{"id":213,"date":"2007-02-09T12:45:48","date_gmt":"2007-02-09T19:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=213"},"modified":"2008-11-27T19:29:52","modified_gmt":"2008-11-28T02:29:52","slug":"border-vigilantes-the-logical-outcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=213","title":{"rendered":"Border Vigilantism & Logical Outcomes"},"content":{"rendered":"

During the last few days stories about armed groups shooting and killing illegal immigrants\u00a0have begun to appear on TV\u00a0and in local newspapers.\u00a0 Stories like this<\/a>.\u00a0 Here’s\u00a0another<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The media seem determined to sooth us by describing these armed groups as “bandits,” perhaps rival gangs of\u00a0immigrant smugglers fighting each other.\u00a0 As in this quote from an ABC News story<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Investigators did not immediately know a motive for the attack, but gangs of bandits are known to roam border areas preying on illegal immigrants as they cross into the country. Feuding among smuggling organizations also is not uncommon, sometimes involving demands for ransoms from the immigrants relatives to gain their freedom.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Could it be, though, that at least some of these attacks are being carried out by US citizens acting as anti-immigration vigilantes?\u00a0 Some people<\/a> are beginning to think so, even if they’re reluctant to come right out and say it:<\/p>\n

Two migrant people were shot under mysterious circumstances last week in the border region where the Minutemen have been patrolling. One was shot in Mexico and one was shot inside the US. While “Mexican authorities” have claimed that “bandits” were behind it, the victims were quick to point out that nothing was stolen from them. This strange circumstance is added to by the fact that these “bandits” used laser scopes to target their victims.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Gee, ya think?\u00a0 Where do you go once racists<\/a> start\u00a0whipping up hate<\/a> and armed\u00a0vigilantes<\/a> begin patrolling the\u00a0USA\/Mexico border?\u00a0 There’s only one damn direction you can go.\u00a0 You start shooting illegal immigrants.\u00a0 And it’s just going to get worse.<\/p>\n

If you want to know what some red-blooded Americans think about armed groups shooting and killing illegal immigrants, just check out the comments posted below this article<\/a>.\u00a0 These two pretty much sum it up:<\/p>\n

“At least somebody is willing to stop the invasion of America….”<\/p>\n

“It’s a start!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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During the last few days stories about armed groups shooting and killing illegal immigrants\u00a0have begun to appear on TV\u00a0and in local newspapers.\u00a0 Stories like this.\u00a0 Here’s\u00a0another. The media seem determined to sooth us by describing these armed groups as “bandits,” perhaps rival gangs of\u00a0immigrant smugglers fighting each other.\u00a0 As in this quote from an ABC […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events","category-media"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=213"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":952,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213\/revisions\/952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}