correction The arresting officer ALLEGED that Lopez-Gomez claimed to be in the US illegally. LE officers do not always tell the truth. |
The 20-year-old’s first language is Tzotzil, a Mayan language, and he took a long pause when he was asked if he wanted to hire a private attorney or obtain a public defender. He lived in Mexico from the time he was 1-year-old until four years ago, when he returned to Georgia, his mother told the Phoenix. Many immigrants speak indigenous languages and aren't fluent in Spanish, let alone English. I haven't found the article saying he told them he was here illegally. Also, even in situations that do NOT get resolved within 1-2 days, you know that Trump is going to shrug his shoulders and say sometimes things happen but the important thing is they are removing all the horrible criminals. One thing I am wondering, though, are people who present themselves at a border crossing and ask for asylum just being denied that? Or if they fly into the US? |
People are starting to realize there is a difference between Americans and paperwork Americans. |
Are you suggesting that some Americans are more American than other Americans? |
Is this not obvious? |
Based on language or just skin color? |
1)At a border crossing you might be given an interview date, but would be sent back to Mexico to wait. 2)You cannot fly into the US because the airline will not let you board without a valid visa. 3)If the airline did let you board, then in the US, they might give you an interview date, and then would return you to your home country, at the airline's expense, hence 2). |
You are filth. |
That's part of it, but the real test is to visit another country and see how the locals react. |
Sarcasm, even though it's called "The Lowest Form Of Wit" is not a crime. |
This is a revolting and un-American view. If you are claiming to be an American yourself, please consider a remedial citizenship class. |
He wasn't the driver, though. He was the passenger. He was drunk but he was the passenger in the vehicle that was pulled over. |
What about Canada? |
You can still be in serious trouble. |
Everyone needs to remember and remind your loved ones that LEO are allowed to lie to you. IMO, they lie so much that they forget when they can and cannot lie. They can lie to your face, but they cannot (well, aren't supposed to) lie on official reports. My neighbor was murdered years ago, and even though I was at work when it happened and in a meeting with a dozen other people, the questioning by the police had me to the point of going "jesus, maybe I did do this??? Maybe I was pissed at him!" All the neighbors were questioned. It wasn't like I was singled out at first. We all got questioned, but they went in hard on me because we'd previously had a known property line dispute issue. My fellow neighbors and I were in a room together waiting to be called in and chatting about how unbelievable the entire situation was. We couldn't believe it was that neighbor or happened in our neighborhood, and in broad daylight, blah blah the typical things everyone says when a tragedy like this happens. No one had any lawyers present. We weren't suspects! No one had been treated like a suspect until it was my turn. Others were in and out in maybe 15-20 minutes, but they just kept going and going with me. They also ask the same question a bunch of confusing ways to try to trip you up. "You and Mr. Smith had had disputes in the past, right? And that angered you." Slipping that last part in fast to try to get you to say yes to both. "So you were angry at Mr. Smith and that's understandable because you had to pay all this money for surveys blah blah." "No..." "No, you didn't pay? No you weren't angry? I'd be angry if I had to pay all this money to prove what I knew was right. I'd maybe want revenge. Did you want revenge?" And they'd say things like "And you did not...not want revenge, right?" "You mean I did not NOT want revenge?" "I don't know, did you?" They pause between the nots to try to trip you up. I remember them telling me that another neighbor said they saw my car driving through the neighborhood before he was found. This was after me telling them what I was doing that morning - at work in a meeting. "We'll check that, of course, but we don't know the official time of death. We don't know when this happened. Do you? Weren't you home early this morning?" You also don't realize how fast time goes by when you're being questioned. I thought I was in there maybe 30 mins and when the detectives took a break and I looked at my watch, I realized I'd been in there for over an hour and that's when it hit me that it was NOT like my other neighbor's questioning sessions. That's when I started to freak and it hit me: LAWYER. You're supposed to ask for a lawyer, so that's exactly what I did when they came back in. And you know what they said? "You know, this makes you look very guilty." I will never go in for voluntary questioning again without a lawyer. I don't care if it makes me look guilty. Not after learning how shady they are with asking questions. |