Did Air Marshals lie about slain Hispanic passenger saying ‘I have a bomb’ last week?

Miami, Florida – According to Aztlan.Net, it now appears that Air Marshals slanted the facts about a mentally ill Hispanic passenger – Rigoberto Alpizar -- saying "I have a bomb" just before he was blasted with a gunshow at the Miami International Airport about a week ago. Now here are eyewitnesses that claim the Air Marshals took an extreme posture and over-reacted when dealing with a “Middle Eastern looking passenger” who was merely experiencing a "fear of flying" panic condition.

The victim, Alpizar, according to his wife who accompanied him, had a bi-polar medical condition and had ran out of his medications during the trip. The publication cited above reads: “While waiting for the airplane to take off on the next leg of the American Airline flight, Mr. Alpizar panicked and wanted to get off the airplane. He started to run down the isle towards the door when two Air Marshals confronted him. Instead of subduing him physically, they went for their guns and shot him five or six times. In order to justify the shooting, the Air Marshals appear to have lied about Mr. Alpizar saying that he had a bomb. No passenger witnesses have come forward saying that they heard Mr. Alpizar yell ‘I have a bomb.’”

Witnesses soon after the incident shared that Alpizar's wife tried to tell fellow passengers and Air Marshals that her husband suffered from the mentioned bi-polar disorder. "I did hear the lady say her husband was bipolar and had not had his medication," said Mary Gardner, a passenger.

The publication cited also adds: “Accounts by other passengers suggest that Alpizar began behaving strangely before he was challenged by the Air Marshals. ‘He didn't look stable,’ said fellow passenger John McAlhany. Mr. McAlhany added that they put a gun to the back of his head and ordered: ‘Put your hands on the seat'. That was more scary than anything else," passenger John McAlhany said. ‘'I don't know if they shot an innocent man or not. I don't think he was armed or had a bomb. I think he had a mental illness,’ Mr. McAlhany added. "I don't think they really had to shoot him,’ Mr. McAlhany concluded.”

Aztlan.Net concludes: “There have now been numerous abuses of Arabs, Blacks and Latinos by Air Marshals but none have ended in a shooting tragedy. The fact is that people of color are in more danger from Whites, usually veterans of the Iraq War, Air Marshals might be more dangerous this population group than from actual terrorists. Many of the Air Marshals, some who are mentally unstable themselves because of war experiences, have been trained to shoot first and ask questions later. Under these circumstance, Latinos, Middle Easterners and other people of color are in dire danger when flying as passengers on American airlines.”