Here’s a story that’s pretty common.
An alleged wrong way drunk driver accused of killing a 34-year-old mother has made an appearance in court after being released from the hospital….The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Department says Salas-Gaytan had previously been twice ticketed by Milwaukee police for driving without a license.
The sheriff’s department says Salas-Gaytan also admits he’s an illegal immigrant. Immigration authorities said they have not heard of him until now…State Rep. Josh Zepnick (D-Milwaukee) is upset Salas-Gaytan would face a jail sentence here before deportation.
So many angles here.
-Illegal immigrant
-Drunk Driver
-Driving Wrong Way on the Highway
-No Driver’s License.
-Repeat Offender
-Negligent Homicide
All of these things are crimes in themselves, and like “Gun Crime” the law does nothing to stop the criminal from violating them, but it does allow us to punish them when caught. The fact that this jerk was NOT punished BEFORE this show the failings of the system
The fact that we may lock this bastard up BEFORE sending him home is even worse. Frankly I think we should deport him with time served….to Kandahar with nothing but a pair of flip-flops…. But let’s face it, I’m more angry at the system for letting such a reprobate go as long as they did. This is why the Arizona immigration law was so important. Can you imagine a citizen getting pulled over TWICE for driving without a license and still being allowed to keep driving around? But given that this would be a job for ICE, and ICE doesn’t answer the phone with local police call, he’s above the law….until he kills somebody and makes a national spectacle of himself.
Unfortunately, it happens all the time. I can’t tell you how many repeat offenders we deal with who are on their 3rd, 4th, or 5th charge of driving suspended or driving without a license, and have yet to serve a single day in jail – nevermind the ones on their 5th or higher DWI charge who have never had more than a token jail sentence. Even the ones who have been designated “habitual offenders” and are caught driving drunk (a felony, at that point) rarely get more than a month or two, and they usually get to serve that on weekends! (It usually gets plead down so the 1 year mandatory minimum doesn’t apply.)
What really burns me is that he was caught twice before and was still in this country! He should have been deported the FIRST time!
Okay, my quote tags must have gotten screwed up on that one. Weird.
That look a little better?
Yup, that’s what I was aiming for! Thanks!