From Talk Left:

It is reported on Law.com today that DOJ has hired defense counsel for the two air marshals who shot and killed Rigoberto Alpizar last week on a jetway in the Miami Airport.

It should be recalled that the head of the air marshal program and even the White House were defending the use of deadly force against Alpizar as absolutely justified on CNN immediately after the shooting, without so much as an investigation.

The FBI is investigating, and passengers reported to CNN that they heard no bomb threat. He just said "I've got to get off, I've got to get off."

There has been quite a lot of press on this story in Costa Rica for the last week. Mr. Alpizar was a Costa Rican National... The consensus seems to be that Mr. Alpizar was murdered by the Air Marshalls, and that his wife tried repeatedly to explain that he was simply sick and had not taken his medication. My wife, a Tica herself, is pretty much beside herself with anger over the situation. My own feelings? Let the investigation conclude, the witnesses speak and if proven guilty of misconduct, punish the Marshalls.

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