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NBC sent Miguel Almaguer to the Mexican border to cover the death of Ramses Barron Torres. The 17-year-old from Nogales was apparently shot in the chest by a Border Patrol agent while climbing the fortified fence that separates Mexico from Arizona. An unidentified FBI agent told Almaguer that some teens had been throwing rocks at the time. "When you pick up a rock and throw it at a police officer, you should expect to have deadly force directed back toward you," was how Almaguer quoted a spokesman from the Border Patrol's union. Almaguer's nameless FBI source never said the rocks were thrown at the agent--but Almaguer left the union soundbite stand uncorrected.
Anyway, is that really police protocol? Throwing rocks at a cop deserves death?
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