Originally Posted by Wes Mantooth

What bothers me about this case isn't so much that it revolves around illegal immigrants but rather that somebody can be sued for defending their own property. Before I continue, no I don't believe that somebody should have carte blanche to do whatever they want if you are on their property, no matter the circumstances...but you do or at least should have a right to defend yourself, your family and your belongings without worrying about, lawsuits, arrests, wrongful death suits, police records, costly lawyers and everything else that might spring up as a result.

What rights should the rancher have had? Was it wrong to round people up at gunpoint and detain them for being on (and at times) vandalizing his property? Should it be? Personally I don't think so. The kicking rightly should have been addressed, but to the tune of a 32 million dollar lawsuit is overkill in my opinion.