Comments on: Illegal aliens awarded $78,000 in damages against Arizona rancher who held them at gunpoint

By: cjk

cjk — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:54:45 +0000

I don’t think the jury is stupid at all, they did exactly what was expected of them. They were carefully selected because of their views under the watch of a selected judge.

By: Dave Rywall

Dave Rywall — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:49:05 +0000

Wow that is one stupid jury.

By: patriot1

patriot1 — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:05:51 +0000

lol

By: cjk

cjk — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:57:36 +0000

The Godless, integrity-less, unprincipled, racist, fascist, thieving, evil liberal left has launched it’s final phase in the destruction of the last God-fearing major nation in history. We are living in the saddest time for any true American patriot.

By: cjk

cjk — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:55:28 +0000

When they can bring this type of action to trial and supply these types of judges, juries, and judgments, nobody is safe from the destroyers of this once-great nation. The Godless, integrity-less, unprincipled, racist, fascist, thieving, evil liberal left has launched it’s final phase in the destruction of the last God-fearing major nation in history.

By: cjk

cjk — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:46:50 +0000

When they can bring this to trial and get judges, juries, and judgments like this, nobody is now safe from the wicked, Godless, evil, liberal, left.

By: pussum207

pussum207 — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:53:16 +0000

I’m at a loss. All I can figure is that he somehow went above and beyond simply holding them.

Ah, no. It’s not that all. It’s two things: a) just another phase in America’s national suicide, and b) our elevation of victimhood.

By: Badger40

Badger40 — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:46:53 +0000

Had someone broke into my house and I called the cops, they would have pointed guns at the intruders and maybe even brought a dog. Would the intruder have the right to sue the city for assault and emotional distress? Of course not!!

jeffn21 on February 19, 2009 at 11:20 AM

I believe most people cannot make the connection between an urban-city dweller’s prop0erty being = to a landowner’s property.
Many people think land owned by private entities is free to be trespassed upon, while they cry about kids trespassing on their lawn.
They are =.

By: Chaz706

Chaz706 — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:43:18 +0000

When are we going to stop complaining and do something? I am tired of watching Americans suffer at the hands of Government and Judicial idiocy! A number of people are calling for a march on Washington, here in the midwest. I believe this story is the final straw. I have had it!

kks321 on February 18, 2009 at 12:28 PM

April 15, 2010. A million man March in Washington has turned violent when police attempted to break up the march and protesters from the ‘Taxpayers Coalition’ fought back.

Initial press reports state now that thousands are dead and the city is in a state of siege. Calls for the military to quell the violence have been issued but some military commanders have actually refused to respond.

We will give more details as the news unfolds.

By: Hazmat

Hazmat — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:42:52 +0000

I just don’t get this.

By: jeffn21

jeffn21 — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:20:42 +0000

I believe everyone on U.S. soil has Constitutional rights. Even illegals. Their rights were violated when this rancher played judge, jury and executioner in a cruel manner.

patriot1 on February 18, 2009 at 11:32 AM

Had someone broke into my house and I called the cops, they would have pointed guns at the intruders and maybe even brought a dog. Would the intruder have the right to sue the city for assault and emotional distress? Of course not!!

I think the rancher should sue the judge claiming “emotional distress” for having to pay punitive damages!

By: Mark Garnett

Mark Garnett — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:33:03 +0000

Kill them all, let God sort it out…

Not trial, less ILLEGALS, less crime, less welfare…

Win, Win, Win, Win…

By: workingforpigs

workingforpigs — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:14:09 +0000

There is a reason why you can’t find a AR-15 to purchase right now and Walmart is always out of ammo. People are getting ready for the next civil war in this country.

By: concuster

concuster — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 07:56:05 +0000

The ACLU is the center of all evil in this country. Build a wall and throw the ACLU members and illegal alien sympathizers over to the Mexican side. Maybe they will have a little more respect for our constitution and American citizenship after taking a spin in that rats nest of a country.

Mr. Barnett should be celebrated as a patriot and others should follow his lead.

By: zbunde

zbunde — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 06:22:55 +0000

This story almost makes no sense.. how could ANYBODY vote against the rancher…. at least he and every other boarder rancher knows exactly what to do next time….. bang bang

By: Dadzilla

Dadzilla — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 06:22:04 +0000

Barnett did what was appropriate and used the reasonable amount of force to affect a citizen’s arrest or detain these criminals until the law got there and took over. Mr. Barnett was the one who suffered emotional distress by having to do law enforcements job because they were either unwilling or unable to do the job themselves. Mr. Barnett has been failed by a PC government that is willing to sacrifice it’s citizens on the alter of political correctness rather than protect them from harm.

By: Johan Klaus

Johan Klaus — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:04:48 +0000

But the day is rapidly approaching, I think, that some kind of serious action will happen to ignite the wildfire.

El Cazador on February 18, 2009 at 11:41 PM

You can bet your boots.

By: El Cazador

El Cazador — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 04:41:01 +0000

I wonder when they are going to start organizing Militias. We are being invaded from within by anti-constitution morons that will have the numbers to destroy our country and what it stands for in just a few short years.

The situation is getting very serious at breakneck speed. Something must be done if the America our founding fathers started is going to survive the evil onslaught.

saiga on February 18, 2009 at 12:50 PM

You want to see the border militarized quickly, (heck the entire US Southwest) start forming active militias and then have a shooting, even an accidental one. The Socialist in charge will have the 101st down there in a week looking for every militia member they can grab.

But the day is rapidly approaching, I think, that some kind of serious action will happen to ignite the wildfire.

By: ChristopherPack

ChristopherPack — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 04:15:28 +0000

I believe everyone on U.S. soil has Constitutional rights.

As long as you are not violating anyone elses rights this should be the case.

Even illegals. Their rights were violated when this rancher played judge, jury and executioner in a cruel manner.

patriot1 on February 18, 2009 at 11:32 AM

Illeagals are violating someones rights. And i don’t believe he judged jurried(?) or exectuted anyone, he however acted properly upon finding someone who was on his property illegally.

Once citizens have no ability to defend their property this experiment is over. The founding fathers deemed private property the fundamental element to a free nation. When are private property is no longer private game over folks.
fullogas on February 18, 2009 at 12:18 PM

A truer statement i have not yet heard.

You’re not allowed to use the threat of deadly force against those who are merely trespassing. That’s the common law rule, anyway.

Explain to me just how in h*ll would you remove someone who is tresspassing on your property, i mean someone you don’t know and at night.

But the decision, while bad, is not wholly without basis in our common law tradition.
axis_of_weasel on February 18, 2009 at 4:41 PM

I call bullsh*t on this one. This is the reason that criminals get to get away with this crap, when we stick up for our rights the courts and liars… sorry lawyers… sue for everything the can get.

Criminal trespass.

Johan Klaus on February 18, 2009 at 6:00 PM

Yep.

By: JayTee

JayTee — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 04:11:38 +0000

The appeal will move forward -BUT- We should all be able to donate $$’s to this guy such that it costs him nothing in the end, and the ACLU is left with collecting lawyers fees from broke Illegals and footing the total Expense of their attack on America.
Make it COST the ACLU . . .100 % expense, no payoff for clients.

By: bullseye

bullseye — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 03:27:55 +0000

If I break my arm attempting to burglarize your house-that ought to be good for a couple of mill.

MaiDee on February 18, 2009 at 9:57 PM

Don’t laugh, there was a case here a couple of years ago where a burglar got stuck in a garage and had to eat dogfood and drink soda for a couple of days. The idiot jury awarded him over a hundred grand.

By: MaiDee

MaiDee — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 02:57:39 +0000

Hey! Great way to make money during the upcoming Obama Depression. Sue people for interfering when you attempt to trespass.Something for unemployed lawyers to think about now that law offices are closing.

If I break my arm attempting to burglarize your house-that ought to be good for a couple of mill.

By: riverrat10k

riverrat10k — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 02:37:46 +0000

Maybe Nevada. Someone help here. I know I saw it here, or Malkin, or Reason, etc.

By: bullseye

bullseye — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 02:37:34 +0000

It is going to be something just like this that WILL spark the beginning of civil war in this country!!!! The idiots on that jury need some education….

build the wall on February 18, 2009 at 7:32 PM

Funny thing, I drove by Harpers ferry twice this weekend. When you are neck deep in gasoline it doesn’t take all that much of a spark to set things off.

By: riverrat10k

riverrat10k — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 02:32:31 +0000

…and I take it you don’t think thousands of wreckless, irresponsible people tromping across someone’s property is cruelty? Tell us where you live so we can test this theory.

(Gimme a break!)

ErinF on February 18, 2009 at 1:09 PM

Erin, and all, I would go one step further and assert and attest, if the reports that he has turned over 10,000 illegals in to the BP are true, that “I was in fear for my life”.

Thousands vs. a family.

I am in fear for my life.