Don't forget Elian Gonzales too.
You're kidding right?
Kid is kidnapped by wife, sailed on a rickety aluminum boat across the Gulf placing him in danger, wife drowns enroute, family in the US (who your child has never met) are given custody of the child in the meantime. Father in Cuba is furious that his wife was an idiot, and demands HIS child back. Cuban American family members refuse to give the child back because they don't like Castro.
International affair that falls outside of local LE jurisdiction. And you think that raid was unjustified?
No way, the Feds got it right. Parental custody shouldn't have political overtones.
Don't forget Elian Gonzales too.
You had me up until the political overtones part.
Feds (SWAT team of 8 BP agents and another 100 plus INS agents) seized the kid at gunpoint on 4/22 after a 4/13 deadline that Reno set expired. There were negotiations going on the entire time until Reno declared there weren't any workable solutions. A court ruling from the 11th circuit on 4/19 said he could stay in the US until an Asylum hearing in May. Yet the day after that ruling on 4/20 Reno just decided to take matters into her own hands, despite the 11th's decision.
So the answer is "No, I'm not kidding."
And for the record, this isn't a diatribe against law enforcement. This is a direct reflection on Federal Leadership and their blatant disregard for the system as it was set up by our founders.
Dude, someone kidnaps my child, and Im going to DEMAND that someone puts a gun in their face pronto.
Honestly, that whole situation goes above politics. A surviving parent, dare I say, has the God give right (if fit), to keep possession of their child, regardless of the what borders they reside.
We have a father in Cuba who wanted his child back; a child that he has 100% more claim over any other person on the planet. And you have a group of people that are intent on denying him custody. IMO, they could have broke down the door day and I wouldn't have had an issue with it.
Here is a novel idea. Don't start a death cult that diddles kids and sells full auto weapons and you don't have to worry about tanks.
Here's a novel idea, Lon Horiuchi can burn in hell.
Yep, they did. Legal warrant, legally attempted to be served. After being tipped off that the Feds were coming to serve said legal warrant, the Davidians began arming themselves.
I certainly think the ATF botched the raid, but there was going to be bloodshed of some sort anyway you look at how it could have unfolded. psychopaths and pedophiles, with guns, don't like it when the Feds come knockin.
Lon answered the call when asked by his nation. You aren't besmirching an American hero, are you? Crime was afoot and he responded. He is a proud member of the brotherhood. He does bad things while you sleep to assure your freedom.
Lon answered the call when asked by his nation. You aren't besmirching an American hero, are you? Crime was afoot and he responded. He is a proud member of the brotherhood. He does bad things while you sleep to assure your freedom.
The Feds certainly saved those 20 children from having to worry about pedophiles ever again.