Illegals Win $78,000 Judgment Against Rancher Upon Whose They Trespassed

In a follow-up to this previous post, the verdict has been announced in the case of illegal aliens who sued a rancher for holding them at gunpoint as they were sneaking into the country:

A federal jury found Tuesday that a southern Arizona rancher didn’t violate the civil rights of a group of illegal immigrants who claimed that he detained them at gunpoint in 2004.

The eight-member civil jury also found Roger Barnett wasn’t liable on claims of battery and false imprisonment.

But the jury did find him liable on four claims of assault and four claims of infliction of emotional distress and ordered Barnett to pay $77,804 in damages — $60,000 of which were punitive.

Barnett declined to comment afterward, but one of his attorneys, David Hardy, said the plaintiffs lost on the bulk of their claims and that Barnett has a good basis for appeal on the two counts on which he lost.

Next time remember the three S's: Shoot, shovel and shut-up.