Who killed Suzie Marie Pena?

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 8/14/5 | Debra J. Saunders

[SmithL]

WHY would anyone want to become a police officer when even self- defense is now deemed "excessive force" and "racist?"

Those charges have been hurled at Los Angeles police officers, who, on July 10, shot to death 19-month-old Suzie Marie Pena -- because her father Jose Raul Pena held the child as a human shield as he fired a stolen semiautomatic handgun toward police.

Pena had wounded one officer during a 2 1/2-hour standoff. What's more, police had managed to rescue Suzie Marie's 17-year-old sister, who had called the police because Pena was threatening her, and he did fire his gun toward her.

Were the police supposed to wait until Pena killed one of them before they stormed into the auto repair shop office?

Of course, the baby's death is a tragedy for her, as well as her mother, sister and brothers. It is also a tragedy for the police who shot at Pena and the child. (Police say they can't determine which officer fired the shot that killed the toddler.)

Still, Police Chief William J. Bratton has been clear that all fault lies with the father -- "a cold-blooded killer," who doomed his baby girl when he used her as a human shield while continuing to fire at the authorities.

As a nearby business owner confirmed to the Los Angeles Times, "The guy was shooting at (police) all the time. Bullets were pinging off cars. ... This guy was no innocent bystander."

Lawyers for the baby's mother, Lorena Lopez, demanded a federal investigation. Demonstrations followed. U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Los Angeles, issued a statement in which she wondered why professional sharpshooters "could not have disabled this supposed crazy and confused man."

Last week, the FBI announced it had launched a probe into the shooting.

[SmithL]

Debra has it exactly right!

[CGASMIA68]

U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters

So sorry he wasnt using Maxine as a shield,we all would be Mo bettah off.....

[joesnuffy]

Yes...even scumbag illegal alien invading narco terrorist gang members have kids...

Some are so low as to involve their own little ones in their filth and crime

Much the same way Islamo-fascists encourage their own children to strap on explosives and then kill themselves and the children of those they are consumed with hatred for...

This kind of thing has been with humans forever...our government once protected naive Americans from the harsh reality the rest of the world lives under..

It has now come to America thanks to open borders and their advocates

Thank BayouGeorge and all the rest of our so called politican-leaders

imo

[CAWats]

This kind of thing has been with humans forever...our government once protected naive Americans from the harsh reality the rest of the world lives under..

Very well said.

[ozarkgirl]

(Police say they can't determine which officer fired the shot that killed the toddler.)

This is the best line in that story. I was so afraid this person who fired the shot would spend the rest of his/her life in horror of what happened. I had hoped if they did find out, they wouldn't tell that person, I couldn't see any gain in it. The child is dead at the hands of her father.

[EagleUSA]

*** YES, JUST ANOTHER ILLEGAL, CRIMINAL, SCUMBAG, FILTHY IMMIGRANT DOING A JOB AMERICANS DON'T WANT TO DO ***

Send a copy of this to the White House -- and Thank You Washington, DC for supporting these filthy criminals.

[CAWats]

Demonstrations followed. U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Los Angeles, issued a statement in which she wondered why professional sharpshooters "could not have disabled this supposed crazy and confused man."


Maxine Waters is a total idiot. When bullets are flying and the Adrenalin is off the charts, all bets are off.

[Popman]

could not have disabled this supposed crazy and confused man."

Supposed???

I'd love to hear Maxine Waters definition of "crazy and confused", if it's not shooting at police while holding your infant daughter as a shield.

Isn't she the one who thought we planted a American flag on Mars???

[Popman]

Lopez blames the LAPD for her child's death. "The police killed my daughter. I want justice." But her anger is misdirected. Lopez can't get justice from a dead man, and if she wants to assign blame, she might look at her choice in men.

Ouch' that's going to leave a mark

[Not now, Not ever!]

Isn't she the one who thought we planted a American flag on Mars???

Nope, around here she is known as "Kerosene maxine" for yelling "No justice, no Peace" Thereby egging on the rotney king riots, I think you are recalling sheila jacka$$ lee.

[Old Seadog]

Maxine Waters with some other a-hole.

[PLMerite]

"Were the police supposed to wait until Pena killed one of them before they stormed into the auto repair shop office?"

I guess they could have just driven some tanks through the place and killed both of them; that seems to be the accepted gov't response to hostage situations.

This still sounds like very bad planning and/or shooting on the part of the police brass or the snipers.

If the guy was not directly threatening to shoot the girl himself, the only thing she was in danger from was the police.

[rdcorso]

The mother wants to blame the city and police officers because they have money and her dead loser boyfriend doesn't.If not for the actions of the mother's boyfriend the child would still be alive.