Congressman outraged after Ramos prison beating

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Houston Chronicle "http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4535775.html "

The agents, sent to federal prison for wounding a fleeing Mexican drug trafficker and hiding evidence, never told investigators that they went on patrol intending to "shoot a Mexican," admitted Richard Skinner, the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general, under questioning during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing. Bush faces increasing demands from House Republicans and others that he pardon Ramos and Compean, who were sentenced in October to 11 and 12 years, respectively, after being convicted of violating the trafficker's civil rights and tampering with evidence for picking up their shell casings and not reporting the shooting.

The (US House Briefing) report, released Wednesday with some sections deleted, does not substantiate what McCaul said were some of the more inflammatory claims made by the inspector general's office last fall. The claims included the alleged "shoot a Mexican" comment and an assertion that agents Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos had no fear for their lives when they fired 15 rounds at the trafficker as he ran back toward Mexico after ditching a van with 743 pounds of marijuana.
Bush faces increasing demands from House Republicans and others that he pardon Ramos and Compean, who were sentenced in October to 11 and 12 years, respectively, after being convicted of violating the trafficker's civil rights and tampering with evidence for picking up their shell casings and not reporting the shooting.

"The president has lost my respect because he will not step forward and do what's right," said Rep. Walter Jones, R-NC. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., went a step further, saying Bush would face dire consequences if Compean or Ramos is killed while in prison. If that happens, he said, "There's going to be some kind of impeachment talk on Capitol Hill."
Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman Traci Billingsley said Ramos sustained minor bruises and abrasions and has since been removed from the general prison population at the Yazoo City prison. Compean, incarcerated in Ohio, has never been in the general population.

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1. Too bad he wasn't outraged

at the abuse of the constitution by his cohorts.

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2. Gee, I'm really trying to muster up some sympathy for these guys...

Nope. Ain't gonna happen. :nopity: