US Courts Discredit Law Enforcement and Gives Offenders More Credence

A Federal Court of Appeal has thrown out the case of Millennium Bomber Ahmed Ressam. The Court found that the government "failed to prove the fact that Ressam was carrying explosives". Ahmed Ressam lied at the border, provided the US Customs with a false name, did not declare that he was carrying 124 pounds of explosives in the trunk of his vehicle, falsifying government documents, all which are felony offences.

A comparison case is that of two former US Border Patrol Agents who were set to go to jail for allegedly shooting a man in the back. According to Assistant US Attorney Deborah Kanof, "the agents violated an unarmed Osboldo Aldrete-Davilas' civil rights" by pursuing him and shooting him in the back without knowing who he was or if he was armed. These lines of ruling from our courts are a travesty of justice.

With regard to the Ressam case it should be noted that within the Al Qaeda training manual, entry number 7 under the Counterfeit Currency and and Forged Document section clearly stipulates: "All documents of the undercover brother, such as identity cards and passports, should be falsified."

This begs a simple question. Could not the falsification of Ressam's Customs declaration, along with attempting to enter the country under a false identity in orderr to carry out a terrorist attack be evidence enough to consider that his intended actions made him lie? This case has raised some eyebrows amongst the legal profession and the public.

Back to the two Border Patrol Agents who stated that Aldrete-Davila was "crossing the border in an area not designated by the Attorney General as a legal port of entry to the United States". They stated that during the confrontation shots were fired and both agents stated that Aldrete-Davila was brandishing a weapon. Furthermore, the vehicle in which Aldrete-Davila was inspected contained 800 pounds of marijuana. According to Kanof, "the agents had no reason to pursue Aldrete-Davila", the Mexican citizen with no legal documentation for entry into the United States.

Is it not the job of Border Control Agents to patrol the border? These two agents were carrying out their duty, ensuring that individuals within a certain radius of the border are not crossing illegally into the United States or committing criminal acts. According the the evidence produced, Aldrete-Davila was doing both. Aldrete-Davila was since given complete immunity and also free medical treatment from the El Paso Hospital.

If you put the two cases on the scales of justice you can clearly see that the outcome of both of these cases are a complete mockery of our judicial system. When civil rights are violated I clearly agree with court actions and legal enforcements. However, when two Border Patrol Agents are looking at 20 years in prison just for carrying out their duty and trying to apprehend a drug dealer/illegal alien, justice just does not balance out in these two cases.

Should our Judges be above the law themselves? Should we have an independent body in situ that Judges have to answer to? Sending two Border Patrol Agents to jail for 20 years for carrying out their duty whilst throwing out a case against a admitted terrorist, claiming that the government failed to prove how carrying explosives caused the terrorist to falsify his Customs Declaration, shows why the US is an easy target. The courts are reallying sending out very mixed signals to drug traffickers, illegal immigrants and to all terrorists.