Johnny Sutton's got some splanin' to do
November 19, 2007 02:59 PM
Osvaldo Aldrete Davila, 27, was arrested Thursday at the Zaragoza Bridge by agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration and of the Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General for alleged incidents in September and October 2005. Davila was the accuser of Border Patrol agents Ramos and Compean. Davila, a Mexican national, admits that he was smuggling drugs into the US, but claims he was unarmed when Ramos and Compean shot him in February of 2005 while fleeing the border back into Mexico. Davila made it back into Mexico and was not apprehended, making it basically Davila's word verses Ramos and Compean's word as to whether Davila was armed at the time of the shooting. Nevertheless, Johnny Sutton, friend of Geoge W. Bush and US Attorney in Southern Texas, indicted and convicted the two border guards. Ramos is serving 11 years in prison and Compean, 12 years. They are in solitary confinement to protect them from jailhouse retribution. To secure Davila's cooperation with the prosecution of Ramos and Compean, Sutton gave Davila immunity from prosecution for the drug smuggling activities that led to the shooting as well as a federal pass permitting him to cross back and forth over the border.
Of course, Davila apparently used this freedom to smuggle more narcotics across the border in September and October of 2005. All this should cause feelings of outrage concerning Sutton's misplaced priorities. Why take the word of one drug dealer over the word of two border guards? Why give a drug dealer immunity to go after border guards doing their job? Why give a drug dealer a federal pass over the border that was not supervised? Nevertheless, the outrage you feel from reading the above should be dwarfed by the outrage you should feel after reading the following: Davila's further drug smuggling activities took place AFTER the shooting by Ramos and Compean, but BEFORE their trial. However, the evidence of this further drug smuggling activity was withheld from the jury that ultimately convicted the border guards.
Do you think that knowledge of the fact that Davila was using the immunity and border pass granted by Sutton to continue his career as a drug smuggler might have an impact on the jury's evaluation of Davila's credibility? Of course. Anyway, here is Sutton attempted whitewash.
Of course, Davila apparently used this freedom to smuggle more narcotics across the border in September and October of 2005. All this should cause feelings of outrage concerning Sutton's misplaced priorities. Why take the word of one drug dealer over the word of two border guards? Why give a drug dealer immunity to go after border guards doing their job? Why give a drug dealer a federal pass over the border that was not supervised? Nevertheless, the outrage you feel from reading the above should be dwarfed by the outrage you should feel after reading the following: Davila's further drug smuggling activities took place AFTER the shooting by Ramos and Compean, but BEFORE their trial. However, the evidence of this further drug smuggling activity was withheld from the jury that ultimately convicted the border guards.
Do you think that knowledge of the fact that Davila was using the immunity and border pass granted by Sutton to continue his career as a drug smuggler might have an impact on the jury's evaluation of Davila's credibility? Of course. Anyway, here is Sutton attempted whitewash.
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