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Firedoglake - Firedoglake weblog » Just As Long As They Aren’t White, You Can Put Them In Your Sights:

"At this point in the video, the backpack-wearing figure begins to slowly
emerge from behind the rock outcropping. “You know what? I’m going to take a
fucking shot,” the first voice says. There are two flashes of light and the
sound of two semi-automatic rifle shots in quick succession. The figure wearing
the backpack appears to fly backward and drop from view. “Oh fuck, I got him
dude!’ the first voice says. “I fuckin’ got him!” There is a pause, then the
first voice says, “Dude, what are we gonna do?” The voice on the walkie-talkie
replies, “Get the shovel, get some lime, and hey, grab me a 12-pack, too, while
you’re up there.”"

This is the scene of a murder. The murder took place on the Mexican border, and the killers were Americans. What is described is a scene from a video shot by a vigilante group called Minute Men, they like to play army along the southern border. They call it protecting America from immigrants, but when they are shooting and killing those immigrants, that is called murder. Crossing the border illegally is not a crime for which the death penalty is handed down. Even if that were the case, these men are not police officers, let alone judges or jurors. We have a justice system in this country for a reason, and though it isn't perfect, it is not reason enough to take the law, and someone else's life, into your own hands.