Jose zarate found not guilty of killing Kate Steinle

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Makes sense to me, Freedom Jury!

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Wow, you guys are actually not upset that a guy DEPORTED 5 TIMES for previous crimes just got absolved of killing a girl

Absolutely vile

This is absolutely because you guys treat immigration as a religion

It clearly was an accident.

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Here’s a thought.

Due process and the constitution are not intitled for non citizens.

Doesn't work that way and it never has.

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Either way, Zarate should not have been in this country in the first place. A beautiful young life was taken because of him, whether he intended to kill her or not. Time to end sanctuary cities.

This is just an unfortunate situation and the Zarate situation was just an example of one bad apple, but it's no reason to end sanctuary cities. If anything we need to follow the lead of newly elected New Jersey Governor who has promised to make New Jersey a sanctuary state.

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Either way, Zarate should not have been in this country in the first place. A beautiful young life was taken because of him, whether he intended to kill her or not. Time to end sanctuary cities.

This is just an unfortunate situation and the Zarate situation was just an example of one bad apple, but it's no reason to end sanctuary cities. If anything we need to follow the lead of newly elected New Jersey Governor who has promised to make New Jersey a sanctuary state.

There is zero justification for sanctuary cities and a reason they poll poorly

They actually poll fine when they are clearly explained and police agencies across the country support it, including in Texas.

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Was involuntary manslaughter not a possible charge?

I was reading that California doesnt have involuntary manslaughter, but someone can correct me.

Think this is right.

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Either way, Zarate should not have been in this country in the first place. A beautiful young life was taken because of him, whether he intended to kill her or not. Time to end sanctuary cities.

This is just an unfortunate situation and the Zarate situation was just an example of one bad apple, but it's no reason to end sanctuary cities. If anything we need to follow the lead of newly elected New Jersey Governor who has promised to make New Jersey a sanctuary state.

There is zero justification for sanctuary cities and a reason they poll poorly

Being a sanctuary city doesn't actually prevent illegals from getting deported, it just means the municipal government has decided not to transform their local law enforcement into devoluted ICE agents. The justification for not enforcing immigration laws at the locals level stems from rather clear rulings from courts that immigration law enforcement is constitutionally the obligation of only the federal government.

The fact that this guy was deported five times should highlight how the federal government still has the authority to deport immigrants in sanctuary cities. The fact he crossed the border five times is an indication that the federal government is really bad at its job of enforcing immigration laws. That's not the fault of "sanctuary cities." Sanctuary cities poll poorly because most people don't understand the law, but the logic for them makes sense from the standpoint of local municipalities.

Some people also don't seem to understand how jury trials work, as evidenced by some of the responses in this thread.

This is the smartest post in this entire thread.

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Interesting how liberals here are more focused with the some hyperbolic language by a poster than the fact that a person can be deported five times, illegally obtain a firearm, and 'accidentally' kill an American citizen. That should be the focus.

Uh, maybe because this isn't some rampant f[inks]ing problem going on all across the country on a daily basis? The only reason conservatives are "focused" on it is because the seemingly culpable party is one of the many "Others" that feed their fearmongering.

That's why white guys mowing down tens of thousands of people every year isn't a real issue, but anything with the scent of brown, black, foreign or queer gets their undivided attention.

Or, maybe it's because it shows there's a fundamental error in immigration enforcement that needs to be rectified to prevent things like this from happening again.

"We must enact strict gun laws so Columbine/Virginia Tech/Sandy Hook/Orlando/Vegas never occurs again."

Muh guns!

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Y'all need to learn that immigrants are people with thoughts and feelings, hopes and dreams, and not just these "illegals"pretty much a slur at this point. that don't get to be here because of some thoughtless rationalization about nation-states or whatever.

Listen an immigrant and an illegal is two very different things.

A human being cannot be illegal.

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The illegal is a seven time felon who had the gun illegally h3 should be thrown in prison!

Um, he is going to go to prison.

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The reason jurors did this is to be a big F YOU Donald Trump.

No did this this because they followed the law in California.

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The reason jurors did this is to be a big F YOU Donald Trump.

No did this this because they followed the law in California.

So the law in comie California is to allow illegals to have stolen guns and then murder a person with said gun but not charge them? Also Jose’s story changed you can read what others have posted.

The jury believed the defense that it was an accident, which is clear with the bullet ricocheting off of the pier. He was still convicted of an illegal possession of a firearm, which was also accurate.  

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The reason jurors did this is to be a big F YOU Donald Trump.

No did this this because they followed the law in California.

I mean, it is a little bit weird to see no involuntary manslaughter conviction...

Exactly it’s because there San Francisco is standing up to hatred they said it them selves. Even trump is not racist in anyway.

As stated in a prior post, California doesn't have an involuntary manslaughter law.

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All cities should be sanctuary cities.

Yeah, really by default, city police forces should be focused on municipal law enforcement.

I think trump needs to call for a ban to all cities county’s and states that become a safe space for illegals!

He's already done that, but there is no way it could get through Congress.

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The reason jurors did this is to be a big F YOU Donald Trump.

No did this this because they followed the law in California.

So the law in comie California is to allow illegals to have stolen guns and then murder a person with said gun but not charge them? Also Jose’s story changed you can read what others have posted.

The jury believed the defense that it was an accident, which is clear with the bullet ricocheting off of the pier. He was still convicted of an illegal possession of a firearm, which was also accurate.  

The guy changed his story it’s in the cnn comment on here!
José is a lying piece of garbage.

The jury obviously had reasonable doubt due to the ricochet, which is a fact.