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Politics : About that Cuban boy, Elian -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DMaA who wrote (3877)	5/1/2000 4:57:00 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9127

It is NOT simply a custody dispute. At this point it is the case of an illegal alien. Please TRY to understand the law if you are going to argue about it. This case is MUCH more than a mere custody case.

To: DMaA who wrote (3877)	5/1/2000 5:16:00 PM
From: Jim S	Respond to of 9127

i>Use of this amount of force in a custody dispute is unprecedented. From a Right Wing Radical Publication: washingtonpost.com Cops Seek Safest Ways To Seize Kids By David Briscoe Associated Press Writer Sunday, April 30, 2000; 12:49 p.m. EDT WASHINGTON -- Police agencies, which rarely take children with a show of force, say they cannot recall anything like the Immigration and Naturalization Service operation that removed 6-year-old Elian Gonzalez from his relatives' home using an armed assault team. Law enforcement officials regularly face the decision of how and when to use guns to take innocent kids into custody. While few officers openly criticize the capture of Elian at gunpoint, they always look for nonviolent options. Local police, who handle dangerous domestic disputes daily, avoid either a show of force or use of force whenever they can. Most of the time, they don't have to go in with guns drawn. "What you've got is a child with a warrant out on him, and when is the next time that that is going to happen?" asked Lt. Lester Bell, head of a county Crimes Against Children unit in Georgia. Federal agents used an alien arrest warrant that declared Elian "in violation of the immigration laws" and a search warrant to enter the Miami house and remove the 6-year-old on April 21. Even immigration agents, who pursue illegal aliens of all ages, have never had to use such force to take a child, acknowledged spokeswoman Maria Cardona. [more...]