Off duty HS guard shoots unarmed teenager - is not charged

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Insanity is what my friend called this on the subject of his email. Yes,

insanity. As I read, I realized this is happening in a lot of places. I

remember reading something similar to this in FL.

 

We'd better wake up -- this could be you or me, or our kids. This customs

homeland security officer went nuts in a rage and killed someone and not one

thing is going to happen to him.

 

Here is the email for the DA...please Email him and demand the security guard

who works for homeland security is charged with murder.

Send email here:

 

tony.rackauckas

 

 

 

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http://www.livejournal.com/community/anarchists/698557.html

 

Off Duty U.S. Customs officer shoots unarmed 19-year old Arab-American in head

and face. Authorities state that officer committed no wrong-doing and did not

even book him for questioning

 

This incident happened about 15 minutes from my house in the Madrid apartment

complex in Mission Viejo, CA on Feb 5, 2005.

 

 

 

As far as a political discussion, this would probably fall under the same

category as Amadou Diallo Case, and Abner Louima in an example of law

enforcement brutality bordering on outright criminality. Here are the relevant

facts:

 

Early in the morning on Saturday February the 6th around 1:30 am, Bassim Chmait

along with three other friends were walking through an apartment complex heading

towards a college house party. As they were walking through the apartment

complex one oo the neighbors threw a soda can at them from above. In

frustration, one of the young boys threw the can into the street, and continued

walking down the pathway of the apartment heading to the party. At that point

Douglas Bates, an off duty U.S. Custom's officer, left his home with his badge

in hand and gun drawn confronting the group of 4 to 6 friends. . he started to

yell at them, and when the group of boys turned around, they saw the provoker

yelling at them about laughing and being too loud, he was heading towards them

pointing his gun a them with a badge in the other hand, yelling " You don't want

to fuck with a cop, do you? " Apparently he was upset at the noise and commotion.

Mr. Bates then pistol whipped one member of the group. The

aggressor was an off duty border patrol/homeland security officer who was not

in uniform, his name is Douglas Bates. The four unarmed boys were questioning

him, asking why he was pointing his gun at them and begging him to put it down.

One of the four boys that were there kept asking the gunman to stop pointing the

barrel of the gun in his friends direction. Because of that, the aggressor

pistol-whipped his friend on the forehead w/ the gun. Anticipating that the

provoker was going to hit his friend again Chmait Bassim got in front of his

friends telling the man to please put the gun down. Almost instantly the off

duty cop shot Bassim in the head and face by Douglas Bates. After shooting

Bassim, Mr. Bates simply walked back into his apartment. While friends were

screaming for Bassim and neighbors dialed 911. About 5 minutes later the murder

opened his door, with the gun still in hand and yelled at neighbors to shut up,

and he want back inside his apartment.

 

This story comes straight from four witnesses, and neighbors that were there

when the murder took place, they saw and heard everything that occurred that

night.

 

You would think that this would be an easy case to prosecute. You would think

that Douglas Bates is in jail right now. But he’s not, he’s a free man, he

was never arrested, he was never charged, he was never even asked to come to the

police station to give a statement. The Orange County Sheriff's Department

Spokesman, Jim Amormino stated, " We treated this the same as we would any case.

There was no clear evidence of a crime being committed, so there was nothing to

book him on. "

 

Here are the reports that this information was taken from:

 

-http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-agent6feb06,1,5675134.story?ctrack=1 & cs\

et=true

-http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/10839269.htm?1c

-http://www.ocregister.com/ocr/2005/02/08/sections/local/local/article_402241.ph\

p (registration required) (edit: use Bassim/Bassim for the login and password)

-http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/2/8/125420/3042

 

 

 

 

 

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