Apparently, people in the country illegally have more rights than U.S. citizens/property owners. An Arizona rancher finds 26 illegal aliens on his property, calls the authorities and holds them at gunpoint (outnumbered 26 to 1) until the authorities arrive. Now the rancher has to pay the illegals for inflicting stress on them. Only in America.
Supreme Court Orders Arizona Rancher to Pay Illegal Immigrants $80,000
3/4/12
Arizona Rancher, Roger Barnett, had been stuck in a vicious legal battle from 2004 to 2011. Many illegal immigrants were trespassing on his property and he held a group of 26 of them at gun point.
According to the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund, the illegal immigrants' rights were being infringed upon. Their case: Barnett did not feel threatened by the illegal immigrants and therefore he could not have been acting in self-defense. A nearby rancher was murdered by illegal immigrants in 2009.
First of all, if you have a gun you wouldn't feel threatened. Secondly, it is his property. You give up your rights once you trespass someone's property without permission -- let alone coming crossing the border.
He was ordered to pay $80,000 because three of the illegal immigrants had Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Ummm?
From the Arizona Daily Star:
The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a 2009 ruling against Cochise County rancher Roger Barnett, forcing him to pay about $87,000 in damages related to his assault of illegal immigrants on his ranch in 2004.
The jury found him liable on four claims of assault and four claims of infliction of emotional distress, and ordered Barnett to pay $77,804 in damages. The $87,000 he must pay reflects that original amount plus interest.
So if your property is invaded by illegals and you attempt to protect it you end up having to pay them for stress. Now that makes perfect sense, doesn’t it? I guess the rancher should have invited them to the house for a barbeque and given them a place to sleep instead. Absolutely amazing.
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