article about border patrol agents using their firearms  and CBP officers at the point of entry. U.S. Border Patrol Chief Michael J. Fisher instructed field agents to avoid shooting at vehicles that are only fleeing the scene and to consider all available alternatives to firing their weapons when hurled at agents for example rocks, something most immigrants  use when crossing, remember some of the people also crossing may be trying to cross illegal drugs as well. fisher also said “Agents shall not discharge firearms in response to thrown or hurled projectiles unless the agent has a reasonable belief based on the totality of the circumstances to include the size of nature of the projectiles that the subject of such force poses an imminent danger of death or serious injury.” in a way i understand why fisher is trying to stop the agents from firing their weapons all the time and to find other solutions to handle the situation. unless they have no choice but to fire their weapon.
    also that cbp officers need to start writing a full statement with full details when they are writing their reports. with this bill passing more life's would be saved  for both border patrol agents and immigrants crossing over,and cbp officers will have more backup if accused of anything. this may not fix the whole problem but it will be a start for the agents and cbp officers.

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