1/16/2018 - Matt Vespa Townhall.com
A California judge has
to clear the courtroom when a defendant refused to keep quiet during the trial
proceedings. It’s been over three years since Luis Bracamontes, an illegal
alien who had been arrested and deported multiple times in Arizona, went on a
crime spree in Sacramento that ended with two police officers killed.
Bracamontes is on trial for the murders and faces the death penalty, his wife,
Janelle Monroy, could spend the rest of her life in prison. The Sacramento
Bee reported that Bracamontes showed no remorse, said he would escape and
kill more people, and said one cop that he killed was a “coward.” His lawyer
has questioned his sanity and admitted to the jury that his client was
responsible for the deaths of the two police officers, but hopes to save his
life with additional evidence that could mitigate the circumstances;
Bracamontes was high of methamphetamine when he committed the murders (via SacBee) [emphasis mine]:
Barely two hours into
the first day of trial for accused cop killer Luis Bracamontes, the proceedings
devolved Tuesday into a spectacle of the defendant threatening to kill more
people, giggling as a prosecutor described his 2014 crime spree and his own
lawyers once again questioning his sanity.
Just after lunch, a
lawyer for the illegal immigrant told the jury that his client in fact did
shoot to death Sacramento County Sheriff’s Deputy Danny Oliver and Placer Deputy
Michael Davis Jr. in a daylong spree of violence that started in a Motel 6
parking lot near Arden Fair Mall and ended in a shootout near Auburn.
“Let me be clear and
up front,” said defense lawyer Jeffrey Barbour. “Mr. Bracamontes is
responsible for the death of Deputy Danny Oliver and Detective Michael Davis.
“He shot them both.”
[…]
“I wish I had killed
more of the mother-------,” he boasted to the jury as prosecutor Rod Norgaard
described the 2014 crime spree.
Smiling broadly, Bracamontes
added, “I will break out soon and I will kill more, kill whoever gets in
front of me...There’s no need for a f------ trial.”
That outburst led to
Sacramento Superior court Judge Steve White briefly removing the jury, then
warning Bracamontes he could be removed from court.
[…]
As Norgaard described
the ambush
slaying of Oliver, he recounted how Oliver’s partner, Scott Brown, came under
heavy fire as he emptied his 15-round clip at Bracamontes in the Motel 6
parking lot near Arden Fair Mall on Oct. 24, 2014.
Brown retreated under
heavy fire, Norgaard recounted. As he talked, Bracamontes grinned and,
finally could not restrain himself.
“Coward,” Bracamontes said of
Brown, who had just seen his partner killed.
At one point, as
Norgaard described the wounding of Jeff Davis (who is not related to slain
deputy Michael Davis), Bracamontes interrupted again with, "Cause he's
stupid."
That drew a sharp
rebuke from the judge: "Be silent."
Again, this is
partially why Trump was elected in 2016. It’s these stories that show how our
immigration system has broken down. Bracamontes should never have been here.
Sacramento County Sheriff’s Deputy Danny Oliver and Placer Deputy Michael Davis
Jr. would probably still be alive if he didn't hop across the border (again)
and commit a crime spree. The families would be spared the killer’s sick
enjoyment upon hearing how he killed them in court. The same can be said for
Kate Steinle’s family and other families who lost loved ones, murdered by
illegal aliens.
Democrats don't seem to
care about this. To some, this is an example of the need to boost enforcement
measures, curbing the flow of illegals entering the country, and encouraging
legal immigration. To others, like the Democratic Party, fluid borders means
more voters of their party. Period.
I hope justice is done
in this case. The Steinle case was an atrocity, with her shooter, Jose Ines
Garcia Zarate, being
found not guilty of
most of the charges for the 2015 shooting. He was convicted of the gun charge,
but was sentenced to time served. Zarate said the gun, which was wrapped in a
t-shirt and belonged to a federal officer, went off while he was on a pier. The
ricochet struck Kate Steinle, who was also there walking with her father,
killing her.
It’s very simple,
folks. If you come here illegally and the authorities catch you, you get the
hell out. It’s not hard. We’re a nation of laws. And we finally have an
administration that looks to aggressively tackle illegal immigration, so we
don’t have to hear any more stories like this one.
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