Trooper who fired on pickup tried to disable it
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A truck travels along the stretch of gravel road near La Joya, Texas, Friday Oct. 26, 2012, where a Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter and sharpshooter assisted the previous day in the chase of a suspected illegal immigrant smuggler. Two people in the fleeing vehicle were killed and a third was wounded. Â / AP Photo/Chris Sherman LA JOYA, Texas A Texas state trooper who fired on a pickup truck from a helicopter during a deadly chase through the desert was trying to disable the vehicle and suspected it was being used to smuggle drugs, authorities said Friday. The disclosure came a day after the incident left two illegal immigrants from Guatemala dead on an isolated gravel road near the town of La Joya, just north of the Mexico border. State game wardens were the first to encounter the truck Thursday.
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Geoffrey Alpert
Overall Sentiment: -0.0510117
Relevance: 0.67957
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| -0.0584694 | “In 25 years following police pursuits, I hadn’t seen a situation where an officer shot a speeding vehicle from a helicopter,” said Geoffrey Alpert, … |
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Alba Caceres
Overall Sentiment: 0.0129512
Relevance: 0.631723
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| 0 | “I am baffled. I can’t understand how this could happen,” Alba Caceres said. … |
| 0.102906 | “I am baffled. I can’t understand how this could happen,” Alba Caceres said. “I understand that the agents are doing their job, that they are protecting their border. But if there is someone who is responsible for this, he has to pay.” |
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Mike Cox
Overall Sentiment: 0.0713304
Relevance: 0.46749
Stephen McCraw
Overall Sentiment: 0
Relevance: 0.434354
McAllen
Overall Sentiment: -0.0193508
Relevance: 0.423057
Doug Mosier
Overall Sentiment: 0.0610355
Relevance: 0.420597
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| -0.122388 | “are trained to use deadly force in circumstances that pose a threat to their lives, the lives of their fellow law enforcement partners and innocent third parties,” agency spokesman Doug Mosier said. |
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Organization: Texas Department of Public Safety
Overall Sentiment: -0.0999862
Relevance: 0.741302
Organization: Customs and Border Protection
Overall Sentiment: -0.560493
Relevance: 0.633652
Organization: state police
Overall Sentiment: 0.122642
Relevance: 0.56987
Organization: Customs and Borders Protection
Overall Sentiment: -0.36385
Relevance: 0.465266
Organization: University of South Carolina
Overall Sentiment: -0.0259732
Relevance: 0.448387
Organization: Wildlife Department
Overall Sentiment: 0.161325
Relevance: 0.438008
Organization: Guatemalan Consulate
Overall Sentiment: -0.013216
Relevance: 0.430076
Organization: United Nations
Overall Sentiment: -0.0157831
Relevance: 0.422874
Organization: federal government
Overall Sentiment: -0.187124
Relevance: 0.414189
Organization: American Civil Liberties Union
Overall Sentiment: -0.204796
Relevance: 0.410751
Company: Associated Press
Overall Sentiment: -0.242234
Relevance: 0.420814
City: La Joya
Overall Sentiment: -0.185945
Relevance: 0.938047
City: Guatemala City
Overall Sentiment: 0.35096
Relevance: 0.502974
City: Houston
Overall Sentiment: 0.387105
Relevance: 0.419151
City: New York
Overall Sentiment: 0.402099
Relevance: 0.416916
StateOrCounty: Texas
Overall Sentiment: -0.0419499
Relevance: 0.819779
StateOrCounty: New Jersey
Overall Sentiment: 0.331482
Relevance: 0.420508
Country: Guatemala
Overall Sentiment: -0.588862
Relevance: 0.706036
Country: Mexico
Overall Sentiment: 0.0217438
Relevance: 0.453874
Facility: Mexico border
Overall Sentiment: -0.126701
Relevance: 0.671952
GeographicFeature: Rio Grande
Overall Sentiment: 0
Relevance: 0.459361
FieldTerminology: law enforcement agencies
Overall Sentiment: -0.540854
Relevance: 0.526082
FieldTerminology: law enforcement partners
Overall Sentiment: 0
Relevance: 0.471794
Provided Keywords:
- illegal immigrants
- La Joya
- shooting
- Texas
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