CIA operative charged in parking spot fight

Pakistani security officials escort Raymond Allen Davis, a U.S., center, to a local court in Lahore, Pakistan, Jan. 28, 2011. / AP Photo/Hamza Ahmed

HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. - A CIA contractor freed by Pakistani authorities after the families of two men he killed in a shootout agreed to accept a $2.34 million "blood money" payment was charged Saturday in Colorado, with authorities saying he got into a fight over a shopping center parking spot.

Deputies responding to an altercation between two men outside an Einstein Bagel in Highlands Ranch, south of Denver, took Raymond Davis into custody Saturday morning, said Douglas County Sheriff's Lt. Glenn Peitzmeier. He was charged with third-degree assault and disorderly conduct, both misdemeanors.

Further details on his arrest, which was first reported by KMGH-TV Channel 7 in Denver, were not immediately available.

Peitzmeier said the victim, who was not identified, refused medical treatment at the scene. Davis was freed from the Douglas County jail after posting bond, Peitzmeier said.

In January, Davis said he shot two Pakistani men who tried to rob him in Lahore. The case enraged many in the country, where anti-American sentiment runs high.

The U.S. insisted Davis had immunity from prosecution, but he was not released until March 16 under a deal that compensated the victims' families, who agreed to accept "blood money" under Islamic tradition. Pakistan's security agencies came under intense domestic criticism for freeing him.

The agreement, nearly seven weeks after the shootings, ended the dispute that had strained ties between the United States and Pakistan.

[bankersvox]

So what ?? This is not news.

[mryoubrian]

If this guy "loses control" over a parking spot to the point he injures another human being than it is well past time to get him off the job.

This incident makes e really asks whether he killed 2 people because they were robbing him or he is just out of control with a God complex.

Either way he should be removed from duty immediately and forced in for therapy.

[cattiej]

What about all the drugs that Pakistan are sending into our country? I don't care about this guy but I do care that we pay Pakistan billions of dollars a year and they in return send drugs over here to inslave people of America who are so weak of heart and mind that they buy this cr**!

[Clark Nova]

Was it our tax money that bought him out of jail? Wasted money, if you ask me. A CIA loose cannon like this needs to be sent on one of those 'special' missions that no one comes back from.

[Samlv]

You have no idea what you're talking about. You and I are lucky these people exist and do things they cannot speak of in order to protect us. Cut the guy some slack.

[jumkey]

Samlv

Beating people up over a parking spot is protecting us?

Maybe you should get beat up, and then when you call a cop we can say "**** and cut the guy some slack".

[CBS_CEO]

Davis has rage issues and PTSD. He needs a time out.