-Sh1fty- wrote:
Nic wrote:
-Sh1fty- wrote:
He thought they were illegal. I'm sure he isn't stupid enough to imprison somebody if they whip out their US ID or driver's license.
Give the guy a break, for 12,000 he mistakes 1 family.
Yeah, I'm sure the family did nothing to convince him they were Americans...
The guys goes on his land to find illegals. If they were on his land and had no ID to prove they were U.S. I'm sure you can understand his confusion.
I could walk across the Mexican border into his place with my Swiss ID, speak perfect English and do you think they'd believe me? lol
From the incident:
On Oct. 30, 2004, Ronald Morales and his father, Arturo, were deer hunting with Ronald's two daughters, who were 11 and 9 at the time, and another 11-year-old girl. All members of the family are Mexican-Americans born in the United States.
Barnett spotted the family's pickup truck through binoculars and radioed his brother, Donald, asking him to investigate. Ronald Morales and one of his daughters were still out hunting when Donald Barnett made contact with others in the party at their truck, informed them they were on Barnett property and asked them to leave.
By the time Ronald Morales and his daughter returned to the truck, Roger Barnett had arrived and was, by all accounts, livid.
According to witness testimony, Roger Barnett erupted in flurry of profanities and racial epithets, calling the two men and three young girls dirty, ignorant Mexicans. When Ronald Morales asked, "What is your name, sir?" Roger Barnett marched over to his truck, and pulled out an AR-15 assault rifle.
"He said, 'My f---ing name is Roger Barnett. If you don't get off my property, I'm gonna shoot you and shoot you and shoot you,' " Morales testified.
"When I heard the bullet chamber I knew then that we were really in trouble. All he had to do was pull that trigger and spray us."
According to a psychiatrist who testified at the trial, all three children suffer from chronic Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as a result of the encounter. The lawsuit sought punitive damages for negligence, false imprisonment and emotional distress.
Source:
http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/n … sored-suitYou're right shifty, hes a true hero.