Crime

ICE Agent Shot in South Texas While Conducting Surveillance

(The Blaze/AP) – Dozens of law enforcement officers picked over a miles-long crime scene bisecting a rural South Texas town Tuesday, collecting evidence after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent was shot while conducting surveillance.

The Monitor reports Kelton Harrison, 32, is in stable condition after being shot twice early Tuesday in Hargill, Texas. The agent was conducting surveillance related to an ongoing criminal investigation, ICE spokeswoman Nina Pruneda said. The agent was taken to a local hospital and underwent surgery.

The shooting occurred in Hidalgo County, Texas, close to the Mexican border and a known drug-trafficking route. The Monitor also reports three suspects were being held for questioning late Tuesday afternoon, however, no suspects had been formally arrested or identified.

The shooting apparently shares similarities with a Hidalgo County sheriff‘s deputy’s ambush by suspected members of the Gulf Cartel in October as he was investigating a kidnapping, the Monitor reports. Authorities refused to say whether Harrison’s attack was related to drug cartels, however, one investigator told the Monitor that the agent’s investigation was related to a group of human smugglers and drug traffickers based near Hargill.

Texas state troopers blocked several miles of the main road through Hargill. At one end investigators with metal detectors walked through tall grass around a small white house. Officers from local, state and federal agencies scoured the road for several miles to the north of the house, looking for evidence. At the north end of the crime scene, an SUV with its rear window broken out sat about 50 yards off the road behind a row of squat trees. Border Patrol agents and other investigators picked their way through grass nearby.

FoxNews.com reports authorities believe there may have been two shooters and have collected shell casings as evidence.

Harrison is expected to survive after he was shot in the abdomen at around 3:30 a.m. Tuesday. The Monitor reports the agent was rushed to the McAllen Medical Center at speeds as fast as 100 mph.

Hildago County Sheriff Lupe Trevino said his office is assisting the FBI in the investigation. Details surrounding the shooting are still fuzzy.

“We’re developing leads but obviously we cannot discuss them at this time,” he said.

FBI spokesman Erik Vasys said his agency is leading the investigation into the assault on a federal officer, but that any details regarding the incident would likely come from ICE.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

This is a breaking story and will be updated.

Comments (83)

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  • mountainbiker
    Posted on July 3, 2012 at 4:03pm

    I guess he didn‘t run like the pamplet say’s.

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    • johnpaulkuchtajr
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 6:04pm

      Yo no lo comprendo!

      Senora (?) Napalitano says that the US border with Mexico is more secure than it has ever been.

      This incident must be an episode of “workplace violence” or even an incident of domestic abuse in the sagebrush.

      If the Ayatollah Obama is re-annointed, expect him to escalate the violence along the border by drastically reducing our drug interdiction efforts. Go short on real estate along the border and long on food, water, guns and ammo.

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    • Bill Rowland
      Posted on July 4, 2012 at 6:35am

      Dear Blaze; Hildalgo county is located in Southeast Texas not Southwest. Believe me this is Texas and the difference is several hundred miles. This is a concept that is hard for people who live back east to grasp. You can enter Texas near El Paso headed east and when you leave Texas at Orange or near Marshal you will have driven over 800 miles.
      The ICE agent getting shot is awful, but being shot at is a daily occurence for the officers who work this border. The Texas Highway Patrol has bought several armored patrol boats equipped with machine guns to patrol the Rio Grande river along this stretch of the border.
      The ICE Agent will probably be fired by Epic Holdup for attempting to enforce the law rather than running away.. Holdup can’t have people who do their job, and enforce the law, getting any publicity and disagreeing the policies set forth by Sweet Old Barack.

      OMG Nov 6, 2012

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    • yougottabekidding
      Posted on July 4, 2012 at 2:12pm

      Why is the state responding that is a federal crime?

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  • marcus_arealius
    Posted on July 3, 2012 at 3:52pm

    Here’s another suggestion : All Law Enforcement Officers in Texas and Arizona – let the citizens deal with the border for the remainder of Obummer’s term. Toss the bodies across the ‘fence’, let Mexico bury them.

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    • chips1
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 6:18pm

      MARCUS:
      Finally, an intelligent suggestion.

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    • BeeDee
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 7:02pm

      All illegal immigrants should be deported (ha!) to D.C. and let the federal government deal with them. I heard there is a lot of empty space in the halls of Congress.

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    • Halloween
      Posted on July 4, 2012 at 9:56pm

      I love that idea. I would spend time on the border with my “tools” to fix the problem without the government interrupting.

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  • marcus_arealius
    Posted on July 3, 2012 at 3:49pm

    The only response that will make a difference is for all ICE and Border agents to quit, today.

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    • loriann12
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 7:00pm

      Or allow individuals to put up a STATE fence, by donations of money or labor.

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  • this1can
    Posted on July 3, 2012 at 3:35pm

    Obummer said that no matter what he does to protect the border it won’t be good enough. we will just want more. so he does nothing but opens the door wider and gives them the fire power and then lies and covers it up with nothing to see here. shut up and move along. Love/Pray

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    • rosecityken
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 5:59pm

      @this1can well put , i was about to post something to the effect of the agent must not have gotten the memo that Obamnesty has been declared on what was once our border. I read a story today of an english citizen who had married an american lady and they had lived in london for a while but got tired of the b.s. and moved here and how proud he was to be here and becoming a U.S. citizen…and i couldnt help wondering why our loosely termed “leaders” care more about illegal aliens than this guy with his inspiring story….why are we face-palming everyone waiting in line to come here and contribute while welcoming illegal aliens by dictatorial decrees. unconstitutional decrees nullifying laws passed by our elected officials, in essence, stealing your voting rights….what does it matter

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  • don young
    Posted on July 3, 2012 at 3:08pm

    Unless he is black holder will do nothing.

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    • Elena2010
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 7:42pm

      LOL — we only have abt 12 Black people in this part of the Valley — they are all b’ball scholarship students at UT-Pan Am.

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    • HI_Don
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 7:46pm

      What do you mean Holder will do nothing? Who do you think gave the shooter the gun?

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  • forgetyou
    Posted on July 3, 2012 at 2:46pm

    To bad. Wrong job choice.

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    • Independent4233
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 3:12pm

      “Fox News reports the ICE agent is now believed to be in stable condition.”

      He’s having a bit of difficulty now, but just think how much trouble he would have been in if he had fired back.

      Fat Janet will probably give him a meritorious citation for following her mandate for the Border Patriol to retreat if they are assaulted or fired upon.

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    • enraged8hobbit
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 5:31pm

      Independent64562448 Said agent was shot in the stomach and as such was directly disobeying orders to run as he was facing imminent danger. He will probably get fired. Now if nappytallyho was there he could have used her immense backside to use as cover. I pray that the ICE officer survives to do his duty another day/another time under ANOTHER DHS head.

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    • Elena2010
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 7:49pm

      ICE and Border Patrol both belong to CBP, but they wear different uniforms and do different functions.

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  • grams09
    Posted on July 3, 2012 at 2:38pm

    Just wait until we are faced with another disaster because of Pres. Obama’s mandate to not follow the law in Arizona regarding illegals. Another Fast and Furious disaster in the making, only this time we know for sure who gave the order.

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  • South Philly Boy
    Posted on July 3, 2012 at 2:35pm

    More FAST & FURIOUS GUNS

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    • rickc34
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 2:48pm

      It is may be one of the guns but the big picture is national security and a President that has made this country unsafe. It is a good thing this happened in Texas because of the working relationship between ICE and Arizona law enforcement there may be tensions between the 2 all thanks to the President..

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  • NOBALONEY
    Posted on July 3, 2012 at 2:28pm

    ‘run and hide’ puts ICE and border agents lives in jeopardy.

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  • lassiegirldawn
    Posted on July 3, 2012 at 2:18pm

    There is a law that if the government doesn’t protect its people that the people can arm their selves and protect their selves. If enough people armed and protecting the border, I can’t see where they could arrest everybody. I am talking hundreds and thousands of people. We need to take America back.

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    • ENIGMA28724
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 2:22pm

      The problem is that if we the people did that we would all be arrested for violating these illegal criminal alien’s civil rights.

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    • shagstar
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 2:29pm

      it’s more like millons of armed people here in the U.S.! as a matter of fact,,we have the the third, largest standing army on this planet,,,and,,that’s just with registered hunters and ccw folks!

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    • lassiegirldawn
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 2:32pm

      I am sure there were people that had that thought about the British also.

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    • code green
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 2:39pm

      No we need to elect a real man that loves this country and will put the 82nd Airborn and the 1st Air cav. down on the border to eliminate the threat.
      Screw Mexico’s liberal government and what they think.They are corrupt to the bone and don’t deserve any slack.They have only earned contempt
      Don’t close the border……….slam it shut with our military, and push (or blow) the drug dealers out of our national parks, and private ranches, on the border back to the slums where they belong.
      First we need to get rid of the limp wristed a@^hole impersonator in the White House.

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  • aChameleon
    Posted on July 3, 2012 at 1:59pm

    We can’t do anything about the border when the hispanic vote is so valuable. I wish the ICE agents would rethink their career choice. They’re just grist to the mill nowadays. Obama doesn’t care about the deaths as long as he can get the hispanic vote.

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    • Want our country back
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 2:07pm

      Was it a gun from Fast & Furious? The media said that people are just collateral damage (that was yesterday). If this were their mom, dad, kid would it still be JUST COLLATTERAL damage.

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    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 2:17pm

      WANT OUR COUNTRY BACK, to the brain dead 0bama zombie media, no, I don’t think that it would bother any of them to lose family members in the name of liberal attitudes.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 2:30pm

      Hi RJJ,

      Do you see the one major difference between this shooting and the Brian Terry and Jamie Zapata shootings?

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 2:31pm

      Hi RJJ,

      And it’s not that this Agent will live. (Sorry, I forgot to add this in my last post).

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    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 2:37pm

      Hey MONK, What I can get out of this is that it must have been from a longer range assault. I am assuming that he must have been a target of opportunity. Fill me in if you caught something else.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 3:01pm

      Hi RJJ,

      In all 3 cases the Bandit(s) got the upper hand and left. In the Brian Terry and Jamie Zapata cases after getting the upper hand they left their weapons behind before leaving. Drug Cartel members and Bandits DO NOT leave their weapons behind unless they are dead and in all 3 cases no Bandits were killed.

      Why would they drop their weapons and leave when they had the upper hand? Think about it.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 3:19pm

      Hi RJJ,

      The Blaze is blocking my 2nd post most likely because of the content. Go over here when you get a chance. http://www.theblaze.com/stories/see-a-space-ship-fly-over-manhattan-and-its-not-a-ufo/

      The-Monk  
    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 4:22pm

      Hey MONK, I had to go out for a while. Am back now and checking out that other info you suggested.

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  • DDD
    Posted on July 3, 2012 at 1:59pm

    Since it was one of “their own” (ICE), perhaps they’ll open their eyes to the truth.

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    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 2:05pm

      Let’s not forget the lose of Jaime Zapata, the ICE agent who was killed with F&F firearms.

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    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 2:14pm

      I have to be part of ‘Typos R Us’ today. That should be “loss!”

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    • ENIGMA28724
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 2:19pm

      Doubtful. Obummer doesn’t support the ICE program any more than he has to, as is evident in his suspension of ICE compacts with local law enforcement in Arizona which is the most active state for illegal border crossings. And we are not talking about just poor Mexican peons wanting to better themselves. Now it’s mostly thugs, drug runners and fugitives. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was shot and killed with a gun that the ATF allowed to walk across the border [one of thousands], and neither Holder or Obummer bothered to contact the family to offer condolences. If it had been one of my sons that had been killed, I seriously doubt that I would have been civil to either of them, given their history. HOPE and CHANGE seems to have morphed quickly into SMOKE and CHAINS.

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    • chips1
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 6:29pm

      Why isn’t the White House on the border? At least put the Oval Office there’

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  • RJJinGadsden
    Posted on July 3, 2012 at 1:53pm

    Apparently, he did not get that run and hide, then throw rocks memo from Janet Nepalitano. Don’t get me wrong. I am not taking this moment to make fun of the injured agent, but I will definitely point out what a bunch of idiots are running this country…..into the ground.

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  • yiska8
    Posted on July 3, 2012 at 1:52pm

    Once they cross over, they become Obama’s Cartel. These traffickers are Obama’s people. The region of South Texas is at war. We even got our own little state Navy now because Obama’s sympathizes with illegals and cartels. I guess we are supposed to assimilate to the cartel and breached sovereignty with calm and acceptance. I hope the ICE agent recovers and decides whether he wants back in on the never ending war.
    http://www.kens5.com/news/Cartels-splashdowns-will-no-longer-keep-them-out-of-hot-water-161208225.html

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    • Cavallo
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 2:03pm

      The Gov needs to call out the National Guard under a State of Emergency. Sieze and sell federal land to pay for it. The primary responsibility of the government is to protect the population from outside invaders and criminals, and they aren’t doing it.

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    • yiska8
      Posted on July 4, 2012 at 5:49pm

      @cavallo
      We have no law and no real order from the feds. They use the law to suit them and abuse it against regular Americans like with F&F. They care nothing for us. Only the feds and state agencies assigned to work along the border truly understand what is happening. The National Guard is a world away overseas and we are basically alone, but for the help of Christ Almighty. We don’t have a commander-in-chief, we have an a marxist, American Idol. We’ve been on own our and that is how it will stay for the long haul.

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  • RightUnite
    Posted on July 3, 2012 at 1:49pm

    So, was a F & F gun used here??

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  • teddrunk
    Posted on July 3, 2012 at 1:44pm

    Hey, it’s just another dead border agent to Obama and his clan. The agent was probably detaining an illegal carrying a “Holder” gun. Nothing to see here, right Justice Dept.?

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  • mrmarkjohnson
    Posted on July 3, 2012 at 1:44pm

    If it were a black civilian shot by a white Border Patrol agent, it would be headline news on CNN, NBC, etc.

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  • jamestoms
    Posted on July 3, 2012 at 1:42pm

    Chalk another one up to Holder and Obama, someone forgot to tell law enforcement its open season according to Holder.

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  • AJAYW
    Posted on July 3, 2012 at 1:42pm

    Holder and obama with more blood on their hands

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  • thegreatcarnac
    Posted on July 3, 2012 at 1:37pm

    The border is a dangerous place. If we had a real government instead of a bunch of communists, we would be able to police our boreders to the point that they would really be borders and no one would think of crossing them or taking pot shots at our agents.

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    • ENIGMA28724
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 2:32pm

      I’m in favor of multiple layers of concertina wire and anti-vehicle ditching backed up by the National Guard. It’s time we got serious about stopping the drug trafficking, human slavery and general thuggery happening on our southern border. People are afraid on their own property from the criminal element occupying our southern border.

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    • johnpaulkuchtajr
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 6:28pm

      For crying out loud!

      You want a border fence? Why?

      Our President has dinner guests IN THE WHITE HOUSE who have been named by Federal Judge Jorge Solis as “unindicted co-conspirators” in a terror trial. What the hell good is a border fence when our so-called leaders are committing treason from within?

      You’re dreaming of a country that vanished when “it” took the reins in Jan 2009.

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    • tommyg524
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 7:10pm

      that would require b all s.

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  • truthseekerusa
    Posted on July 3, 2012 at 1:35pm

    More blood on Obama’s hands?

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  • IMCHRISTIAN
    Posted on July 3, 2012 at 1:29pm

    To bad his own president doesn’t care about the border states. The agent and his family is in my thoughts and prayers.

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    • Mutiny
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 1:35pm

      Bush didnt care about the border either. This isnt a right or left thing. Both parties are to blame for this. Hell we cannot even get Romney to say he will not give amnesty. But hey, lets protect the borders in Afghanistan.

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    • yiska8
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 1:59pm

      @Mutiny
      Try and think back to 2000 when Bush ran. He was the Governor of Texas. He understood border issues and that is how he retained popularity with the Hispanic community. He was going to work heavily with Fox, the Mexican President at the time and Latin America. He wanted more border security. More agents. More of everything, but those planes flew into buildings and the border was forgotten and was allowed to weaken. Too many wars. Too many fronts…

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  • lqtm
    Posted on July 3, 2012 at 1:27pm

    It was reported that an elderly Marine Vietnam veteran was tazed and shot and killed by police earlier today while they taunted him and shouted racial slurs at him. He had accidentally pressed his lifealert button, and the police responded instead of an ambulance. I was just wondering why Glenn didn’t report on this. Oh, right, he’s black, that wouldn‘t work for Beck’s narrative.

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    • IMCHRISTIAN
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 1:31pm

      Your heart and soul must be black with hate.

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    • Psytoxic
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 1:38pm

      LQTM

      Do you have a link to the story?

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    • Speak without Fear
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 1:42pm

      You really are pathetic…..take your race baiting back to your bIack Pantee club meetings.

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    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 1:46pm

      Haven’t seen that on CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, or BSNBC either. Watching Fox now to see if they report it. So, since nobody else is reporting it yet, you hold The Blaze totally accountable? Yeah, you really make a lot of sense, don’t you?

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    • COFemale
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 1:46pm

      Well LQTM If you scroll to the bottom of this sceen there is a little textbox and button “Have a Tip”. I suppose you could not get off your lazy a$$ and submit the story. Do you know how many stories are out there in Internet land, it is ludicrous to think they can find every story out there.

      So here is some unsolicited advice: Shut up!

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    • beckwill
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 1:49pm

      G the F O! If you watch Glenn or paid any attention you‘d know Glenn isn’t broadcasting today. do your background work before you start ripping someone. And don’t even PRETEND you know what Mr. Beck’s narrative is. Try this next time….listen to the radio show, get GBTV…it’s free for a couple weeks then report back. Until then your opinion is of no value here.

      Send in the Next Idiot Please!!

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    • Locked
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 2:28pm

      Person in question is Kenneth Chamberlain Sr. of White Plains, NY, and it didn’t happen today, it happened on November 18th, 2011. He set off the emergency bracelet in his sleep, and the police arrived. While he told them he was fine, they demanded to be let in, and Chamberlain had armed himself with a knife.

      (Which, when it’s the middle of the night in NY and someone demands to be let in, is somewhat reasonable. But I digress).

      Chamberlain was shot with a tazer, beanbags, and finally gunshots. Yes, they did call him a “n****er,” which was recorded on tape.

      The only new news is that his son sued on Monday for $21 million. This comes after a grand jury decided that no crime had been committed.

      Summary: LQTM had most of the facts and timetable incorrect.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 2:42pm

      @Locked

      Thanks for looking that up. You saved me the trouble. : )

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    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 2:42pm

      LOCKED, Thanks, that I do recall.

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    • BigDogRex
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 2:45pm

      @LQTM:

      He was shot after attacking police with a knife and a hatchet. Officers first tried deploying a TASER and a bean bag round, both of which failed to stop the man. He was finally shot while attempting to stab another officer. And, yes, a racial slur was uttered (police didn’t storm the place shouting slurs) which is admittedly unprofessional. After reviewing audio and video of the event, a grand jury declined to indict any of the officers, including the one firing the fatal shot(s). His son is now seeking $21,000,000 in damages.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on July 3, 2012 at 3:31pm

      @Psytoxic

      Love your avatar. : )

      Report Post » The-Monk  
  • HorseCrazy
    Posted on July 3, 2012 at 1:26pm

    Prayers for this officer. May he see justice done.

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  • teddrunk
    Posted on July 3, 2012 at 1:24pm

    Who shot him? Holder or the Justice Department?

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