Tribal cop sues Border Patrol over high-speed chase
By Adam Klawonn · June 16, 2008 · Print This Article
NEAR THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER — A police officer for the Tohono O’Odham Nation was permanently injured after a car being chased by a U.S. Border Patrol agent vehicle smashed into his police unit, a recent lawsuit claims.
According to the three-page complaint from tribal police officer Samuel D. Garcia, border agents were in a high-speed pursuit of a Dodge Neon on Interstate 19 south of Tucson in January 2006.
Garcia was driving southbound on I-19, which is undivided at certain points, as the Neon and border patrol unit were headed north.
He claims the chase caused the driver of the Neon to lose control and collide with his police unit.
Tucson lawyers Philip Hall and Rebecca Reed are representing Garcia in U.S. District Court in Tucson.
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I am returning home from the hospital today after my wife and I were involved in a vehicle collision in Benson caused by a high speed chase involving the border patrol. Thank God we are both alive and able to at least type this message. Unfortunately the occupants of the other vehicle were not so lucky. These agents need to get a grip on what they are doing on our highways..They are obviously not trained well enough to handle incidents like this so they need to come up with a better plan before more people are killed!!!