Fox news — we report (some of the story), you decide

On the Freerepublic.com website, someone posted this HALF of a news item from the Arizona Daily Star (naturally, by way of Fox news, but that’s our rightwingers for you)….

Driver killed, boy wounded after illegal immigrants fired on
10:33 AM MST on Thursday, February 1, 2007
Feb 1, 3:04 AM EST

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A driver was fatally shot and a boy wounded in a dispute between human smugglers in southern Arizona, authorities said.

The Pinal County Sheriff’s Department said David Norris Jr. was driving a vehicle containing a dozen illegal immigrants Saturday in an Eloy farm field when four heavily armed men in a white full-size van began firing on them.

Norris, 46, was killed and a 12-year-old boy in [19-year old Andres de Jesus of Oasaca, who was also in ] Norris’ vehicle was shot in the leg, authorities said.

The boy De Jesus was reported Wednesday to be in stable condition at University Medical Center in Tucson.

Sheriff’s spokesman Michael Minter said all 12 illegal immigrants fled from the van when the attack ended and all but one were found.

Minter said authorities were seeking the public’s help to find the shooters, who wore green camouflage pants and shirts with military-style berets.

(Another update… the original reports listed Andres de Jesus as a 12-year old boy.  Interviewed at the Mexican consulate, he was reunited with his wife, who had fled the van during the shooting)

Natually, one of the “freepers” whined that “they’ll blame this on the minutemen”.  Yeah, THEY will… the Freepers — and Fox news — edited out a trivial detail.  That last paragraph should read:

None of the shooters has been arrested, Minter said. They were wearing green camouflage pants and shirts and wearing military-style berets — three black and one red. The shooters spoke limited Spanish.

I’ve never heard of Mexican gangsters, or even polleros who didn’t speak Spanish.  And the police sketch sure doesn’t look like a Mexican bandito to me…

SCARY UPDATE (2 Febuary 2007): The Tuscon Citizen (which gave the added description that three of the attackers were “white” and one was “Hispanic”) included these comments:

Comment by Bruce D. (#4122) — February 1,2007 @ 10:42PM

Think the illegals and those who traffic in illegals and those who employ them got the message? Perhaps this is only the beginning of Arizona citizens doing something to fix the problem the politicians can only argue aboiut. I wonder what Mr. Norris thinks about it? Like what were his final thoughts on the matter? I wonder if profiteering off of cheap illegal human trade was worth it to him? Too bad he can’t tell us if he would do it again if given the opportunity.

A problem the liberals want to make permanent and legal. Amnesty for 11 MILLION is a disgrace to the country and the immigration laws it has implemented.

2. Comment by LESLIE C. (#1688) — February 1,2007 @ 11:24PM

Yes, you’re right. This is an excellent way to fight illegal immigration. Stupid ass.

At least the Citizen’s comment section lets others vote the comments up or down, and these two were way down, but it’s hard to deny that support for vigilantes is out there.