DOJ Weighs Federal Charges After 'Sanctuary City' State Jury Find's Illegal Not Guilty of Murder

[BrokeLoser]

Trayvon Martin's killer, George Zimmerman, also snuffed out the life of an American citizen. And he actually aimed the gun.

As I said, I totally agree...and there was no need for him to do so. Once he reported Martin being in the neighborhood to the police he should never have gone looking for Martin. I believe Z should have been punished in some way, as well.

Z was not in this country illegally, though. He had not been deported 5 times and even spent time in jail for violating US (Immigration) law.

Z was no in possession of a stolen weapon.

Z had a right to be in this country / his neighborhood, unlike Steinle's killer.

Any comparison attempted to be made between Steinle's illegal killer and Z is far too much of a stretch to try to make. And why would anyone want to do so in order to defend Steinle's killer anyway?

I don't defend anyone who has ever taken another person's life. But why are you folks so hell-bent on going after this guy because of his lineage. This whole anti-immigration thing is so screwed up and out of control. Even if there were no people of Mexican heritage in the U.S., we would still have people from Alabama and Texas behaving like dirt and crapping up our country.

Wetbacks make the folks from Alabama and Texas look like Nobel Peace Prize winners. I'm guessing you've never looked into demographics by ethnicity?

 

[Lysistrata]

Trayvon Martin's killer, George Zimmerman, also snuffed out the life of an American citizen. And he actually aimed the gun.

As I said, I totally agree...and there was no need for him to do so. Once he reported Martin being in the neighborhood to the police he should never have gone looking for Martin. I believe Z should have been punished in some way, as well.

Z was not in this country illegally, though. He had not been deported 5 times and even spent time in jail for violating US (Immigration) law.

Z was no in possession of a stolen weapon.

Z had a right to be in this country / his neighborhood, unlike Steinle's killer.

Any comparison attempted to be made between Steinle's illegal killer and Z is far too much of a stretch to try to make. And why would anyone want to do so in order to defend Steinle's killer anyway?

I don't defend anyone who has ever taken another person's life. But why are you folks so hell-bent on going after this guy because of his lineage. This whole anti-immigration thing is so screwed up and out of control. Even if there were no people of Mexican heritage in the U.S., we would still have people from Alabama and Texas bePehaving like dirt and crapping up our country.

Wetbacks make the folks from Alabama and Texas look like Nobel Peace Prize winners. I'm guessing you've never looked into demographics by ethnicity?

People from Central America and South American countries commit more crimes than do people from North America who have European heritage? Really?

 

[BrokeLoser]

Trayvon Martin's killer, George Zimmerman, also snuffed out the life of an American citizen. And he actually aimed the gun.

As I said, I totally agree...and there was no need for him to do so. Once he reported Martin being in the neighborhood to the police he should never have gone looking for Martin. I believe Z should have been punished in some way, as well.

Z was not in this country illegally, though. He had not been deported 5 times and even spent time in jail for violating US (Immigration) law.

Z was no in possession of a stolen weapon.

Z had a right to be in this country / his neighborhood, unlike Steinle's killer.

Any comparison attempted to be made between Steinle's illegal killer and Z is far too much of a stretch to try to make. And why would anyone want to do so in order to defend Steinle's killer anyway?

I don't defend anyone who has ever taken another person's life. But why are you folks so hell-bent on going after this guy because of his lineage. This whole anti-immigration thing is so screwed up and out of control. Even if there were no people of Mexican heritage in the U.S., we would still have people from Alabama and Texas bePehaving like dirt and crapping up our country.

Wetbacks make the folks from Alabama and Texas look like Nobel Peace Prize winners. I'm guessing you've never looked into demographics by ethnicity?

People from Central America and South American countries commit more crimes than do people from North America who have European heritage? Really?

Before you make any more of a fool of yourself. You may want to use a little website you've probably never heard of; www.google.com
Look into the following using per capita factoring:
Prison population by race
Welfare statistics by race
Unemployment by race
School dropout rate by race
Teen pregnancy by race
Average iQ by race
Let me know if you need me to post all the meaningful demos that you're obviously unaware of.
Thanks for playing.

 

[waltky]

Granny says, "Dat's right - we need to build dat wall...

DOJ issues arrest warrant for immigrant acquitted of murder
Updated Dec. 1, 2017 -- The Department of Justice on Friday issued a warrant for the arrest of Jose Garcia Zarate, an undocumented immigrant acquitted of the murder of a San Francisco woman.

The warrant, out of the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Western District of Texas, accuses Karate of violating the terms of his supervised release. He was charged with murder in the shooting death of Kate Steinle, 32, in 2015 as she and her father walked along the San Francisco bayfront. Zarate was acquitted Thursday of first- and second-degree murder, manslaughter and assault charges. He was found guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The case received national attention in the debate over "sanctuary cities," in which municipal authorities like government and police officials have policies against cooperating with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement retainer orders -- mainly on civil or public safety grounds. San Francisco, along with hundreds of other major U.S. cities, including Los Angeles and New York City, has a sanctuary city policy.

Jose Garcia Zarate will be deported after his acquittal on murder charges, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Deputy Director Tom Homan said​

During his presidential campaign, President Donald Trump repeatedly cited Steinle's death as an example of harm that comes to Americans through governments' non-compliance with Immigration and Customs Enforcement orders. Defense attorneys argued at trial that Zarate had found the gun and that it fired by accident, hitting and killing Steinle. After Zarate's acquittal, a Department of Justice spokeswoman said the agency was considering bringing federal charges against Zarate, who had been deported to Mexico five times prior to Steinle's death. Prosecutors said Zarate was deported and illegally re-entered the United States multiple times before Steinle's death. He was released from jail in 2015 despite a federal retainer; Friday's arrest warrant is because he violated the conditions of that release. ICE announced it would immediately seek to deport him following the acquittal.

Deputy Director Tom Homan said in a statement that compliance by San Francisco authorities would have prevented Steinle's death. "San Francisco's policy of refusing to honor ICE detainers is a blatant threat to public safety and undermines the rule of law," he said. "This tragedy could have been prevented if San Francisco had simply turned the alien over to ICE, as we requested, instead of releasing him back onto the streets. "It is unconscionable that politicians across this country continue to endanger the lives of Americans with sanctuary policies while ignoring the harm inflicted on their constituents. Following the conclusion of this case, ICE will work to take custody of Mr. Garcia Zarate and ultimately remove him from the country." U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has been critical of sanctuary policies and the Trump administration unsuccessfully attempted to cut federal funding to cities that fall out of compliance.

Immigration rights supporters protest the Trump administration outside the White House​

In a Twitter message, Trump called the verdict "disgraceful." "The Kate Steinle killer came back and back over the weakly protected Obama border, always committing crimes and being violent, and yet this info was not used in court," Trump tweeted Friday. "His exoneration is a complete travesty of justice. BUILD THE WALL! "The jury was not told the killer of Kate was a 7 time felon. The Schumer/Pelosi Democrats are so weak on crime that they will pay a big price in the 2018 and 2020 Elections." Trump was set to meet with Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., earlier this week, but the congressional leaders called it off after one of the president's tweets criticized Democratic efforts.

DOJ issues arrest warrant for immigrant acquitted of murder

 

[protectionist]

You are wrong about obama and about gun laws .

Gun security laws could’ve prevented this .

A citizen homeless guy could’ve taken that gun and shot the lady just as easy as that guy .

Is there a doctor in the house ? I mean really. There is no "could've" Nobody shot Kate Steinle except this 1 creep. Other than him, she was perfectly safe and OK.

Actually, a CCW law could have prevented this. A good guy with a gun could have seen Zarate fooling around with "his" gun, and apprehended him, and called police.

One could say that San Francisco's gun free zone law allowed this to happen (as well as their illegal sanctuary city policy)

8 U.S. Code § 1324 - Bringing in and harboring certain aliens

 

[protectionist]

Like I said . A simple move of locking that gun in the trunk would’ve prevented that death .

Now I ask you . What immigration law would’ve prevented this ?

The one that Zarate broke 5 times. Duh!

 

[irosie91]

seems like felony murder to me but I am not a lawyer

 

[Darkwind]

If this animal had been turned over to the Feds when they asked, this woman would still be alive.

In My opinion, California and San Francisco should be held responsible for the wrongful death of this woman. They are, indeed, accessories to manslaughter at a minimum.

 

[protectionist]

Really?

Really. Problem with that ?

 

[RetiredGySgt]

What about double jeopardy?

federal charges are separate from State that is how liberals prosecute cops not convicted in State court about time we use it against them.

 

[LeftofLeft]

The fed agent who left his gun lying around Should be charged.

Yes. Negligence should be punished but the larger issue here is a repeat criminal illegal alien and the sanctuary cities should also be held accountable for their negligence.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

The verdict complied with the facts of the case

It was not murder

The fact that he was an illegal had nothing to do with whether it was murder or not

No no . Our local cons have it right . The law should be that anyone who accidentally shoots someone , is guilty of murder .

accidentally he fired the weapon 3 times. how do you accidentally pull the trigger 3 times??

 

[jillian]

What about double jeopardy?

Civil rights violation isn't same as a murder charge.

 

[Manonthestreet]

Californians would only be outraged about Jose Ines Garcia Zarate if he was a Global Warming denier or if he used a male pronoun for a man wearing a dress

or was the dreaded white hispanic

 

[Lysistrata]

The fed agent who left his gun lying around Should be charged.

Yes. Negligence should be punished but the larger issue here is a repeat criminal illegal alien and the sanctuary cities should also be held accountable for their negligence.

This was not the issue in this case.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

Gun violence IS the major factor here.

Afraid Not. Liberals, and the Obama administration especially, repeatedly demonstrated their affinity for illegals, having refused to enforce laws, having protected law breakers, and having violated both Constitution and law on behalf of these criminals.

This POS should never been in the country. He has come back again and again. Had the federal govt done its job he would not have been in this country to kill Kate Steinle.

Had the Federal govt - not any us citizen - not been incompetent and failed to protect THEIR weapons from criminals this illegal POS would not have had the weapon used that ended up killing Steinle.

As several of you 'snowflakes' pointed out, this POS never intended to kill Steinle thus his actions can not technically (according to some) constitute (intended) 'violence' - 'It was an ACCIDENT.'

There is no GUN LAW that could have prevented this POS from killing Steinle - it was already illegal for him to be here, it was already illegal for him to have the weapon, it was already illegal for him to discharge that stolen weapon, .....

You are wrong about obama and about gun laws .

Gun security laws could’ve prevented this .

A citizen homeless guy could’ve taken that gun and shot the lady just as easy as that guy .

so you advocate not allowing federal employees of any branch to have firearms?

 

[protectionist]

This was not the issue in this case.

Of course these were the issues.

 

[protectionist]

You seem to think that this man intentionally murdered this woman. In public. On the pier in S.F. Why would you think this? Did he hate her for some personal reason? All he is is a gun nut in a land of gun nuts, who had an accident with his gun waving and killed an innocent human being. There is another dead person in New York State, who went out to walk her dogs. This is the land we live in. We have a culture created by morons with guns, cowboy hats and bibles, who voted a whore into the Oval Office.

Is there a doctor in the house ?

 

[charwin95]

I don't defend anyone who has ever taken another person's life. But why are you folks so hell-bent on going after this guy because of his lineage.

'Lineage'?

How about his 'Legal Status'...as in 'IILLEGAL'...as in 'Violent Illegal'...as in convicted Violent illegal'...as in 'In this country for a 6th illegal time'...as in 'Should never have been here in the 1st place'...as in the product of 8 years of a President's refusal to enforce US Immigration Law, who protected violent illegals, who protected Drug Cartels and MS13 members, who protected Human Traffickers, who ENGAGED in Human Trafficking, as in who protected illegal Sanctuary Cities that protect PsOF like Stenle's killer'?

Obama refusal to enforce immigration law, protected drug cartels, protected MS13, protected human traffickers. REALLY?
I MESN REALLY?

This is exactly what I’m talking about. HOW IN THE WORLD YOU CAN POST ALL THESE LIES?
How can you sleep at night posting all these crappy nonsense?

 

[easyt65]

I don't defend anyone who has ever taken another person's life. But why are you folks so hell-bent on going after this guy because of his lineage.

'Lineage'?

How about his 'Legal Status'...as in 'IILLEGAL'...as in 'Violent Illegal'...as in convicted Violent illegal'...as in 'In this country for a 6th illegal time'...as in 'Should never have been here in the 1st place'...as in the product of 8 years of a President's refusal to enforce US Immigration Law, who protected violent illegals, who protected Drug Cartels and MS13 members, who protected Human Traffickers, who ENGAGED in Human Trafficking, as in who protected illegal Sanctuary Cities that protect PsOF like Stenle's killer'?

Obama refusal to enforce immigration law, protected drug cartels, protected MS13, protected human traffickers. REALLY?
I MESN REALLY?

This is exactly what I’m talking about. HOW IN THE WORLD YOU CAN POST ALL THESE LIES?
How can you sleep at night posting all these crappy nonsense?

By posting the links to substantiate it all, as I have done.

How can you be such a lying, partisan POS who defends criminals, terrorist-supporters, those who have endangered our national security, aided our enemies, and abandoned and left Americans for dead?