Talk:Chris Simcox

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THEY'RE HEROES!!!

STOP that link to that "SPLC" commie site which discredits the fine work the minutemen do with a load of BS!

How did they save over 100 lives? BTChicago 17:50, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

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Marked as biased, because of the content of most of the lower half of the article; the article seems to be more concerned with sweeping away complaints about the Minutemen than it does with accurately reporting both sides of the issue. Gwenhwyfaer 22:44, 21 April 2006 (BST)

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I tried to clean up some of the most obvious bias, but it still needs reworking

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Before we worry about bias in favor of the Minutemen, how about against them -- for instance:

"Simcox's opponents claim that it is illegal for a normal citizen who is in no way affiliated with law enforcement to detain people in the United States."

If you read the SOP at the site of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps at http://www.minutemanhq.com you will note that not only do members not "detain" anyone, they aren't even allowed to speak to or gesture to them. They sit in chairs, count them, and radio their position to a central communications center, which passes this information on to the US Border Patrol. If there had been ONE instance of a Minuteman detaining an illegal, it would have been instant news; since that hasn't happened, one would assume that the bias against the Minutemen is unfounded.

But this above statement is in the paragraph about the Civil Homeland Defence, not The Minutemen. Civil Homeland Defense did hold up immigrants, made a civil arrest and contacted the Border Patrol.

As far as saving lives goes, I suppose illegals could have just been left to die, but there are numerous instances since the formation of the Minutemen of giving water and food and calling for aid for struggling illegals in the desert. Perhaps the US Border Patrol in various sectors, particularly in the Tucson sector, could be contacted for verification.