Lunatic Border Patrol Agent fires at rock throwers

On Saturday a Border Patrol Agent working along the Rio Grande River near Brownsville, Texas fired rounds at rock throwers when the agent felt his life was in immediate danger and could not make it to cover. A firearm was allegedly pointed at the agents also causing another agent to fire his weapon at this threat.

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The agent was not injured and it is unknown at this time if his rounds struck the rock throwers. Mexican officials were contacted and are investigating the incident. According to Border Patrol Spokesman Henry Mendiola several subjects were taken into custody.

The Border Patrol along with the FBI is investigating this incident.

Legitimate to use deadly force to stop the actions of a rock-thrower?

Nearly every year agents of the U.S. Border Patrol are involved in shooting(s) of subjects throwing rocks. Border Patrol Agents just like every other law enforcement officers are allowed to use their weapon-use deadly force-only when they believe their life is in imminent danger or to protect the life of another agent or innocent third party from an imminent and potentially mortal threat.

Border Patrol Agents are used to having rocks thrown at them and in most cases it never escalates to a deadly force situation. Through my own career with the U.S. Border Patrol I saw agents pelted with rocks and in the vast majority of cases, the agents retreat or seek shelter from the rock throwers.

In this situation and others like it that have occurred with frightening frequency, an agent may find himself unable to make it to safety and then, if serious bodily injury or death is imminent, an agent may use deadly force.

Even here in the relatively quiet Spokane Sector, a Border Patrol Agent in Colville had to resort to deadly force to stop an unarmed immigrant who was attempting to take his firearm away from him. The shooting, which left the British immigrant dead, was ruled justifiable.

Deadly force is an absolute last resort in any confrontation and the repercussions not only to the victim and their family but to the law enforcement officers and their families are very serious. I have personally known several law enforcement officers whose careers ended soon after their involvement in a justifiable shooting due to the stress of the incident.

https://www.examiner.com/article/border-patrol-agent-fires-at-rock-throwers
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Lunatic Border Patrol Agent fires at rock throwers

Lunatic Border Patrol Agent fires at rock throwers

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