tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3332326061017072869.post3053174029762613505..comments2023-10-10T08:05:42.022-07:00Comments on Ramos-Compean: Edward I Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08491657209205353964noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3332326061017072869.post-89638300150079953672009-01-07T11:47:00.000-08:002009-01-07T11:47:00.000-08:00I would like to know what the usual protocol is wh...<I>I would like to know what the usual protocol is when a van full of marijuana is interdicted by the Border Patrol.</I><BR/><BR/>Usually, somebody from the Border Patrol secures it so that chain of custody can be established--i.e., the van is not left alone for any period of time after it is stopped, until it's secured in a Border Patrol evidence facility.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, Ramos and Compean did not take care to ensure that actually happened. Everybody with them hared off after Aldrete-Davila, leaving the van unattended and guaranteeing that even if they HAD actually apprehended Aldrete-Davila, even the greenest defense attorney would have gotten the charges dropped at arraignment.<BR/><BR/>This meant that the dope got seized and destroyed, and the van got impounded by the El Paso Sheriff's Department as an abandoned vehicle.<BR/><BR/>Chain of custody is very basic law enforcement stuff, not rocket science. Once you have evidence in hand, you make sure you know where it is every step of the way from the arrest site to the courtroom when it's presented as "People's Exhibit A." Ramos and Compean should have known this--Ramos was a member of the Sector Evidence Team.Ken Prescotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13779589712239613030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3332326061017072869.post-20446087513992196212007-08-23T19:14:00.000-07:002007-08-23T19:14:00.000-07:00OK, will someone tell me why, even on conservative...OK, will someone tell me why, even on conservative siyes like this, which support a pardon for these agents, that no one is talking about Johnny Sutton and the house of death? And by the way the first 3 posts on this article seem a bit suspicious.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02989925873117631872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3332326061017072869.post-6846932113983186652007-02-04T11:18:00.000-08:002007-02-04T11:18:00.000-08:00They were prosecuted because they violated two pol...They were prosecuted because they violated two policies (not laws): 1- they pursued, when policy says "thou shalt not pursue", and 2- they didn't write a memo when policy says "thou shalt write a memo if thou shoots thy firearm."<br /><br />Because they violated policy, they were stripped of their protections as law enforcement officers and charged as having acted under color of authority.<br /><br />It's pure bullshit. They were prosecuted for civil rights violations as surely as if they had killed and buried that drug running cartel bastard in the levee where he ditched the van.<br /><br />This is a tyranny of law, and needs to be overthrown by the law written in our hearts!harrybeaslhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16681823355013732866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3332326061017072869.post-83923484993428171062007-02-02T12:43:00.000-08:002007-02-02T12:43:00.000-08:00I would like to know what the usual protocol is wh...I would like to know what the usual protocol is when a van full of marijuana is interdicted by the Border Patrol.<br /><br />In the Ramos Compean case, the dealer's van was, apparently, taken from the scene to the El Paso Sheriff's Department. Fingerprints were not taken until March 17--at the behest of DHS and AFTER Sutton gave immunity to the dealer.<br /><br />Is this usual? In general, which agency would be responsible for the investigation? The Border Patrol? The Sheriff's Deparment?<br /><br />Assuming that the van contained fingerprints of the dealer, it appears that Johnny Sutton jumped the gun on granting the dealer immunity.Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10097381893555114911noreply@blogger.com