They Shoot Latinos, Don't They?
Air Marshals lied about slain Latino passenger saying "I have a bomb"
It now appears that Air Marshals lied about a mentally ill Latino passenger saying "I have a bomb" just before they shot him at the Miami International Airport yesterday. The fact is Air Marshals over-reacted when dealing with a Middle Eastern looking passenger who was experiencing a "fear of flying" panic attack.
The victim, Mr. Rigoberto Alpizar, according to his accompanying wife, is a bi-polar patient who ran out of his medications during their trip. While waiting for the airplane to take off on the next leg of the American Airline flight, Mr. Alpizar panicked and wanted to get off the airplane. He started to run down the isle towards the door when two Air Marshals confronted him. Instead of subduing him physically, they went for their guns and shot him five or six times. In order to justify the shooting, the Air Marshals appear to have lied about Mr. Alpizar saying that he had a bomb. No passenger witnesses have come forward saying that they heard Mr. Alpizar yell "I have a bomb".
Witnesses interviewed after the shooting described instead how Alpizar's wife tried to tell fellow passengers and Air Marshals that her husband suffered from bi-polar disorder. "I did hear the lady say her husband was bipolar and had not had his medication," said Mary Gardner, a passenger.
Accounts by other passengers suggest that Alpizar began behaving strangely before he was challenged by the Air Marshals. "He didn't look stable," said fellow passenger John McAlhany. Mr. McAlhany adds, "They put a gun to the back of my head and said: 'Put your hands on the seat'. That was more scary than anything else," passenger John McAlhany said. "'I don't know if they shot an innocent man or not. I don't think he was armed or had a bomb. I think he had a mental illness," Mr. McAlhany added. "I don't think they really had to shoot him," Mr. McAlhany concluded.
There have now been numerous abuses of Arabs, Blacks and Latinos by Air Marshals but none have ended in a shooting tragedy. The fact is that people of color are in more danger from White, usually veterans of the Iraq War, Air Marshals than from actual terrorists. Many of the Air Marshals, some who are mentally unstable themselves because of war experiences, have been trained to shoot first and ask questions later. Under these circumstance, Latinos, Middle Easterners and other people of color are in dire danger when flying as passengers on American airlines.
http://www.aztlan.net/air_marshals_shoot_latino_passenger.htm
It now appears that Air Marshals lied about a mentally ill Latino passenger saying "I have a bomb" just before they shot him at the Miami International Airport yesterday. The fact is Air Marshals over-reacted when dealing with a Middle Eastern looking passenger who was experiencing a "fear of flying" panic attack.
The victim, Mr. Rigoberto Alpizar, according to his accompanying wife, is a bi-polar patient who ran out of his medications during their trip. While waiting for the airplane to take off on the next leg of the American Airline flight, Mr. Alpizar panicked and wanted to get off the airplane. He started to run down the isle towards the door when two Air Marshals confronted him. Instead of subduing him physically, they went for their guns and shot him five or six times. In order to justify the shooting, the Air Marshals appear to have lied about Mr. Alpizar saying that he had a bomb. No passenger witnesses have come forward saying that they heard Mr. Alpizar yell "I have a bomb".
Witnesses interviewed after the shooting described instead how Alpizar's wife tried to tell fellow passengers and Air Marshals that her husband suffered from bi-polar disorder. "I did hear the lady say her husband was bipolar and had not had his medication," said Mary Gardner, a passenger.
Accounts by other passengers suggest that Alpizar began behaving strangely before he was challenged by the Air Marshals. "He didn't look stable," said fellow passenger John McAlhany. Mr. McAlhany adds, "They put a gun to the back of my head and said: 'Put your hands on the seat'. That was more scary than anything else," passenger John McAlhany said. "'I don't know if they shot an innocent man or not. I don't think he was armed or had a bomb. I think he had a mental illness," Mr. McAlhany added. "I don't think they really had to shoot him," Mr. McAlhany concluded.
There have now been numerous abuses of Arabs, Blacks and Latinos by Air Marshals but none have ended in a shooting tragedy. The fact is that people of color are in more danger from White, usually veterans of the Iraq War, Air Marshals than from actual terrorists. Many of the Air Marshals, some who are mentally unstable themselves because of war experiences, have been trained to shoot first and ask questions later. Under these circumstance, Latinos, Middle Easterners and other people of color are in dire danger when flying as passengers on American airlines.
http://www.aztlan.net/air_marshals_shoot_latino_passenger.htm
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