So were any of the "Mexicutioners" at EWR prosecuted?

I ran across this almost surreal self-congratulatory press release by the DHS OIG. First, some facts:

• The arrest was made by the Minneapolis Police Department, who responded to a call about an assault in progress and pursued the armed assailant into a nearby building. DHS had nothing to do with the arrest.
• Always eager to make a federal case out of a local one, the prosecutorial duties were assumed by the U.S. Department of Justice , which issued their own press release when the suspect plead guilty.

So the DHS OIG comes out patting themselves on the back & handing out awards on sentencing day:

Office of Inspector General, Department of Homeland Security, press release (29 Nov 2011):​

Former TSA Employee Sentenced For Federal Hate Crime First Case In TheNation Prosecuted Under Shepard-Byrd Act​

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE​

November 29,2011​

MINNEAPOLIS-Earlier today in federal court in St. Paul, a former employee of the Transportation Security Administration in Minneapolis was sentenced for assaulting an 83 year-old Somali man on May 4, 2010. United States District Court Judge Paul A. Magnuson sentenced George Thompson, age 64, to six months in federal prison on one count of violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act. Because the federal justice system does not employ parole, offenders serve virtually their entire sentence behind bars.​

Thompson was charged on July 14, 2011, and pleaded guilty on August 10, 2011. At that time he admitted targeting his elderly victim solely because he believed the man was a Muslim Somali. During the assault, Thompson told the victim to go back to Africa. He also yelled ethnic and religious slurs at him.​

Following today's sentencing, Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division in the U.S. Department of Justice, said, "No one should be a victim of assault because of their race or religion. The Department ofJustice will continue to use every tool in its arsenal, including the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act."​

B. Todd Jones, U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota, added, "Physicalviolence motivated by racial or religious hatred exacerbates fear. and tears at the fabric of our society. When warranted by the facts and circumstances, we will vigorously prosecute those cases. Here in Minnesota, we have vibrant and diverse communities and should be celebrating that fact, not assaulting people because of it."​

The Shepard-Byrd Act, which was signed into law in October of 2009, makes it a federal crime to assault an individual because of his or her actual or perceived sexual orientation or . gender identity. The act was named after Matthew Shepard, a gay Wyoming teen who died after being kidnapped and beaten in 1998, and James Byrd, Jr., an African American who was dragged to death in Texas that same year.​

The Thompson case was the result of an investigation by the Office of Inspector General at the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS OIG"). It was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Ann M. Anaya and Trial Attorney Nicole Lee Ndumele of the Civil Rights Division.​

Late this afternoon, Armando Lopez, Special Agent in Charge of DHS OIG, recognized both attorneys for prosecuting this case, which was the first time anyone in the nation has been charged under the federal Shepard-Byrd Act. While making his remarks, Lopez said, "This prosecution underscores the commitment of the Department of Homeland Security to protect the Civil Rights of all individuals who interact with our employees, whether on duty or off duty. The Office of Inspector General will continue to aggressively investigate any allegation regarding DHS employees who inflict pain and suffering upon vulnerable victims due to their race, religion, national origin, or sexual orientation."​

Now note the bolded red text at the end. First he takes credit for the arrest by the Minneapolis PD & the prosecution by the US DOJ.

Then in the last paragraph he proceeds to trumpet their role as protectors of civil rights. Has the DHS OIG been involved in ANY other prosecutions based on racial bias (not that they were particularly involved in this one)?

This PR appears to have been issued mainly to improve their rather putrid smell after one of their "officers" was caught assaulting (threatening w/ firearms) a Somali because he thought he was Muslim. Was anyone prosecuted after the Mexicutioners scandal at Newark?

With this PR the DHS OIG is showing themselves to be just another cog in the DHS propaganda machine.

 

Or the ones doing the same thing at HNL?

 

Also from the same local case ...

These low-lifes want guns to go with tin badges?

 

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I would be willing to bet that being drunk voids his right to carry.

 

Can't speak to other jurisdictions, but in Arizona you'd have to be carrying a CCW permit and refraining from alcohol to be carrying a firearm in an establishment that serves alcoholic beverages. Having a beer voids it entirely.

 

My understanding of the CCL law here in Texas is that if you are impaired and carrying you would be in violation of the law and likely lose the CCL plus any other charges that are filed.

 

If you're law enforcement you can be as drunk as you like and still carry.

 

In Florida, a CCW grants you no right to carry a gun in a bar no matter how sober you are.

If you're outside a bar, you're granted more leeway to carry a gun while drinking than drive a car.

--Jon