CALIFORNIA SANCTUARY STATE LAW GOT ILLEGAL ALIEN OUT OF JAIL, HE KILLED 3 PEOPLE
December 20, 2018
That headline doesn't tell the story. It would take a short novel to do that.
Two days before Gustavo Garcia's "reign of terror"through Tulare County, he was arrested by Tulare County sheriff's deputies for being under the influence of a controlled substance.
Deputies held Garcia at the Tulare County jail for 10 hours before releasing him back to the public, according to Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux.
Less than 48 hours later, Garcia would go on a rampage through Tulare County that left three dead, including Garcia, and at least seven hospitalized. He's accused of racking up a dozen crimes in 24 hours.
While he urged Walmart customers to buy bullets for him, he ultimately took matters into his own hands 30 minutes before the deadly crime spree, according to Tulare police. Officers said Garcia stole 300 9mm bullets from Walmart before gunning down two and shooting several others.
Before Garcia's release, ICE officials alerted deputies that Garcia was a criminal with a violent past who had been deported once in 2004 and again in 2014. Garcia served 27 months in a federal prison between deportations for illegally reentering the country.
ICE agents issued an immigration hold against Garcia on Friday, following his arrest. The hold was not honored, however, and Garcia was released later that day, unbeknownst to ICE.
"This is an unfortunate and extremely tragic example of how public safety is impacted with laws or policies limiting local law enforcement agencies’ ability to cooperate with ICE," the federal agency said in a statement.
Boudreaux agreed with ICE agents.
"The Tulare County Sheriff’s Office is equally as frustrated with this situation," Boudreaux said. "Because of California law, detainers can no longer be recognized by local law enforcement."
Jerry Brown has more blood on his hands. Nothing will top Jim Jones. But it's enough to keep any man with a soul up at night. The details of this, the proximity of the release to the crime spree should make this a poster boy for building the Wall.
A man who went on a deadly shooting, carjacking and robbery rampage in California’s Central Valley died Monday during a high-speed highway chase during which he intentionally tried to smash into other cars, authorities said.
Gustavo Garcia, 36, of Visalia was pronounced dead at the scene Monday morning on State Route 65 in Porterville after he was flung from a stolen truck after a gun battle with police and wrong-way car crashes that left four people injured, one critically, police said.
In attacks on apparently random strangers, Garcia also killed a man at a gas station convenience store, shot and wounded a farmworker in an orchard and a woman at a motel, carjacked other farmworkers and robbed a convenience store at gunpoint, Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux said.
He also fired shots in the backyard of his ex-girlfriend’s Visalia home as she and her children were inside and may have committed as many as a dozen crimes during a “rampage” that began Sunday afternoon, he said.
The rampage began around 1 p.m. Sunday in Exeter when Garcia shot a farmworker who was picking fruit, police said. He was expected to recover.
Minutes later, Garcia robbed a convenience store. Surveillance video showed Garcia firing shots at the ceiling and demanding more than $2,000 in cash, the Fresno Bee reported.
A second man who had been a passenger in Garcia's car was being sought as a person of interest in the holdup, police said.
At about 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Garcia shot a Motel 6 guest in the arm and chest in Tulare, although her wounds weren't life-threatening, authorities said.
"She had made eye contact with the subject and he had followed her to her parking spot, where he got out of the car and for an unbeknownst reason began firing at her vehicle," Tulare interim Police Chief Matt Machado said.
Shortly before 1:30 a.m. Monday, Garcia fired shots into a Shell gas station in the Pixley area, then about an hour later, he killed Rocky Paul Jones, 51, of Visalia outside the Arco AMPM in that city, Visalia Police Chief Jason Salazar said.
Garcia ran into an orchard where he stole a truck at gunpoint from three farmworkers and led authorities in a chase that reached 100 mph (161 kph) on State Route 65, where Garcia drove the wrong way in traffic and seemed intent on trying to hit other cars, California Highway Patrol Lt. Scott Goddard said.
Garcia died after smashing into four cars, leaving one driver in critical condition and the other three with minor injuries, Goddard said.
He "had no regard for human life," Boudreaux said.
Something he has in common with Jerry Brown and sanctuary state supporters.
CALIFORNIA ICE CAPADES
December 20, 2018
That headline doesn't tell the story. It would take a short novel to do that.
Two days before Gustavo Garcia's "reign of terror"through Tulare County, he was arrested by Tulare County sheriff's deputies for being under the influence of a controlled substance.Deputies held Garcia at the Tulare County jail for 10 hours before releasing him back to the public, according to Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux.Less than 48 hours later, Garcia would go on a rampage through Tulare County that left three dead, including Garcia, and at least seven hospitalized. He's accused of racking up a dozen crimes in 24 hours.While he urged Walmart customers to buy bullets for him, he ultimately took matters into his own hands 30 minutes before the deadly crime spree, according to Tulare police. Officers said Garcia stole 300 9mm bullets from Walmart before gunning down two and shooting several others.Before Garcia's release, ICE officials alerted deputies that Garcia was a criminal with a violent past who had been deported once in 2004 and again in 2014. Garcia served 27 months in a federal prison between deportations for illegally reentering the country.ICE agents issued an immigration hold against Garcia on Friday, following his arrest. The hold was not honored, however, and Garcia was released later that day, unbeknownst to ICE."This is an unfortunate and extremely tragic example of how public safety is impacted with laws or policies limiting local law enforcement agencies’ ability to cooperate with ICE," the federal agency said in a statement.Boudreaux agreed with ICE agents."The Tulare County Sheriff’s Office is equally as frustrated with this situation," Boudreaux said. "Because of California law, detainers can no longer be recognized by local law enforcement."
Jerry Brown has more blood on his hands. Nothing will top Jim Jones. But it's enough to keep any man with a soul up at night. The details of this, the proximity of the release to the crime spree should make this a poster boy for building the Wall.
A man who went on a deadly shooting, carjacking and robbery rampage in California’s Central Valley died Monday during a high-speed highway chase during which he intentionally tried to smash into other cars, authorities said.Gustavo Garcia, 36, of Visalia was pronounced dead at the scene Monday morning on State Route 65 in Porterville after he was flung from a stolen truck after a gun battle with police and wrong-way car crashes that left four people injured, one critically, police said.In attacks on apparently random strangers, Garcia also killed a man at a gas station convenience store, shot and wounded a farmworker in an orchard and a woman at a motel, carjacked other farmworkers and robbed a convenience store at gunpoint, Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux said.He also fired shots in the backyard of his ex-girlfriend’s Visalia home as she and her children were inside and may have committed as many as a dozen crimes during a “rampage” that began Sunday afternoon, he said.The rampage began around 1 p.m. Sunday in Exeter when Garcia shot a farmworker who was picking fruit, police said. He was expected to recover.Minutes later, Garcia robbed a convenience store. Surveillance video showed Garcia firing shots at the ceiling and demanding more than $2,000 in cash, the Fresno Bee reported.A second man who had been a passenger in Garcia's car was being sought as a person of interest in the holdup, police said.At about 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Garcia shot a Motel 6 guest in the arm and chest in Tulare, although her wounds weren't life-threatening, authorities said."She had made eye contact with the subject and he had followed her to her parking spot, where he got out of the car and for an unbeknownst reason began firing at her vehicle," Tulare interim Police Chief Matt Machado said.Shortly before 1:30 a.m. Monday, Garcia fired shots into a Shell gas station in the Pixley area, then about an hour later, he killed Rocky Paul Jones, 51, of Visalia outside the Arco AMPM in that city, Visalia Police Chief Jason Salazar said.Garcia ran into an orchard where he stole a truck at gunpoint from three farmworkers and led authorities in a chase that reached 100 mph (161 kph) on State Route 65, where Garcia drove the wrong way in traffic and seemed intent on trying to hit other cars, California Highway Patrol Lt. Scott Goddard said.Garcia died after smashing into four cars, leaving one driver in critical condition and the other three with minor injuries, Goddard said.He "had no regard for human life," Boudreaux said.
Something he has in common with Jerry Brown and sanctuary state supporters.
CALIFORNIA ICE CAPADES
Crackdown on sheriffs, comfort for criminal illegals.
December 20, 2018
In California’s capital, sheriff Scott Jones has been under fire for allegedly resisting oversight. This week the Sacramento County sheriff revealed the real reason for the campaign against him.
“It’s no secret,” he told county supervisors, “I give ICE unfettered access to our jails and our databases.” That was a problem because county supervisors voted in July to cancel the sheriff’s contract with ICE, and it also raised issues of compliance with Senate Bill 54, the state’s sanctuary law.
“I’ve been portrayed horribly, like I split up families and like I’m a Trump guy, and we’re all buddies,” Jones told reporters last year. So he brought ICE director Thomas Homan to a Sacramento forum to explain “factual information” about federal policy. Jones had no problem with immigrants but explained, “it’s the people in the jail, the people that choose a career of crime, we have to get rid of those folks.”
In 2015, Jones told Fox News that “by ICE’s own numbers, 95 percent of the people they used to arrest, that they’ve already identified, that they want to take custody of, are getting out of jail before they can get to them. And that’s scary, because they’re criminals. They’ve demonstrated a propensity for criminal behavior.” The real back story to Jones’ concern came in October of 2014.
Repeat deportee Luis Bracamontes, gunned down Sacramento deputy Danny Oliver and detective Michael Davis. The murder of two police officers prompted no statement from California governor Jerry Brown or Kamala Harris, attorney general at the time. Both failed to lament the “gun violence” on display in the case.
In court, with relatives of the victims present, Bracamontes said “I wish I had killed more of the motherfuckers.” Also present was Anthony Holmes, whom Bracamontes had shot five times when he refused to give up his car. Bracamontes called Holmes a “nigger,” and yelled “black lives don’t matter!” at the jury. As it happens, Danny Oliver’s wife Susan is also African American.
Jones fulfilled a promise to her by making a video urging the president to secure the borders. That didn’t happen and Jones got no support from California’s political and judicial establishments. They showed more interested in protecting illegals, even violent, racist criminals like Bracamontes, who was not supposed to be in the United States in the first place.
Last year, California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye wrote a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Homeland Secretary John Kelly stating: “As Chief Justice of California responsible for the safe and fair delivery of justice in our state, I am deeply concerned about reports from some of our trial courts that immigration agents appear to be stalking undocumented immigrants in our courthouses to make arrests. Our courthouses serve as a vital forum for ensuring access to justice and protecting public safety. Courthouses should not be used as bait in the necessary enforcement of our country’s immigration laws.”
Sessions and Kelly replied that “stalking” has “specific legal meaning in American law,” and it was “criminal activity.” On the other hand, “the arrest of persons in a public place based on probable cause has long been upheld by the United States Supreme Court,” as U.S. v. Watson confirmed. Federal statutes authorize arrests where probable cause exists to believe that “such aliens are in violation of immigration laws.” Courthouses are not only public places, but visitors are screened for weapons, Sessions and Kelly wrote, therefore “the safety risks for the arresting officers are substantially decreased.”
This was hardly the only lapse of judgment by California’s Chief Justice, a 2009 selection of Republican governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Cantil-Sakauye has now given up her Republican Party Registration in favor of “no party.” The reason, she explained last week, was Trump Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Cantil-Sakauye wondered why Republicans would bring in female prosecutor Rachel Mitchell to question Christine Blasey Ford. This was to determine if Blasey Ford’s charge that a drunken Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in 1982 was true or false.
Tani Cantil-Sakauye doesn’t get that, so Californians have cause to wonder if she believes that accusation equals guilt and women are always to be believed, regardless of the facts. That is a strange position for any lawyer or judge, much less the Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court. On the other hand, this Chief Justice keeps quiet when criminal illegals murder police officers and denounces federal ICE agents as stalkers.
In California’s ICE Capades, sheriffs like Scott Jones get criticism and illegals get special treatment. As Newsweek reports, “the California city of Sacramento dedicated $300,000 last year to helping undocumented immigrants with everything from legal services to fight deportations to assistance in applying for citizenship and visas.”
The money “went toward helping 28 undocumented immigrants facing deportation receive legal aid in their bid to stay in the U.S., as well as helping residents in encounters with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.” In addition, the city funds a response network “which includes a 24-hour hotline that people can call to report ICE activity within the Sacramento area.”
THE MEXICAN CRIME TIDAL
WAVE:
“The Obama Administration seems to be heeding to Mexico’s
request by openly halting the deportation of hundreds of thousands of illegal
immigrants. Additionally, the administration has a “backdoor amnesty” plan to
legalize millions of undocumented aliens in case Congress doesn’t pass
legislation to do it.” JUDICIAL WATCH
Heather
Mac Donald of the Manhattan Institute has testified before a Congressional
committee that in 2004, 95% of all outstanding warrants for murder in Los
Angeles were for illegal aliens; in 2000, 23% of all Los Angeles County jail
inmates were illegal aliens and that in 1995, 60% of Los Angeles’s largest
street gang, the 18th Street gang, were illegal aliens.
Released
Thanks To California’s Sanctuary State Law, Man Went On ‘Reign Of Terror’ Two
Days Later (Update: Shootout Video)
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/12/20/released-thanks-californias-sanctuary-state-policy-man-went-reign-terror-days-later/
Released
Thanks To California’s Sanctuary State Law, Man Went On ‘Reign Of Terror’ Two
Days Later (Update: Shootout Video)
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/12/20/released-thanks-californias-sanctuary-state-policy-man-went-reign-terror-days-later/
A man who had already been
deported twice before went on a “reign of terror” this week in central
California, one that included murder, attempted murder, robbery, carjacking,
and a high-speed chase going the wrong way on the highway. All of that could have
been prevented if local sheriff’s had been allowed to turn Gustavo Garcia over
to ICE just two days before his rampage, but a new state sanctuary law
prevented that.
Garcia was arrested last week on
a misdemeanor charge of being under the influence of a controlled substance.
When Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) saw that Garcia was under arrest
they asked the police to turn him over. From the Visalia
Times-Delta:
Before
Garcia’s release, ICE officials alerted deputies that Garcia was a
criminal with a violent past who had been deported once in 2004 and again in
2014. Garcia served 27 months in a federal prison between deportations for
illegally reentering the country.
ICE agents issued an immigration
hold against Garcia on Friday, following his arrest. The hold was not honored,
however, and Garcia was released later that day, unbeknownst to ICE.
In the past, local sheriffs would have been allowed to turn
Garcia directly over to ICE for deportation. But thanks to a new sanctuary
state law, sheriffs were required to release him last Friday without notifying
ICE. The next day, Garcia was wandering around the local Walmart asking strangers to
buy him bullets. He couldn’t purchase them on his own because of his long
criminal record. After he was turned down by at least one wary shopper,
Garcia stole 300 rounds. Then on Sunday afternoon, less than 48-hours
after his release from jail, Garcia went on a crime spree. Fox News reports
how the spree began:
Garcia’s rampage started at around 1 p.m. Sunday when he shot a
farm worker who was in the middle of unpacking fruit in Exeter. The farm worker
was expected to recover.
Moments later, Garcia robbed a convenience store with
surveillance footage showing Garcia firing shots at the ceiling and demanding
more than $2,000 in cash, according to the Fresno Bee. Police believe the
shooting of the farm worker was meant to be a distraction for the robbery.
At 7:30 p.m., Garcia shot a Motel 6 guest in the arm and chest
in Tulare, police said. Her wounds weren’t considered to be life-threatening…
At around 1:30 a.m. Monday, Garcia shot up a Shell gas station
near Pixley and then killed Rocky Paul Jones, 51, about an hour later outside
an Arco AMPM in Visalia, police Chief Jason Salazar said…
He then fired shots from the
backyard of his ex-girlfriend’s Visalia home as she and her children were
inside. Police said the girlfriend and her children escaped unscathed.
Early Monday morning, police spotted Garcia in his car and gave
chase. From ABC 30:
At around 6:30 a.m., Tulare County Sheriff’s deputies spotted
Garcia’s vehicle and started a brief pursuit.
But they say Garcia’s car became disabled, and he started
shooting at two deputies once he got out.
Those deputies were able to return shots at Garcia, who ran into
an orchard.
Police say Garcia carjacked some farmworkers in the orchard, but
this time Visalia Police spotted him leaving the area, and started a pursuit.
Near Strathmore, the California
Highway Patrol says Garcia started going the wrong way on Highway 65, trying to
intentionally hit other cars, going at least 100 miles per hour.
Garcia finally crashed into several other cars and was ejected
from the vehicle he had stolen driving. He died at the scene. ICE released a
statement yesterday about the
incident:
This deadly rampage could have
been prevented if ICE had been notified of his release. This is an unfortunate
and extremely tragic example of how public safety is impacted with laws or
policies limiting local law enforcement agencies’ ability to cooperate with
ICE.
Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux, the sheriff who released
Garcia last Friday also expressed frustration over California’s
Sanctuary law:
“Gustavo Garcia in times past would have been turned over to ICE
officials. Even though it was a misdemeanor charge, they placed a detainer on
him. That detainer can no longer be recognized,” Boudreaux said.
“That’s how we did it in the past and that’s how we had always
done it. And now, that tool has been taken from law enforcement,” Boudreaux
continued. “After [the passage of] SB-54 we no longer have that power.
“That tool has been removed from
our hands and because of that our county was shot up by a violent criminal that
could have easily been prevented had we had the opportunity to reach out to our
fellow counterparts,” he added.
Sheriff Bourdeaux made a point of saying that he supports DACA
and does not believe local police should be used to carry out routine
immigration enforcement. However, in this instance, he is convinced the
sanctuary state law made things much more dangerous for the people in his
county.
Update: Tulare County released this
body camera video of the shootout Garcia had with police before he carjacked a
second car and led police on a high-speed chase. Below that is a local news
report on the murder victim in this case.
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