Thursday, September 21, 2006
Dog: The Bounty Hunter
September 14, 2006
Duane "Dog" Chapman has been arrested for crimes committed in Mexico for the sake of justice in the United States. This is a sad commentary for the justice system of America and the hard hand of politics that will damage and possible ruin the life of a man and his family.
U.S. Attorney Bob Barr of Atlanta, GA writes:
Common sense would suggest the Bush administration would issue a sincere "Thank you!" to Chapman for having done its dirty work in discovering the whereabouts in Mexico of Max Factor heir Andrew Luster, who fled south of the border during his rape trial in 2003. On the contrary, in this Bizarro World in which we live, the guy who risked his life to bring a multiple rapist to justice is instead rewarded by the U.S. Justice Department with an arrest warrant. It's not as if our federal law enforcement agencies had been sitting around with nothing to do regarding our southern neighbor. Millions of Mexicans illegally cross from their country to ours each year; the vast majority never are even questioned by U.S. authorities. Mexico remains a key smuggling point into our country for massive amounts of cocaine, heroin, marijuana and methampheta- mines. Corruption is so pervasive and systemic in Mexico that often our law enforcement personnel assigned to diplomatic posts in Mexico feel they have more to fear from corrupt officials than from the civilian criminals. Yet, the Mexican government gets its pantaloons in a wad because it doesn't like gringos coming into its territory to locate fugitives so they can be brought back to our country where, unlike in Mexico, there actually is a functioning court system. Mexico considers bounty hunting a "deprivation of liberty" and ever sensitive to challenges to their sovereignty, the authorities in Mexico City saw Dog's actions as an "affront" to their sensibilities. President Bush's good friend, Mexican President Vicente Fox, therefore demanded that his U.S. counterpart arrest and send Dog Chapman back to Mexico. So far, Bush has complied.
Dog, by his and Beth's own admission are guilty of the charges in Mexico. They did, according to Mexican law, unlawfully detain Luster. And they did not report to court July 15, 2003 and forfeited their bond. By all rights the Mexican Government legally has the right to request his presence for skipping bail. The very work Dog and his pack do for a living. But as most people know, much that is legal is rarely just.
Justice is to fly the middle finger of sovereignty at Mexico and give Chapman a medal for bravery and service. However, the law will give Chapman the finger and have awarded Social Security benefits (that we pay) for the 19 million +/- illegal Mexicans. They who do not deserve now have a piece of the American pie
Go finger, uh, figure
Duane "Dog" Chapman has been arrested for crimes committed in Mexico for the sake of justice in the United States. This is a sad commentary for the justice system of America and the hard hand of politics that will damage and possible ruin the life of a man and his family.
U.S. Attorney Bob Barr of Atlanta, GA writes:
Common sense would suggest the Bush administration would issue a sincere "Thank you!" to Chapman for having done its dirty work in discovering the whereabouts in Mexico of Max Factor heir Andrew Luster, who fled south of the border during his rape trial in 2003. On the contrary, in this Bizarro World in which we live, the guy who risked his life to bring a multiple rapist to justice is instead rewarded by the U.S. Justice Department with an arrest warrant. It's not as if our federal law enforcement agencies had been sitting around with nothing to do regarding our southern neighbor. Millions of Mexicans illegally cross from their country to ours each year; the vast majority never are even questioned by U.S. authorities. Mexico remains a key smuggling point into our country for massive amounts of cocaine, heroin, marijuana and methampheta- mines. Corruption is so pervasive and systemic in Mexico that often our law enforcement personnel assigned to diplomatic posts in Mexico feel they have more to fear from corrupt officials than from the civilian criminals. Yet, the Mexican government gets its pantaloons in a wad because it doesn't like gringos coming into its territory to locate fugitives so they can be brought back to our country where, unlike in Mexico, there actually is a functioning court system. Mexico considers bounty hunting a "deprivation of liberty" and ever sensitive to challenges to their sovereignty, the authorities in Mexico City saw Dog's actions as an "affront" to their sensibilities. President Bush's good friend, Mexican President Vicente Fox, therefore demanded that his U.S. counterpart arrest and send Dog Chapman back to Mexico. So far, Bush has complied.
Dog, by his and Beth's own admission are guilty of the charges in Mexico. They did, according to Mexican law, unlawfully detain Luster. And they did not report to court July 15, 2003 and forfeited their bond. By all rights the Mexican Government legally has the right to request his presence for skipping bail. The very work Dog and his pack do for a living. But as most people know, much that is legal is rarely just.
Justice is to fly the middle finger of sovereignty at Mexico and give Chapman a medal for bravery and service. However, the law will give Chapman the finger and have awarded Social Security benefits (that we pay) for the 19 million +/- illegal Mexicans. They who do not deserve now have a piece of the American pie
Go finger, uh, figure
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