What Happens in Texas Hunting Accidents If You're Hispanic?

Tuesday, February 14, 2006
They Take Hunting Accidents Seriously In Texas...
... if you are a ranch hand with a Spanish surname:


An undocumented Mexican immigrant was shot and killed Sunday evening in an apparent hunting accident on a Webb County ranch owned by the family of former U.S. diplomat John G. Hurd.

"The illegals were crouching out in the brush. They said they mistook this guy for a hog," said Webb County Sheriff Juan Garza....

Juan Garza Mendoza, 34, an employee of the ranch, was charged Monday with manslaughter, a second-degree felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison....

Mendoza had apparently hit Barrera Vasquez while shooting at a feral hog, and immediately contacted authorities after the shooting, Hurd said.

Sheriff Garza said interviews with three of the victim's Mexican traveling companions and the others in the ranch hunting party led him to rule out anything but an accidental shooting.

"They mistakenly shot a human being," he said. "It's reckless. It's inexcusable."

http://thurgood.blogspot.com/2006_02_01_thurgood_archive.html#113992130673189981
via:http://firedoglake.blogspot.com/2006_02_12_firedoglake_archive.html#113995697605718161

he should have IMMEDIATELY wired $100,000 to the banana republican party.

:sarcasm:

because, according to alan simpson, he could have avoided any pesky laws.

This is an outrageous double standard.

:kick:

And that's all I will say on that.

Thanks for this.

And this will be good ammunition ...

the duplicity is mindboggling

threads in my sig line. Thanks!

(BTW, I'm a native Texas myself, so I know.)

Somebody needs to send this to Gregory and Oberman at least.

I know this happens, maybe more than is reported.

nt