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While searching for a domestic violence suspect in the summer of 2017, police in Southaven, Mississippi, visited the wrong home and shot dead an innocent man. But according to the city, 41-year-old Ismael Lopez wasnt protected by the U.S. Constitution at the time of his slaying because he was an undocumented immigrant.
Speaking to reporters last week, Murray Wells, an attorney representing Lopezs family, lambasted the citys argument as both chilling and insane, The Washington Post reported.
As The Washington Post noted, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled on multiple occasions that people on U.S. soil are guaranteed certain basic rights, no matter their immigration status.
Wells said he and the Lopez family were appalled by the tactics employed by the city of Southaven. Were stunned that someone put this in writing, the attorney told the Post.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ismael-lopez-mississippi-police-no-constitutional-rights-102224401.html
dlk
(11,569 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,011 posts)uponit7771
(90,347 posts)GarColga
(124 posts)Last edited Mon Sep 30, 2019, 09:21 AM - Edit history (1)
lists rights that are inherent to all human beings. Everyone on US soil is protected by the Bill of Rights. Even if they are undocumented.
onenote
(42,715 posts)Various courts have suggested that the second amendment has limited or possibly no application to undocumented immigrants. So far however the courts have held firm that all people in this country have fourth, fifth etc amendment rights.
AllaN01Bear
(18,264 posts)into humpsters fans faces ? thanks in advance
House of Roberts
(5,177 posts)next it will be a legal resident, but Hispanic, and the excuse becomes, 'I thought he was undocumented'.
The companion excuse to 'I thought I saw a gun'.