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From Breitbart: According to the lawyer defending Raul Benitez-Santana, the car accident that resulted in the death of a Washington State Patrol trooper in March 2024 was not a crime. It was just a car accident. You can watch the attorney make her argument below:
“Not all car accidents are crimes.”
The Seattle lawyer for illegal migrant Raul Benitez Santana tries to explain that her client, who was driving drunk and high, did not act criminally when he crashed into a Washington state trooper, killing him. pic.twitter.com/PrkS1XaIJV
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) May 23, 2025
According to the police, Raul Benitez-Santana was…
…in the country illegally.
…admitted to smoking marijuana before getting in his vehicle.
…admitted to drinking beer before getting in his vehicle.
…was driving recklessly in the passing lane.
…blew a .047 in the breathalyzer, which is below the legal limit of .08, but he blew that three hours after the accident.
According to various reports, last March, 27-year-old Trooper Christopher M. Gadd was parked in his cruiser on the shoulder of the interstate at around 3 a.m. when an illegal alien, shielded from deportation by Democrat-run Washington state’s insane sanctuary laws, swerved and struck the trooper’s cruiser from behind at 107 MPH. Santana’s car bounced back into the traffic lane, where he was then struck by a van carrying six people. The van’s driver suffered a broken wrist.
Benitez-Santana’s legal team attempted to get the entire case thrown out. They claimed that prosecutors acted contrary to Washington state’s sanctuary law by partnering with immigration officials on the case. The defense argued that by revealing Santana’s illegal status, the law was broken, and the whole case should be dismissed.
The judge didn’t agree and denied the request.
Benitez-Santana, who has been in the country illegally for a decade, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), was driving over 100 MPH. His defense team argued that when he when he hit the Gadd’s vehicle, it was dark and Gadd’s vehicle did not have its lights on, according to reports. They claim the trooper’s lights come on a second before Benitez-Santana slammed into him, killing him.
Prosecutors said that Benitez-Santana was reckless by driving in the passing lane of the freeway, regardless of any circumstances.
READ MORE at Breitbart.
Nolte: Lawyer for Illegal Alien Who Allegedly Killed Trooper Says ‘Not All Car Accidents Are Crimes’ https://t.co/Sk1ieGzzJG
— Steve Ferguson (@lsferguson) May 24, 2025
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