It took jurors roughly three hours to acquit Juan Espinoza Martinez of a murder-for-hire aimed at U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino, the face of Operation Midway Blitz.
That assumes that they are not killed by the barrage of bullets that would result from their attempts at self-defense. And even then, the DOJ would let things move as slowly as possible through the courts. The accused would not get bail, so they’d sit in jail for potential years before the trial would be concluded.
They want someone to fight back, so that they can escalate things even more. This not to say that we should not fight back. It may come to a point where we are all faced with such a situation. I’d like to think that I would stand tall and do my part, but man, the prospect of being sent to a men’s prison definitely gives me pause.
That assumes that they are not killed by the barrage of bullets that would result from their attempts at self-defense. And even then, the DOJ would let things move as slowly as possible through the courts. The accused would not get bail, so they’d sit in jail for potential years before the trial would be concluded.
They want someone to fight back, so that they can escalate things even more. This not to say that we should not fight back. It may come to a point where we are all faced with such a situation. I’d like to think that I would stand tall and do my part, but man, the prospect of being sent to a men’s prison definitely gives me pause.