Monday, July 17, 2006

More Illegals Committing Violent Crimes

Reports the Journal-News (via: Malkin):

Shots were fired at a Hamilton Twp. construction site in Warren County Friday and the owner of a construction company beaten in retaliation for the firing of an undocumented worker, according to Hamilton Twp. police.  

Police responded to a "shots fired" call around 1 p.m., in which the male caller told them "Mexicans were shooting at him."  

Two men were injured, according to police, after the man who earlier had been fired from a construction company allegedly returned with about eight other men — armed with three handguns and several baseball bats.  

Hamilton Twp. Police Lt. Jeff Braley said police are looking for a "vehicle of interest" — a white Chevrolet SUV with Ohio license "CDGOMEZ."  

Braley said he believes the suspects have been residing in the city of Hamilton, although investigators say they have not been able to fully identify the suspects.  

According to police, the suspects arrived and rammed the construction foreman's truck with their vehicle, jumped out and damaged the truck with baseball bats, then sought out the foreman and rushed him. At that time they displayed the handguns and fired 10 to 12 shots in the direction of the foreman and another employee, James Parsons Jr., who was coming to the foreman's aid.  

Parsons was struck multiple times with a baseball bat, police said. The suspects re-entered their white SUV and fled the scene, police said.   

Parsons was taken to the hospital with multiple injuries. The foreman was treated at the scene for minor injuries.  

A construction company supervisor said the incident began when a worker at the 21 Oaks subdivision construction site off U.S. 22/Ohio 3 was asked to produce paperwork to prove he was a legal immigrant. When he failed to produce the paperwork, he was fired.

You know, I'm sick of brushing off instances of illegals committing crimes with jokes about "well at least they're all good people who just want to send money back to their families." It's gotten to the point where I've made that joke so much, I start to wonder what the statistical crime rate is in the illegal population.

One also has to wonder, if these men where caught, would they even be deported, or would the police be forbidden to ask them of their immigration status, as many police districts are? God forbid we hurt some one's feelings! It's not as if lives are on the line. Oh wait...

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