Nogales, AZ, border agent calls migrants 'subhuman,' 'savages' in text messages

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A Nogales Border Patrol agent called the people he apprehends "disgusting subhuman s--- unworthy of being kindling for a fire" and asked the president to "PLEASE let us take the gloves off trump!," federal prosecutors said in court documents.

The statements were made in a text message sent by Agent Matthew Bowen, 39, who is accused of knocking down a Guatemalan man with his Border Patrol vehicle on Dec. 3, 2017, and then lying in a report about the incident, according to documents filed in U.S. District Court in Tucson.

Prosecutors Lori Price and Monica Ryan are asking a judge to allow some of Bowen's text messages to be used as evidence of his "great disdain" for the people he apprehends, which could shed light on his state of mind when he hit the man with his truck.

The Tucson Sector did not address a question about whether the language Bowen used in text messages was common or accepted among agents, but said agents are "held to the highest standards, and any action of misconduct within our ranks will not be tolerated."

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/border-issues/2019/05/19/nogales-border-agent-calls-migrants-subhuman-savages-text-messages-matthew-bowen/3732728002/

[bullwinkle428]

1. He's making a hard run for the "ICE Employee of the Month" title.

[grantcart]

3. An odd take given he is facing criminal prosecution.

[bullwinkle428]

8. Conventional wisdom takes are boring as hell.

[keithbvadu2]

2. Trump calls them animals.

[Skittles]

4. PLEASE, Herr Trump

LET US DO WHAT YOU WISH YOU COULD DO!!!

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. He would not have emailed that to anyone he didn't think shared his point of view

I am curious how many names were on the address bar

[Iggo]

6. They're no worse than you are, Mr Border Agent, and most of them are a damn sight better.

:middlefinger: :middlefinger:

[Xolodno]

7. Fascist thinking.

Hitler considered Jews and Slavs as Sub-Humans. When Jesse Owens one the Gold Medal, Hitler didn't stick around to shake his hand... and Jesse was still considered a third class citizen in his own country.

[struggle4progress]

9. "I dream of becoming a concentration camp guard"