Driving questions.
As a parent, this story haunts me.
"Gladys Reyes, a student at Heritage Middle School, was hit just before 6 p.m. Sunday as she was crossing a street with another 11-year-old girl near Robert St. and Wentworth Ave.The 11-year-old witness told police that the van came up from behind them, hit Reyes, and continued driving, dragging Reyes down the street. "
The driver of the van was driving on a suspended license...no word on if he was drunk or not.
"The man driving a van that hit an 11-year-old girl and dragged her almost 500 feet has been charged with two felony counts of Criminal Vehicular Operations in Dakota County. Bail has been set at $100,000 for Mauricio Sanchez, 33, of St. Paul."
Now, I heard on the radio that Gladys had her arm amputated because it was so badly damaged. One local radio station called the police station and the county prosecutors office to see if they could get any information on the immigration status of the driver. Both Minneapolis and St. Paul are so-called "sanctuary cities" which means that police can not ask illegal immigrants, who broke our laws coming into the country to begin with, who are charged with a crime what their immigration status is. And few in this state seem to think that there is anything wrong with this!
It seems that the politicians in Minneapolis and St. Paul are more interested in taking away a private property owners rights than they are in enforcing the laws of this country and the city. Is this really what the citizens of these two cities want? Do they want smoking bans or 11 year old girls protected from people who are driving illegally? The answer to this question effects those of us living in the surrounding counties. We deserve to know the answer Minneapolis. It is our childrens lives that are at stake.
"Gladys Reyes, a student at Heritage Middle School, was hit just before 6 p.m. Sunday as she was crossing a street with another 11-year-old girl near Robert St. and Wentworth Ave.The 11-year-old witness told police that the van came up from behind them, hit Reyes, and continued driving, dragging Reyes down the street. "
The driver of the van was driving on a suspended license...no word on if he was drunk or not.
"The man driving a van that hit an 11-year-old girl and dragged her almost 500 feet has been charged with two felony counts of Criminal Vehicular Operations in Dakota County. Bail has been set at $100,000 for Mauricio Sanchez, 33, of St. Paul."
Now, I heard on the radio that Gladys had her arm amputated because it was so badly damaged. One local radio station called the police station and the county prosecutors office to see if they could get any information on the immigration status of the driver. Both Minneapolis and St. Paul are so-called "sanctuary cities" which means that police can not ask illegal immigrants, who broke our laws coming into the country to begin with, who are charged with a crime what their immigration status is. And few in this state seem to think that there is anything wrong with this!
It seems that the politicians in Minneapolis and St. Paul are more interested in taking away a private property owners rights than they are in enforcing the laws of this country and the city. Is this really what the citizens of these two cities want? Do they want smoking bans or 11 year old girls protected from people who are driving illegally? The answer to this question effects those of us living in the surrounding counties. We deserve to know the answer Minneapolis. It is our childrens lives that are at stake.
posted by The Lady Logician at
6:54 PM
2 Comments:
Umm..... Just because the driver has a name that is of Hispanic origin, you assume he's an illegal immigrant and launch into this rant on the basis of no facts whatsoever?
News for you, hon: "Reyes" -- the name of the little girl victim -- is also of Hispanic origin. So by your "logic" had she (as an obvious illegal immigrant given her Hispanic name) not been in the US, she would never have been injured. Clearly, it's her own fault, right?
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Anonymous, at 7:08 PM
Hello "hon" I have a Hispanic surname too! By your "logic" I must be illegal...
The main point of my post (which you so adroitly missed) was the fact that the police are PROHIBITED from even asking a persons immigration status if they are connected to a criminal act.
LL
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The Lady Logician, at 12:28 PM
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