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16 illegals sue rancher who catches them on his land
Aliens claim American violated civil rights, inflicted emotional distress

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Posted: February 05, 2009
12:00 am Eastern


By Chelsea Schilling
© 2010 WorldNetDaily


A group of 16 illegal aliens is suing an Arizona rancher, claiming he violated their civil rights, falsely imprisoned them and inflicted emotional distress by holding them at gunpoint on his property along the border.


Roger Barnett (photo: Southern Poverty Law Center)


The federal lawsuit against Douglas, Ariz., rancher Roger Barnett, his wife, Barbara, and his brother, Donald, is taking place before Judge John Roll in U.S. District Court and will run through Feb. 13. The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, or MALDEF, is representing the five female and 11 male illegals.

Al Garza, National Executive Director for Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, attended the first day of hearings on Monday. While the plaintiffs allege that Barnett attacked them because he is racist, Garza, an American of Mexican descent, said Barnett has never shown any hostility toward him.

"There is no racist agenda here, or I wouldn't be a part of it because I am an American of Hispanic descent," Garza said. "We don't hate anyone from any particular country. We just want our laws enforced. This is not about color."

Many of the aliens are residents of Michoacan, Mexico. Four live in Illinois, one resides in Georgia and another in Michigan. All of the plaintiffs currently living in the U.S. listed pseudonyms in the lawsuit due to "fear of adverse action based on immigration status."

According to the complaint, Barnett, a resident of Douglas who owns 22,000 acres along the border in southeastern Arizona, approached the group of illegals on an all-terrain vehicle on March 7, 2004. He allegedly began yelling at them in English and broken Spanish while aiming his gun at the group. While Barnett's dog barked at the intruders, the illegal aliens accused him of ordering the dog to attack. One of the women said the rancher kicked her because she refused to get up.

Barnett allegedly detained the trespassing illegals until Border Patrol agents arrived.


Al Garza


But Garza said their testimonies don't add up.

"I saw yesterday that these stories were fabricated," he said. "They were coerced into saying things that would ordinarily not be said by an illegal immigrant with no education."

Garza said Barnett's dog has never been vicious and that Barnett did not kick the woman. He also said one female witness told the court the group had been robbed in Mexico and that the only time they feared for their lives was when Barnett accosted them.

"She said she was not afraid in Mexico because there were only four men, and there was only one gun, and the way that they robbed them was in a very nice, very polite fashion," he said. "But when Barnett came into the picture, she said he was very vicious and he wanted to kill them. So they were more afraid of one American defending his property than four robbers on their side."

The lawsuit alleges that Barnett never told the illegals they were trespassing and failed to post a sign notifying them that they were on private property. Because they detained the group, the Barnett family is accused of depriving the plaintiffs of equal protection and due process under the law.

"What in the world are they doing on anyone's property?" Garza asked. "What are they doing in the United States? It doesn't make any sense."

He continued, "They are here breaking laws. They conspired to come here. What makes anyone believe that they are credible?"

How did this lawsuit turnout? I haven't read or heard anything. Was it dismissed or postponed?

11/02/2009
Illegal Aliens Sue Rancher for Protecting His Property (UPDATED)
Filed under: Border Security,Homeland Security,Illegal aliens — sfcmac @ 22:26
He’s been exonerated, with a ludicrous stipulation:

http://sfcmac.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/ ... -property/

A federal jury on Tuesday afternoon ruled that an Arizona rancher did not violate the civil rights of 16 Mexican nationals he detained at gunpoint after they had snuck illegally into the United States in 2004, but the jury awarded $78,000 in actual and punitive damages to six of the illegal immigrants on claims of assault and infliction of emotional distress.
Emotional distress??? For trespassing into our country and being caught?? Jesustapdancingchrist.

After a nine-day trial, the eight-person jury — four men and four women — returned the verdict in U.S. District Court in Tucson, Ariz., after a day and a half of deliberation, also tossing charges of false imprisonment, battery and conspiracy against Douglas, Ariz., rancher Roger Barnett. Most of the award, about $60,000, was for punitive damages.

Mr. Barnett’s attorney, David T. Hardy of Tucson, described the decision as an “80 percent victory,â€

Originally Posted by Captainron

How did this lawsuit turnout? I haven't read or heard anything. Was it dismissed or postponed?

It didn't turn out well! The civil jury held Banett liable for assault and intentionally inflicting emotional distress and awarded the illegal invaders more than $70,000!

Another legal pay day for the illegal invaders.

Here's a bit more info. I don't believe the trial has taken place yet.


Notably, this is not the first time Barnett has faced legal consequences for his immigration enforcement actions. The Southern Poverty Law Center noted that, in 2006, "border vigilante Roger Barnett [was ordered] to pay $98,750 to a family of Mexican-Americans he terrorized in 2004". In that case, a jury ruled against Barnett for threatening two Mexican-American hunters and three young children with an assault rifle and insulting them with racial epithets. Unlike the present case, all members of the family in that case were Mexican-Americans born in the United States. The court in the current case, however, indicated that illegal immigrants do not leave all legal protections at the border in rejecting defense attorney David Hardy's arguments that illegal immigrants do not have the same rights as U.S. citizens.

This is noteworthy because Arizona law allows the use of physical and even deadly force to prevent the commission of certain serious crimes, and also allows for a person to use physical force against another when and to the extent that a "reasonable person" would believe it necessary to prevent criminal trespass on their premises, or to prevent theft or criminal damage to certain property. Barnett has complained for years about illegal immigrants vandalizing his property, saying they "tore up water pumps, killed calves, destroyed fences and gates, stole trucks and broke into his home."

Nevertheless, a violation of individuals' federal constitutional rights would trump any justifications afforded by state law, and might explain why this matter is going to trial. Regardless of whether Barnett is seen as a "hero" or "vigilante", and regardless of how this lawsuit progresses, the more urgent reality is that there are very risks of life for all parties involved in these situations, as Arizona has becomes a more of a central hub in illegal immigration and drug trade.

http://commonlaw.findlaw.com/2009/02/ar ... ined-.html

Sickening stuff... No one ....... No One can convince me the politicians are not earning more money from the Mexican drug cartels than they are earning from the banksters.

I believe our Congress is on the Mexican drug cartel payroll. Our Congress has their body guards... as they close their eyes to Americans being murdered and slaughtered on a daily basis... while they rake in millions of dirty money.

This is the most corrupt and dishonest Congress and President the world has ever seen... The state owned US news media won't even tell you what the world sees, but it isn't good for America. Look for America to be like Mexico within the next five years. Law Enforcement murdered, violence errupting in the streets, civil disobedience (as Al "Shark"ton) calls for.

Hope the American people are strong enough to cope. President Soetoro is smart enough to have taken all of our military troops out of the country to fight fake oil rights wars in other countries.

There is no military force in the United States to protect the United States.. Bush and Soetoro both saw to that.

America is defenseless... We think we are powerful, but the country is defenseless... and that is not by accident, that is by design.