This is absurd. The case needs to be thrown out, and John Roll should personally pay Barnett's court costs.
This case was not absurd and should be taken seriously.
This case was decided last year and he had pay but and only a small fraction of his victims were seeking.
http://www.maldef.org/immigration/litigation/vicente_v_barnett/
Mr. Barnett should not be able to do anything he wishes to someone just because they on his property illegally. He even kicked one of the women who was on the ground that he held at gunpoint. If a police office did that to someone they were holding at gunpoint until backup arrives then they should fired at minimum. You can't fire someone making a citizens arrest so suing him makes sense. This case was very important because Mr. Barnett lives in a county that overwhelming support his actions so he would never be able to be convicted in criminal court so civil court was the only way he could be held responsible for his actions.
He has a history of going to far when he thinks he is dealing with illegal immigrants
An earlier case involving him:
http://www.maldef.org/immigration/litigation/morales_v_barnett/
This case is clearly absurd and should have never gone to a jury in the first place. The illegal alien trespassers have no right to go onto Mr. Barnett's property, and Mr. Barnett is right to assume that any coyote accompanying illegal immigrants is armed and dangerous. He has a right to defend his property and the right to use a gun and a dog to do so.
MALDEF is an anti-American, pro-Mexico legal organization that aids and abets criminal behavior. They should be brought up on RICO charges for aiding and abetting illegal immigration into this country.
