Border Patrol slightly changes account of undocumented woman's fatal shooting

[DonViejo]

Source: CNN



By Ray Sanchez, Martin Savidge and Tristan Smith, CNN

Updated 10:59 PM ET, Fri May 25, 2018

(CNN) - United States Customs and Border Protection on Friday released a slightly different account of a border agent's fatal shooting of an undocumented migrant near Laredo, Texas, raising new questions about what actually happened.

After initially reporting the agent was attacked by migrants armed with "blunt objects," the federal agency on Friday said only that the group "rushed" the officer after ignoring orders to get on the ground. But its latest version of events makes no mention of blunt objects described in an agency statement issued after Wednesday's shooting in the border town of Rio Bravo.

Additionally, the Border Patrol at first reported that a round from the officer's gun "fatally wounded one of the assailants" but the latest statement refers to the gunshot victim as a "member of the group."

Customs and Border Protection on Friday canceled a new conference on the shooting and instead released its updated statement.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/25/us/texas-border-patrol-shooting/index.html

[tazkcmo]

1. Typical

Once again our government demonstrates brown people are open game for our law enforcement agencies.

[SamKnause]

2. This makes the third story I have read.

The first story stated the Border Patrol was attacked by migrants with 2 by 4's.

Then the story changed to blunt object.

Now the story states the Border Patrol was rushed.

Liars can't keep their stories straight.

Will there be video ???

[Judi Lynn]

6. Same here, SamKnause. There is a horrendous distance between the first story and the last one.

No doubt there will be another one coming which will modify "rush" to "seemed threatening," with the officer perhaps "fearing for his life."

This is so very, very, very wrong.

[Upthevibe]

3. ..................

[lapfog_1]

4. This is the "dangerous assailant"

[marble falls]

5. This is just a beta fix for the origional "statement". 2.0 will be out after the last...

bugs are worked out. And marketing gets the last data from the focus groups handlers.

What do you say we take a few photographs self-congratulating ourselves for our 'fixing' a mistake that was made by us. Then some TexMex for lunch?

[marble falls]

7. Add how many thousand reservists in 100F+ heat and there's nothing but disaster in there...

somewhere.

If we don't take Nov 6, I'm getting out of Texas at least.

Anybody know of good hippie community that is reasonably affordable? Oregon got expensive after we were out there a four years ago. By the time we figured it out prices went through the roof for reasonable close to a VA and public transportation - I don't enjoy driving and my skills are not so good as they were.

Not too hot, not too long of a winter, a place where one could garden. Anyone?

[a la izquierda]

8. Hell I'm working on leaving the country. Nt

[marble falls]

10. Only if I have to, leaving Texas at least.

[Lochloosa]

11. There is a Rainbow farm near Gainesville FL that might fit the bill.

[marble falls]

12. Thanks, other than Florida and Texas are too much alike, I'll be checking into it....

My daughter and her family are in Tampa, maybe Grampa Hippie'll be moving in closer.

[Lochloosa]

13. Gainesville has a thriving hippie community due to the University of Florida.

[marble falls]

14. I remember the "Gainesville Growers Association" sending a big campaign donation...

To Jimmy Carter. Those were the days...

[TexasBushwhacker]

9. Let me guess

The orders to get on the ground were in English.