A video obtained by Texas Public Radio appears to show members of the Texas National Guard ignoring cries for help from a woman carrying a baby who seemed to be in danger of drowning in the Rio Grande.
Video shows Texas National Guard soldiers appearing to ignore a mother and baby’s pleas for help in the Rio Grande
Missing a huge piece of information in the title and article: were they at least halfway across? Uniformed military members cannot cross the boarder conducting operations. As fucked as this situation is, Texas conducting military operations on Mexican soil is a whole lot worse. Given the tone of the article and the fact that they didn’t say, leads me to believe they were not on US soil and the guardsman could not do anything.
That is pretty key, there could have been a horribly legal reason why they “watched”. I don’t know what I would or could have done in their situation, but it seems a damned if you do damn d if you don’t situation.
Missing a huge piece of information in the title and article: were they at least halfway across? Uniformed military members cannot cross the boarder conducting operations. As fucked as this situation is, Texas conducting military operations on Mexican soil is a whole lot worse. Given the tone of the article and the fact that they didn’t say, leads me to believe they were not on US soil and the guardsman could not do anything.
That is pretty key, there could have been a horribly legal reason why they “watched”. I don’t know what I would or could have done in their situation, but it seems a damned if you do damn d if you don’t situation.
It doesn’t seem like that at all you donkey. Seems obvious what to do, here.