A little over two weeks ago, Houston Police Officer Rodney Johnson was shot and killed while making a routine traffic stop. The man that murdered Ofc. Johnson was an illegal alien who had been deported back to Mexico seven years ago. However, President Bush’s refusal to defend the Mexican border allowed this human predator to easily re-enter the United States and eventually turn this police officer’s wife into a widow.
On the afternoon of September 21, Officer Johnson stopped a commercial vehicle traveling 20 miles over the posted speed limit. The truck was driven by Mexican national Juan Leonardo Quintero. A co-worker and Quintero’s two step-daughters were also in the vehicle.
When Quintero was unable to provide any form of identification, Ofc. Johnson handcuffed him and placed him in the backseat of his patrol car. Once the officer was seated behind the wheel again, Quintero though handcuffed, removed the 9mm handgun concealed in his waistband and began firing at Johnson through the plastic shield separating the front and back seats. Ofc. Johnson was shot in the head five times. He was pronounced dead shortly after being taken to a local hospital.
40 year old Officer Rodney Johnson was a 12 year veteran of the Houston Police Department and a U.S. Army veteran. While serving on the HPD, Ofc. Johnson received two Lifesaving Awards. He leaves behind his wife Joslyn (also a police officer) and five children.
Clara Rodriguez, who lives in the neighborhood where Johnson patrolled had this to say about the murdered officer: “He was just so very nice. He was not ever mean. It just breaks my heart. I feel so very bad for his wife. He got up and went to work this morning, and this is what happened. This is what happened to one of the people who protects us, who truly took care of us.”
Juan Leonardo Quintero is a convicted child molester and DWI offender, and was deported to Mexico by U.S. immigration officials in 1999. He had been working for a Houston area landscaping company and despite the DWI conviction, Quintero was driving a company vehicle at the time Ofc. Johnson stopped him.
A very sullen Houston Police Chief Harold Hurtt placed all of the blame for his officer’s death on Washington’s refusal to enforce their own laws. He told reporters shortly after Johnson’s murder: “If the government would fulfill their responsibility of protecting the border, we probably would not be standing here today.”
Though the loss of Officer Rodney Johnson is incredibly sad and a tremendous loss to his family and the community he served, it is only the latest in a long series of tragedies perpetrated by those who are currently invading this nation. Hundreds of innocent Americans, including police officers are injured and killed by illegal aliens every year.
How many more Americans will have to die at the hands of illegal aliens before this President remembers his oath to defend this nation? Evidently, murdered police officers are the price Bush is willing to pay for cheap labor and Hispanic votes.
I urge everyone reading this article to send by email, letter, or phone call a very simple message to the White House: Mr. President...Remember Officer Rodney Johnson!
