In a surprise move in a controversial case, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Arizona is opposing a routine motion by the family of murdered Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry to qualify as crime victims in the eyes of the court.The family asked to intervene as victims in the case against Jamie Avila, the 23-year-old Phoenix man who purchased the guns allegedly used to kill Terry. Such motions are routinely approved by prosecutors, but may be opposed by defense attorneys.However in this case, U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke argues because the family was not "directly or proximately harmed" by the illegal purchase of the murder weapon, it does not meet the definition of "crime victim" in the Avila case. Burke claims the victim of the Avila's gun purchases, "is not any particular person, but society in general."
It was their son.
If the Department of Justice can keep the Terrys out of this case, then they can cut a deal with Avila and buy his silence as to how the guns came to be in his hands. That is, there will be no public record - as a trial produces - as to the government's involvement in the chain of possession of the weapons used to murder Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry.
Eric Holder has blood on his hands and he's not above using them to rub salt into wounds.
Fuck him and his boss. When will the media look more closely into Operation Fast and Furious? Why does Obama and his crony get a pass?
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