JUDGE ROLL

REMEMBER THE GABBY GIFFORD SHOOTING ? WAS THE REAL TARGET BUSH APPOINTED FEDERAL JUDGE ROLL? Top US Federal Judge Assassinated After Threat To Obama Agenda Illegal Immigration & Civil Rights Lawsuit Case of Interest #3 – Vicente v. Barnett In February, U.S. District Judge John Roll presided over a $32 million civil rights lawsuit filed by illegal immigrants against an Arizona rancher. Roll ruled the case could go forward. Roll was at the heart of the state’s long political battle over immigration. In essence, he was in the crosshairs of the immigration foes. Judge Roll received hundreds of threats after he allowed 16 undocumented Mexican immigrants to go forward with the $32 Million lawsuit against Rancher, Roger Barnett, who is also known as “one of the most prominent vigilantes” in the southwest. According to various sources, the Barnett case had repercussions for Roll and his family. His life was in danger and the political climate was heating up. There was outrage over the Civil Rights lawsuit. In the 2009 case, immigrants accused Barnett of violating their civil rights and falsely imprisoned them when they tried to cross the US-Mexico border near Douglas, AZ in 2004. The Plaintiffs were represented by the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), which was asking for $32 million in actual and punitive damages for civil rights violations, infliction of emotional distress, as well as other crimes. Some saw Barnett as a ‘hero’ who fought to protect his property by aiding in the apprehension of thousands of illegal aliens. Some viewed him as a vigilante who often chose to violate the civil rights of individuals. According to the Washington Times, “The lawsuit is based on a March 7, 2004, incident in a dry wash on the 22,000-acre ranch, when he approached a group of illegal immigrants while carrying a gun and accompanied by a large dog. Attorneys for the immigrants – five women and 11 men who were trying to cross illegally into the United States – have accused Mr. Barnett of holding the group captive at gunpoint, threatening to turn his dog loose on them, and saying he would shoot anyone who tried to escape.” The Southern Poverty Law Center noted that, in 2006, “border vigilante Roger Barnett [was ordered] to pay $98,750 to a family of Mexican-Americans he terrorized in 2004.” This was a previous case against the rancher. https://archive.findlaw.com/blog/arizona-rancher-roger-barnett-rounds-up-legal-trouble-is-sued-by-illegal-immigrants-he-detained/