Would a Michael Brown Incident at the Border See the Light of Day?

   What if you took a Michael Brown incident and placed it on the border, would the story even get told?
   Perhaps it would, at least some of the time, for it is reports in the media of lethal force that have led U.S. Customs and Border Protection to announce it will make its officers more accountable. Lethal-force incidents at the border haven't yielded a public outcry, but eyebrows have been raised.
   The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a suit on behalf of a mother of a teenager who reportedly lost his life to unwarranted use of deadly force, and ACLU reports there have been at least 29 lethal-force incidents since 2010. One wonders if there was an investigation of each of those cases. Were the officers placed on leave pending the outcomes, as is a practice in others police-innvolved shootings?
    Just 29 or so lethal-use-of-force incidents? One wonders if there have been others. If a Michael Brown incident happened at the border, would it even see the light of day, that it could be investigated to determine if it were justified? Could an officer too easily cover it up? On the border, there are no witnesses. It is easy to dispose of bodies. And, no one is waiting for a missing person to come home.