Posted on 05/27/2011 3:03:59 PM PDT by The Magical Mischief Tour
A Marine who was fatally shot in his Arizona home earlier this month reportedly never fired upon the SWAT team that fired at him 70 times. Jose Guerena, a 26-year-old father of two and veteran of the Iraq war, died on May 5 in his home near Tucson, Ariz., during an anti-drug police raid. Authorities initially reported that they thought Guerena fired upon them, but an investigation revealed that no shots were fired, ABC News reports.
The SWAT team descended upon Guerena's home thinking it was one of four houses associated with a drug smuggling operation. But nothing illegal was found during a subsequent search of the residence.
Guerena’s wife, Vanessa, is determined to clear her husband’s good name. She said the couple's son continues to ask: "Is he a bad guy?"
The five SWAT team members remain on active duty. No criminal charges have been filed and no disciplinary action taken.
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Every member of that SWAT team who fired their guns should each be going to jail.That homeowner had every right to protect his home from someone he thought was breaking in.THis sort of thing has gone too far and needs to be stopped now.I don’t care what they might’ve thought he was doing entering anyones home like this when there could be innocent people inside is criminal.
Video of the SWAT raid. The SWAT lawyer is a liar btw. They knock and 7 seconds later they bust down the door. Then one of them sort of trips backwards and fire control goes out the window. Looks like panic by SWAT team killed Guerena. Bad shoot. JMHO <<
Before they knock on the door, you can hear one of them say “Bang bang bang.”
It was a big joke to them, I guess.
Statement of Vanessa Guerena’s (Widow by Tucson Swat Team) in .pdf (Part 1) http://bit.ly/j8VoG0 (Part 2) http://bit.ly/mGN5lB
Reports say he hit 60 times out of the 71 shots that were fired. Apparently, rounds went into the neighbors houses, which required additional searches.
That is not at all accurate. It does not say that "somebody from Guerena's Home" ran a license plate.
"According to Storie, several days before the shooting undercover officers in an unmarked car drove by Guerena's home to do surveillance, and 10 minutes after they drove by, they were alerted that their license plate had been run through the Motor Vehicle Division by someone they say followed the unmarked vehicle from Guerena's home."
That is an assumption. The article does not say that anyone from the Guerena home ran a license plate.
This is horrendous. Even on the front there were times our military saved the lives of the enemy after a battle. In Iraq, anyway.
Also, got an alert re: police not needing a warrant to enter anyone’s house. Is this legitimate?
http://www.conservativeactionalerts.com/blog_post/show/2654
http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/10pdf/09-1272.pdf
Here is a link to the decision - and yes it is true, they don’t need a warrant, under the exigent(sp?) (”urgent”)circumstances. That first started off as if someone was going to get killed, hurt, etc. they could break down a door to stop it. With the drug war it became “flush the drugs” down the toilet.
In the recently decided case, it means smelling pot from an apartment as you walk by(no warrant, and not to be confused with the apartment door next to it of course), knock on the door and announce yourself as “police”, and if you then hear “scurrying” noises - you can break down the door.
So - as long as you knock on the door and claim you heard “scurrying” noises - you’re good to go.
If the car came from Guerena's home, then it was somebody from Guerena's home.
The article doesn’t say that the car came from the Guerena’s home. It doesn’t say who ran the plate either.
9-11 was the catalyst that started all of this authoritarian BS and abuse by government and corporations. The roles and rights of citizens and been reversed to where we are now subservient to the institutions (be they corporate or government), that heretofore had the role of serving the people.
Today the police are not there as Jack Webb on Dragnet to protect and serve. Too many examples exist where they’ve become militarized aggressors. Even your bank is now encouraged to spy on you. We’ve become the Soviet Union. It is no,longer about left or right, it’s all about power for the few at the expense of the many and they use the war on terror as the rationale. I predict the days of an armed citizenry are numbered and they will play the terrorism card (to protect us) as the reason. The more new immigrants (illegal and legal) in the USA, and the poorer we become as a nation, the more docile the populace will become and accepting of losing these rights.
I accidentally heard Ron Paul’s speech in front of Congress on talk radio yesterday titled the Last Nail in the Coffin. It’s worth a listen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-olNr4UuVqY&feature=player_embedded#at=18
they were alerted that their license plate had been run through the Motor Vehicle Division by someone they say followed the unmarked vehicle from Guerena's home."
“...the unmarked vehicle (police car) from Guerena’s home.”
How would they know who ran the license plate? It sure wouldn’t have been someone in a car on the street.
Why not? People have Internet access on their phones now, and the AZ DMV would have no trouble logging an IP address to find out who it was.
Screw this stupid drug war that just gives a lot of people in law enforcement a lifetime pension and huge salary. Close the damn borders. I don’t know if decriminalizing drugs would work today, but I cannot imagine the colonialists having police come around and arresting people for drug usage or selling. Of course they were a more noble and moral people back then and the government was minimal, not huge and actually creating dependency.
You can’t run a license plate from the internet. Only a police officer can request a license plate check.
Under the Federal Privacy Act, the MVD in Arizona cannot release information on a license plate to anyone other than to law enforcement.
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