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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsVideo shows Texas National Guard soldiers appearing to ignore a mother and baby's pleas for help in the Rio Grande
https://www.tpr.org/border-immigration/2023-12-18/video-shows-texas-national-guard-members-appearing-to-ignore-a-mother-and-babys-pleas-for-help-in-the-rio-grandeA video obtained by Texas Public Radio shows members of the Texas National Guard appearing to ignore cries for help from a woman carrying a baby who seemed to be in danger of drowning in the Rio Grande.
Eyewitnesses attested that both mother and child went under for a while after several minutes of struggling, before resurfacing again.
The woman, who appeared to be a migrant attempting to cross into the U.S., could be heard at various points in the recording pleading in Spanish, I cant walk anymore. Im begging you, please help me. I really cant anymore. Members of the Texas National Guard watched from a boat just a few feet away.
Later in the video, a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) airboat was seen speeding by, just a few feet away from the woman and child.
The Texas Military Department and CBP did not respond to repeated requests for comment.
TPR confirmed the veracity of the video but was unable to independently verify what happened before and after the video cuts out. Eyewitnesses said the woman and child were able to eventually reach the southern banks of the river in Mexico on their own.
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Video shows Texas National Guard soldiers appearing to ignore a mother and baby's pleas for help in the Rio Grande (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Dec 2023
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ret5hd
(20,564 posts)1. fucking disgusting.
and were the good guys.
The Blue Flower
(5,451 posts)2. AI has more humanity
nt
kimbutgar
(21,285 posts)3. And I bet those National guard member says they are good Christian's
Whatever happened to I was a stranger in your land and you welcomed me? From the Bible?
lostnfound
(16,203 posts)4. United States of Cruelty is the GOP goal nt
John Shaft
(293 posts)5. The world is filled with monsters
small ones, medium ones, and big ones.