Deport the Criminals First: More on the Murder of Phoenix Police Officer Nick Erfle by a Previously Deported Illegal Immigrant Gang Member
Back when it happened, Jack Dunphy was kind enough to post a brief note about the murder of Phoenix police officer Nick Erfle by a previously deported illegal immigrant gang member. I thought it deserved a little more detail, so here you go.
From a September 20 Associated Press report:
The man who shot and killed a Phoenix police officer before he himself later was fatally shot by authorities was an illegal entrant, a federal official said Wednesday.
Erik Jovani Martinez, 22, was in the country illegally last year when he was arrested and convicted on theft charges, said Vinnie Picard, a spokesman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
He said Martinez was deported on March 3 last year, and at some point re-entered the country illegally.
I’ve said it a million times: deporting criminals is only part of the solution. It won’t do any good if we can’t keep them out.
So was this shooting an isolated incident of violence in the history of this man? Why, no . . . it wasn’t.
Lt. Benny Pina said the bench warrant against Martinez, issued in January, stemmed from a June 2006 assault against his girlfriend involving a shotgun. A detective working on the case was unable to locate Martinez, a member of a street gang, to arrest him.
He was a gang member? I’m surprised we weren’t giving him asylum!
[Phoenix police Officer Nick] Erfle, a 33-year-old married father of two and an eight-year veteran of the force, was pronounced dead at the hospital.
The Mayor seems upset:
Mayor Phil Gordon called Martinez a “poster child” for failed federal efforts to tighten border security.
“I have a message for the federal government. Our officers are paying the price. This community is paying the price,” Gordon said at a news conference. “When are you going to do your job and secure our borders?”
Myself, I don’t know.
But whenever it is, it will be too late for Nick Erfle, his widow, and his two children.
This is so tragic but I’m encouraged by the Mayor’s response.
DRJ (ec59b5) — 10/1/2007 @ 9:14 pmI’m not encouraged by the mayor’s response because I recognize it for the dodge it is and I’m also familiar with his backstory.
I hate to sound like a broken record, but perhaps this site could encourage its readers to go to campaign appearances, ask candidates questions about immigration designed to discredit them, and then upload their responses.
Illegal immigration could be sharply reduced tomorrow if the only people who dared support it were far-left loons and racial power groups. The way you get there is by discrediting those in the “mainstream” who are currently able to get away with supporting it in one way or another.
TLB (0c89cb) — 10/1/2007 @ 10:25 pmBig talk from the mayor. Let’s have action.
Patricia (4117a9) — 10/1/2007 @ 10:44 pmIt was my understanding that Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon supports the fact that Phoenix is a sanctuary city.
slp (16ea0f) — 10/2/2007 @ 2:47 amWell this problem with illegals is no suprise since Phoenix acts just like a sanctuary city…
juandos (0ecd0b) — 10/2/2007 @ 3:33 amYeah, what the hell is Gordon talking about? My guess is campaign rhetoric. He is engaged in a reelection campaign and his opponent has been calling him out for the sanctuary city policy of the Phoenix police department, and rightly so.
Gordon’s a liar.
Jaibones (468585) — 10/2/2007 @ 5:25 amWell, I came across one member of congress, from CA, believe it or not, who at least isn’t afraid to put his border control ideas into words. Take a look at the website of Kevin McCarthy. Even if you can’t vote in his district, drop him an email or something to let him know there ARE plenty of people out there who want control of our borders. No, I don’t work for McCarthy. I don’t even vote any more. But, maybe someone else can manage to salvage something in this country.
Orlando Stevlingson (bd4dad) — 10/2/2007 @ 5:52 amanother good white man killed by some punk at the hands of “multiculturalism”
awakenedAryan (cf117e) — 10/2/2007 @ 8:31 amMoby trying a new tactic?
SPQR (6c18fd) — 10/2/2007 @ 8:41 amoh please
gary kiernan (bdcd79) — 10/2/2007 @ 3:54 pmgordon is a well known supporter of all things illegal including using city funds for illegal day labor centers. phoenix is well known as a sanctuary city.also the man actually used the word “irregardless” on o’reilly once,need i say more…