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> From: "albert melchor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: November 2, 2008 8:03:25 AM CST > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: FW: Audios/In Cold Blood/Border Agent murders youth > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: SHANNON FRANCIS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 12:42 AM > Subject: FW: Audios/In Cold Blood/Border Agent murders youth > To: > > > Hi all, > Please forward to all! > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 6:53 PM > Subject: FW: Audios/In Cold Blood/Border Agent murders youth > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 12:48:19 -0400 > Subject: Audios/In Cold Blood/Border Agent murders youth > To: > > Thx to AF. > > > By Brenda Norrell > > TUCSON -- US Border Patrol agent Nicholas Corbett is on trial for the > murder of Francisco Javier Dominguez Rivera, 22, from Morelia, Mexico. > Eyewitnesses said the border agent shot the youth in cold blood, > without provocation. > > At a shrine in front of the courthouse, family members and supporters > are gathered to remember the youth and speak of the impunity that US > Border Agents are operating under, as they murder people of Mexico. On > Wednesday, Roy Warden, who previously burned Mexican flags with the > Minutemen at human rights marches here, gathered with others in front > of the courthouse to harass and yell at the family and their > supporters. > > This is not the first time a person from Mexico has been murdered in > cold blood by US Border Patrol agents at the US/Mexico border. This > time, there were witnesses when Border Agent Corbett shot the youth in > the chest at close range on Jan. 12, 2007, in the Sonoran Desert near > Douglas, Arizona. > > Family and supporters said there is a poisoned atmosphere of racism in > the United States. > "We are talking about a poisoned atmosphere against immigrants," > Isabel Garcia, cochair of Derechos Humanos, said during an interview > outside the federal courthouse. Garcia compared today's racism toward > migrants with the pre-Civil Rights era in the south. > Garcia said border agents are murdering and getting away with murder. > "We are living in really, really, dangerous times," Garcia said. "This > case is about accountability, this case is about impunity. That is the > bottom line." > > Attorneys are presenting their final arguments today, Thursday, Oct. > 30, 2008. Corbett is charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter > and negligent homicide. His first trial ended in a mistrial after > another jury deadlocked. > > Listen online to today's interviews from the street at the shrine for > Francisco Javier: > > http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com > > -- > Brenda Norrell > Censored News > http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com > Listen at Earthcycles: > http://www.earthcycles.net > > > > Plan your next getaway with AOL Travel. Check out Today's Hot 5 > Travel Deals! > > > > -- > Ahee'hee > Shannon Francis > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Internet group address: http://groups.google.com/group/ChicagoMayDay To send e-mail: [email protected] To unsuscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
