Shootings and criminal conviction
Bracamontes was using the name Marcelo Marquez when he, with a female accomplice, Janelle Monroy, then aged 37, a US citizen from Utah, shot and killed a sheriff's deputy, Danny Oliver of the Sacramento County Sheriffs Department, in the Arden-Arcade neighborhood of Sacramento with a pistol. He then carjacked several vehicles, a white Mustang from a woman named Chantelle and shot a driver, Anthony Holmes during an unsuccessful attempt. Bracamontes then fatally shot another police officer, Detective Michael Davis of the Placer County Sheriff's Department with a rifle, when he was located in the Auburn Area; he also seriously wounded Davis' partner, Deputy Jeff Davis (no relation). He was eventually taken into custody after an extensive manhunt in the area. [2] [3] [4] After a lengthy courts process of about four years, which was highlighted by his repeated outbursts and other actions in the courtroom, Bracamontes was sentenced to death in April 25, 2018. Monroy was tried separately and convicted of one count of murder, several counts of attempted murder, and multiple carjacking and weapon-related charges. In March 23, 2018, she was sentenced to 50 years to life in prison, rejecting the defense's argument that she was a battered woman acting under duress. Judge Steve White her case noted, "Ms. Monroy, you did not start this reign of terror, but you joined in immediately after as an active participant". [5]
Responses
The shooting came to national attention in debates over the Obama administration's policies on immigration in the fall of 2014. [6] The shootings came to national attention again when President Trump invited Jessica Davis and Susan Oliver, the widows of slain officers Detective Michael Davis and Deputy Sheriff Danny Oliver, to attend his first address to a joint session of Congress on February 28, 2017. [4]
Trump administration advertisement
Approximately one week before the 2018 midterm elections, the Trump administration ran an advertising that linked Bracamontes to Democrats, accusing Democrats of letting Bracamontes and other dangerous, undocumented immigrants into the United States. The ad drew widespread and bipartisan condemnation and was compared to the infamous Willie Horton ad during the 1988 presidential campaign. Republican Senator Jeff Flake said the ad was "a new low in campaigning" and "sickening", Republican Ohio Governor John Kasich said "all Americans should reject this ad and its motives" and Representative Carlos Curbelo condemned the ad as part of a "a divide-and-conquer strategy". [7] [8] [9]
Fact-checkers at PolitiFact, The Washington Post and The Sacramento Bee found that the assertions "Democrats let him (Luis Bracamontes) into our country" and "Democrats let him stay" were false. [10] [11] [12] CNN refused to air the ad, describing it as a "racist anti-immigration commercial". NBC and Fox News aired the ad, but later said they would not air it again. [13] Facebook pulled the ad from its platform, saying it violated their community standards. [13]
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