Supreme Court Orders Arizona Rancher to Pay Illegal Immigrants $80,000
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in a vicious legal battle from 2004 to 2011. Many illegal immigrants
were trespassing his property and he held a group of 26 of them at gun
point.
According to the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund, the illegal
immigrants' rights were being infringed upon. Their case: Barnett did
not feel threatened by the illegal immigrants and therefore he could not
have been acting in self-defense. A nearby rancher was murdered by
illegal immigrants in 2009.
First of all, if you have a gun you wouldn't feel threatened.
Secondly, it is his property. You give up your rights once you trespass
someone's property without permission -- let alone coming crossing the
border.
He was ordered to pay $80,000 because three of the illegal immigrants had Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Ummm?
The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a 2009 ruling against Cochise
County rancher Roger Barnett, forcing him to pay about $87,000 in
damages related to his assault of illegal immigrants on his ranch in
2004.
The jury found him liable on four claims of assault and four claims of
infliction of emotional distress, and ordered Barnett to pay $77,804 in
damages. The $87,000 he must pay reflects that original amount plus
interest.
Added: Apr-15-2012 Occurred On: Mar-4-2012
By: zziper
In: WTF
Tags: illegal immigrants Arizona Rancher, trespassing
Location: Arizona, United States (load item map)
Marked as: approved
Views: 3515 | Comments: 98 | Votes: 8 | Favorites: 3 | Shared: 175 | Updates: 0 | Times used in channels: 2
By: zziper
In: WTF
Tags: illegal immigrants Arizona Rancher, trespassing
Location: Arizona, United States (load item map)
Marked as: approved
Views: 3515 | Comments: 98 | Votes: 8 | Favorites: 3 | Shared: 175 | Updates: 0 | Times used in channels: 2
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Shoot, shovel & shut up.
Posted Apr-15-2012 ByValleyBlacksmith (682.70) 
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Good solution, but I couldn't kill someone unless they were actually trying to kill me too. Just not in my make-up.
Posted Apr-15-2012 Bybob150388 (82.90) 
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Outrageous decision by the courts!!! 26 people against one old man isn't a threat? I can assure you that had a border agent been alone in that situation he would have NEVER holstered his weapon. This man had every right to do what he did and the Supreme Court should be paying him.
Posted Apr-15-2012 Bygonehuntin (2451.06) 
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Two years after Barnett's case, Arizona voters passed a constitutional amendment preventing anyone in the U.S. illegally from collecting on a lawsuit. And, on Monday, Governor Jan Brewer signed a law making that amendment retroactive to 2004; the same year Barnett got in trouble.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a4f_1303302953
The Southern Poverty Law Center is the problem.
Posted Apr-15-2012 ByArizona_Patriot (3118.66) 
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The Southern Poverty Law Center is made up of a bunch of EXTREME Left Wing Liberals which label everyone a "Hate Group" if you do not agree with them.
Posted Apr-15-2012 Bygavelwacker (104.28) gavelwacker View Channel Send Message
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@Arizona_Patriot And who's the money behind SPLC? It's not the wets and it's not what most people think of as the Blacks.
Posted Apr-15-2012 ByTMoray1 (734.66) 
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@Arizona_Patriot I followed your link and read it. It seems to me that Mr. Barnett and a fellow rancher are screwed even though the state law is retroactive to the time this happened. The SPLC is rather disturbing to me.
Posted Apr-15-2012 ByLucyAgnes (20.90) 
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we lost the 2nd mexican american war and never fired a shot,,ty US GOVERNMENT for rolling over like a lap dog.
Posted Apr-15-2012 Byoutsidelooknn (1097.20) 
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Anyhow, I can't believe this was a supreme court decision.Outrageous.
Posted Apr-15-2012 ByDoyle1 (5963.90) Doyle1 View Channel Send Message
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@hedgehog The reality of this court ruling is that the thinking the courts just put into every ranchers heads that have property near a border is if someone is on your property, kill em and bury em, that is your only option thanks to the courts. If you don't kill them, you might "hurt their feelings" and lose your ranch over it.
Posted Apr-15-2012 ByAce25 (85.94) Ace25 View Channel Send Message
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What a crock of shit. Feel sorry for the guy. This goes beyond all common sense.
Posted Apr-15-2012 ByRuffus (4310.44) 
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Is there more to this story? I really want to believe the court isn't that stupid. WTF? How can an illegal immigrant trespassing have ANY rights???
Posted Apr-15-2012 ByRickBond (6504.90)

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Should have just shot them.
Posted Apr-15-2012 ByIron Sights (179.10) 
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@Iron Sights My thoughts exactly, say nothing to anyone including the wife, shoot every one of them and bury'em where they lay...
Posted Apr-15-2012 Bybillyjojason (128.30) 
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This is BULLSHIT! Makes my blood boil! Fucking slick dick attorneys twist shit all around and make the VICTIM the bad guy! Why does there seem to be such a gray area about legal and illegal. Were they a little bit legal? Or a little bit illegal? I don't see a gray area myself.
Posted Apr-15-2012 Bybob150388 (82.90) 
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That's absolutely nuts!! What about his "emotional distress" finding twenty-six people on his land with no permission?
Posted Apr-15-2012 Bybillyjojason (128.30) 
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He F'ed up.
He did not kill them all and any witnesses.
Then bury them deep.
Never say a word.
No one would have ever known.
Posted Apr-15-2012 Bymoefugger (2137.56)

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the jury must have been wet backs . truly sick , feel for this guy , what a shame and only in the new america . as the old one would not have bat an eye , and sent them back and not with even a one peso , sad shit , should get a fund started everyone send a dollar that thinks this shit is fucked up ,
Posted Apr-15-2012 Bykiska (988.16) 
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Your Doing It WRONG!
Do NOT carry a gun on your property to protect yourself.
Carry a gun AND A SHOVEL, no survivors, no evidence, NO PROBLEM!
Posted Apr-15-2012 Bygavelwacker (104.28) gavelwacker View Channel Send Message
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