that was sickening
Why in hell didn’t they get a warrant if they were going to stake out their house?
“ On April 14, four young men got into an argument with the two brothers near a pizza parlor at First Street and Gettysburg Avenue in central Fresno. As the four young men drove off, one of the two teens fired a handgun at the car as it drove south on First Street.
“According to the FPD, none of the shots struck either the driver or the three other passengers, but gunshots did hit the car,” the lawsuit says. The gunfire caused the car to crash into a tree, killing the driver, Ybarra. His three passengers were taken to the hospital.
The next day, the Street Violence Bureau staked out a house on the 500 block of East San Bruno Avenue near Fresno Street and Barstow Avenue, where the two brothers lived. The lawsuit says the Street Violence Bureau is a tactical team of of plainclothes officers who engages in aggressive, proactive policing.
The lawsuit says police did not enter the home because they did not have an arrest warrant or a search warrant.
Murrietta-Golding was 5-feet-4-inches tall and 109 pounds. As he ran from police, his loose-fitting pants or shorts fell down. He may have reached with his left hand to pull up his clothing or glanced backward to see Villalvazo, the lawsuit says, but “no reasonable officer would have interpreted either movement as posing an immediate threat to anyone’s safety.”
Wounded and laying on the ground, Murrietta-Golding needed urgent medical care. Instead, Villalvazo and the other officers frisked and handcuffed Murrietta-Golding, the lawsuit says. Several minutes passed before Villlvazo and the others sought first aid for Murrietta-Golding., the lawsuit says.
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