The ante should be upped considerably on DHS Inspector General Richard Skinner. The DHS officials who, as it now appears, framed the two border patrol guardsmen deserve to be hung out to dry.
Congressman John Culberson of Texas agrees:
"Richard Skinner admitted yesterday under oath that his top deputies gave members of Congress false information painting Border Patrol agents as rogue cops who were not in fear for their lives and who were 'out to shoot Mexicans,'" Culberson said in a statement.
Culberson said he believes false information was given to congressmen to "throw us off the scent and cover up what appears to be an unjust criminal prosecution of two U.S. law enforcement officers whose job was protecting our country's borders from criminals and terrorists."
Here's what DHS was supposed to have had evidence on - that under inspection turned out not to be true:
- Confessed to knowingly shooting at an unarmed suspect.
- Stated during the interrogation they did not believe the suspect was a threat to them at the time of the shooting.
- Stated that day they "wanted to shoot a Mexican".
- Were belligerent to investigators.
- Destroyed evidence and lied to investigators.
- Failed to report the incident at the time of the shooting.
Turns out that DHS had no supporting documentation on ANY of this and in fact discovered they DID have evidence that proved one of the border guards had in fact reported the shooting immediately following the events.
Ramos and Compean just began their 12 year sentences one month ago... here's my idea. Free them, expunge their records, give them back their jobs... and throw the DHS slime into the brink - who refuse to secure our borders - and who slimed these two honorable officers. Allow the DHS officers who lied to serve the remainder of the two men's prison terms.
Now that would be justice!