Posted on 08/12/2011 11:58:58 PM PDT by chulaivn66
The attorney representing Vanessa Guerena filed a twenty-million dollar lawsuit today naming all of the agencies whose members participated in the SWAT raid, Pima County and the several agencies employing them and Sheriff Clarence Dupnik. See the filing PDF link at KOLD.COM for the listing of names and agencies involved in the filing.
Chris Scileppi, the attorney called the raid needless and in a report shown on KOLD TV channel 13 Tucson, a tape ran showing Mrs. Guerena at the door of the home, approached by SWAT members and dragged from the doorway across the gravel front yard after tripping on a dropped ballistic shield. Later in the tape her son was shown walking out of the doorway.
•Scilleppi also called the investigation one of “bad faith” and fraught with “gross negligence”. Again refer to the PDF for specific details.
•Scilleppi also stated that the SWAT team had been advised that Guerena was to be considered “armed and dangerous".
Jose Guerena was the subject of a SWAT raid on his home May 5, 2011 during which he was shot and killed when he alledgedly pointed a AR-15 rifle at the SWAT team upon their entry. His wife, Vanessa Guerena and his four yoer old son were at home at the time.
Guerena was struck by shots fired by the deputies twent-two times out of sevety-one rounds fired and was not approached, examined or treated for his wounds for one hour fourteen minutes.
An investigation by the Pima COUNTY District Attorney's office has cleared the officers involved of ant wrong doing criminally.
The claim which was filed today gives those named until Sepembr 9, 2011 to respond, settle the claim, or face a lawsuit.
The copy and paste version to reach the PDF of the filing is below.
http://ftpcontent.worldnow.com/kold/web/Notice%20of%20Claim%20-%20Guerena.pdf
Look who is in charge. A political hack. I don’t understand how this man still has a job after his national debut as an idiot.
Don’t mind the old and slow but the English and spelling here are brutal.
>> Later in the tape her son was shown walking out of the doorway.
The bastards executed the boys father within steps of his young life.
We deserve smarter, higher skilled professionals.
Kind of like asking my mother if I've eve done anything wrong.
These raids are nothing more than target practice.
they need to end.
American lives are being needesly wasted on Roid Head Raids.
I hope she gets the $20,000,000 plus attorney fees.
It’s a damn shame everyone involved in this murder will not spend many years in prison in gen/pop.
Good. F hope the jury awards her double that.
They should fire the cops, forfeit their pensions and then make each cop involved, shift commander and city manager/council PERSOANLLY liable for civil suit.
Just a bunch of wannabe, donut munching, steroid using, balaclava wearing poser special operators.
They should go to these cops’ houses, knock very lightly on the door and then blaze away until their gun-barrels melt.
/pissed off
Part of the problem is that cash awards alone don't deter police misconduct. The awards are paid by the taxpayers or by the towns' insurance company and then the taxpayers through higher premiums. Unless penalties are directly against the police and city officials, there is no real deterrent.
Yes and no. Usually what happens when a lawsuit is successful the agencies involved and those that are in the area, tighten up their procedures, regulations, operation manuals, etc.
Well, well. If it’s not the drunk Dupnik himself.
Federal charges are more than likely, civil rights violation.
I watched the video that was released. One of these Mary Mallninjas was wearing a white feather in his hat, copying Gunnery Sargent Hathcock. I suspect the gunny would, if he were still with us, take this goober’s feather away.
I hope Carlos Hathcock haunts that bastard til the day he dies.
Isn’t this where the US Attorney is covering up the gun running by the BATF and FBI?
If so I doubt the corrupt SOB will do the right thing here either.
The authorities who send swat teams like this, are gaming. They are upping their chances of removing someone without the obstacles of due process, which in this case would never have led to the death of the accused.
Make it war and you can still kill somebody.
They are gaming and will not be defeated by lawful processes. They find themselves not at fault procedurally, not guilty criminally, and when civil juries make them pay, they pay with taxpayer loot.
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