Thread by @bansisharma

1. Ronil Singh, R.I.P.

This is a heart-breaking story of a legal immigrant who loved America, made a life here, took English classes to improve his accent, has a wife and a new born child, and was gunned down by an illegal immigrant gang member protected by sanctuary laws.

2. Newman (California) Police Chief Randy Richardson called Singh a patriot.

“This is a man that loved his country. This is a man that worked hard for what he believed in. He believed in this community,” the chief said at a community vigil Friday night honoring the officer.

3. Singh had stopped a suspected drunken driver in the town of Newman, California, when he was fatally wounded and managed to fire back but didn’t hit his attacker, authorities have said. Singh later died in the hospital. This is the man, Gustavo Perez Arriaga, who killed him.

4. A two-day statewide manhunt ended Friday with the arrest of Gustavo Perez Arriaga, as a SWAT team prepared to raid a home in Bakersfield, California. That was about 200 miles southeast of where Cpl. Ronil Singh was shot before dawn Wednesday.

5. Perez Arriaga was taken into custody using the slain officer’s Ronil Singh's handcuffs, as the suspect was attempting to flee to Mexico.

6. Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson, who led the investigation, blamed California’s sanctuary law for preventing local authorities from reporting Perez Arriaga to U.S. immigration officials for deportation after two previous drunken driving arrests.

7. “We can’t ignore the fact that this could have been preventable,” Christianson told reporters, asking why the state was “providing sanctuary for criminals (and) gang members. It’s a conversation we need to have.”

8. Authorities also arrested five other people, including Perez Arriaga’s brother, 25-year-old Adrian Virgen, and a co-worker, 27-year-old Erik Razo Quiroz, who lied to police to try to protect him, Christianson said. Both men also were in the country illegally, he said.

9. “This is a criminal illegal alien with prior criminal activity that should have been reported to ICE,” Christianson said.

10. “Law enforcement was prohibited because of sanctuary laws, and that led to the encounter with Officer Singh. I’m suggesting that the outcome could have been different if law enforcement wasn’t restricted, prohibited or had their hands tied because of political interference.”

11. The Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department later reported additional arrests of Arriaga’s girlfriend, 30-year-old Ana Leyde Cervantes of Newman and Perez Arriaga’s brother, 34-year-old Conrado Virgen Mendoza of Chowchilla. These are the people sanctuary laws protect.

The End

Unf*ckingbelievable!
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