Thread: Illegal gets 25,000 suit against border police

Published: 07.21.2006

Mexican gets $25,000 to settle suit against border-town police
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN LUIS — A Mexican man will receive $25,000 to settle a suit he filed against the city of San Luis, near Yuma, after he was wounded by police who fired on a van filled with illegal immigrants, the city attorney said.
Moises Iniguez Zermeno of San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico, was one of 11 passengers in the minivan that was speeding back toward Mexico when the officers opened fire on Aug. 14. Two other passengers were also wounded, according to police.
According to the Border Patrol, the driver of the van had picked up a group of illegal immigrants before the shooting and had turned back toward Mexico after Border Patrol officials began following it.
The Border Patrol radioed San Luis police, and two officers were trying to stop the van when it swerved and tried to run one of the officers down, police said.
The San Luis police previously concluded that Officers Joel Sauceda and Paulino Lara had acted in self-defense. But a subsequent investigation by the Yuma County Sheriff's Office concluded the officers' conduct violated their own department's policies.
City Attorney Glenn Gimbut said he thinks Sauceda and Lara are glad the case is over.
"The officers didn't do anything wrong; they were trying to defend themselves," Gimbut said.
Iniguez Zermeno's Yuma attorneys, James Metcalf and Hayden Hanna, declined to comment on the settlement.

http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/printDS/138878

And the march to insanity continues.......

City Attorney Glenn Gimbut said he thinks Sauceda and Lara are glad the case is over.
"The officers didn't do anything wrong; they were trying to defend themselves," Gimbut said.

I'm not sure I follow this. If the officers did nothing wrong, why did the police department pay a settlement of $25,000?

Originally Posted by gofer

And the march to insanity continues.......

It seems more like a full gallop to me.

That is a lot of Bull..... They are breaking the law, and when they get hurt because of it, they get to sue our police departments????????
If that had been a citizen, they would have been laughed out of court!!!!

Oh boy, how much more of a frivilous lawsuit can that be, i can just see it now our courts full of illegal aliens suing because they got hurted while entering our country illegally, all the mexicans will just jump in line behind that one. Our country is getting more dumb, dumb, and dummer all the time, pretty soon I might just be ready to give it to them and move to Tahiti, sit on a beach and suck down drinks with little umbrella's in them!


NOT A CHANCE! JUST A GOOD THOUGHT!