Monday, July 06, 2015

Greta Van Susteren has picked up the ball on this.

I appreciated her patient expertise. She slowed down the discussion with calm dialogue and she believes the events leading to death of a 31 year old woman on Pier 14 in San Francisco is far reaching and needs clarity.

I think she is correct. The web needs to be sorted out. According to Ms. Van Susteren, Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez is on probation in Texas related to an undisclosed charge.

July 6, 2015
By Abby Phillips

...Federal immigration officials (click here) say that the practices that have made San Francisco a “sanctuary city” allowed this “preventable” crime to happen.
“If the local authorities had merely NOTIFIED [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement] that they were about to release this individual into the community, ICE could have taken custody of him and had him removed from the country — thus preventing this terrible tragedy,” ICE spokeswoman Gillian Christensen said in a statement.

On July 1, Kate Steinle, 31, was walking along Pier 14, taking pictures with her father around 6:30 p.m. when a shot rang out, fatally wounding her in the chest....

I think there is a lot of finger pointing and the accusations of San Francisco's Sanctuary City status is an easy scapegoat. I think we need more questions and far, far more answers.

Oh, by the way. I also found Ms. Van Susteren's guests, although engaging, are far too stressed in their speech. It is artificial. I don't think anyone needs artificial anything in these circumstances. I appreciated their point of view even though they appeared to be acting rather than sincere. 

In all fairness, San Francisco is correct in their status as a sanctuary city. The idea behind the status is that it prevents underground cultures and allows for open exchange of information between the illegal alien and authorities. 

I do, however, believe the extent this status is guaranteed to illegals needs to be reviewed. I realize Mr. Sanchez confessed to the shooting and states it was an accident. That is all very interesting, but, he had a gun. He is not employed in a real way and has his own reality. There is a lot wrong here. It is also across state borders when considering Texas has him on probation.

Maintaining a sanctuary city status doesn't mean the illegals walk all over the rights and lives of Americans. The idea the status promotes honest exchange between the community and authorities should also recognize the commission of crimes. A person like Mr. Sanchez hasn't learned a darn thing about the USA, except, we are chumps for abuse.

The sanctuary city status is about acknowledging their illegal status, not their criminal status.