Sen. Coburn Seeks to Loosen Deadly Force Rule (Border Patrol) - AP

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Coburn Seeks to Loosen Deadly Force Rule

Tuesday July 17, 2007 10:01 PM

By SUZANNE GAMBOA

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - Border Patrol agents should be allowed
to shoot at fleeing drug traffickers, a Republican senator
suggested Tuesday.

The patrol's deadly force rules were questioned at a Senate
Judiciary Committee hearing concerning the conviction of two
agents who shot a fleeing, unarmed drug trafficker and covered
it up.

“Why is it wrong to shoot the (trafficker) after he's been told
to stop?” asked Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla.

Johnny Sutton, the U.S. attorney for the Western District of
Texas, said the Supreme Court has ruled that using deadly force
in that way is illegal. Agents also may not know if the fleeing
person is a trafficker, he said.

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[BlackHawk706867]

1. I think that Compion and Ramos had every right to use deadly force..

in there case. They encountered a high speed chase with this Perp. and really had no idea if he was armed or not. He then attempted to run when told to stop.... Hell even the RCMP in Canada would have used deadly force for this situation.... And been Justified in doing so.

ww