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    Arizona Rancher Ordered by Court to Pay Undocumented Immigra

    Arizona Rancher Ordered by Court to Pay Undocumented Immigrants for Holding Them at Gunpoint

    Published February 04, 2011
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    AP / The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court's ruling ordering an Arizona rancher to pay damages to unauthorized immigrants he held at gunpoint in 2004.

    The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court verdict ordering Arizona rancher Roger Barnett to pay damages of $87,000 for holding a group of undocumented immigrants at gunpoint.

    The incident occurred in March 2004 when the gun-toting Barnett detained a group of 16 unauthorized immigrants -- none of them carrying weapons -- on public land near the border town of Douglas, Arizona.

    He held the group captive with threats that his dog would attack them if anyone moved or tried to escape. Barnett also kicked an woman while she was on the ground.

    A federal court jury in Arizona ruled in 2009 that Barnett had no cause to plead self-defense, since he admitted that no one had attacked or threatened him, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund noted.

    Barnett appealed to the Nirth Circuit, which upheld the original verdict.

    "We're very happy with the verdict of the Court of Appeals - the decision sends a strong message that vigilantes will not be tolerated in Arizona," MALDEF's David Hinojosa said in a statement.

    Presiding over the original trial was Chief Judge John Roll, who was killed in the Jan. 8 attack on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords at a Tucson shopping center.

    This is the second verdict against Barnett.

    On Sept. 8, 2008, the Arizona Supreme Court upheld a verdict against the rancher after a jury awarded close to $100,000 in compensation to a Hispanic family, all with U.S. citizenship, who were threatened by the rancher as they were hunting on state land.

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    the Arizona Rancher
    He should not have to Pay any thing & as for the rancher they said he Kick the woman . I don't thinK he did
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    The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court verdict ordering Arizona rancher Roger Barnett to pay damages of $87,000 for holding a group of undocumented immigrants at gunpoint.
    $87,000 doubles when used in Mexico. We Americans surly are making that Country and its citizens richer daily.

    One question?

    Did the undocumented immigrants receive trespassing on private property charges? I am quite sure the rancher have no trespassing signs posted on his property, since there are so many problems with illegal invasions?
    When you aid and support criminals, you live a criminal life style yourself:

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