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Tracy Galarza

2-02-14

 

 

The first video I watched “Migrant Shot Dead by U.S Border Agent Near SanDiego After Throwing Rock” dealt with the issue of migrants being killed by the boarder. The latest case in this is when a group of people was suspected of wanting to cross the boarder and an officer shot a man who had thrown a rock at him. The officer claims the rock was a basketball size rock and felt the need to shoot at the man, the man who he shot was killed. This is one of the many stories about people being killed by the border because of rocks being thrown at the officers In San Diego. As John Carlos Frey mentions in the video the U.S border patrol have recommendations by the Police Executive Research Forum on what to do when dealing with rock throwing, but most border patrols decide to ignore this recommendations and choose to use there gun. What surprised me the most about this video is that no officers have ever been highly injured or killed and yet they still continue killing due to these threats of rocks being thrown at them. 

 

http://www.democracynow.org/2014/2/20/excessive_force_migrant_shot_dead_by

 

 

         In the second video I watched “U.S Drone Strike in Yemen Killed as Many as 12 Civilians” it dealt with killing of 12 people due to a drone strike in Yemen. The U.S militaries target was to attack a group of members of the al-Qaeda. During the same time when the throne was surrounding the village there was also a wedding going on. Many of the members of this wedding had been driving in several cars together when the throne was strike killing 12. The people in the village claim that the U.S had attacked many innocent people and had not the people who they wanted targeted. The government of Yemen helped the family of those killed with money for the funeral. I think this is the story many people have to deal with everyday and fear for their lives.

 

http://www.democracynow.org/2014/2/21/turning_a_wedding_into_a_funeral