Are these indications of cover-up, or just poor reporting?
Earlier this week, Pima County Sheriff’s Department acknowledgeda SWAT raid where Tucson resident Jose Guerena was shot and killed during a multi-residence search warrant executed for an alleged home invasion ring.
Sergeant Bob Krygier, SWAT supervisor, said no SWAT entered the house, but that shooting commenced “about two or three seconds” after breaching the front door. [Page 3, line 39 of PDF document] Officers didn’t enter Guerena’s house until after sending in a robot to determine he was dead.
Reportedly, “about $100,000 in cash, marijuana and firearms were seized that morning from the four homes that were searched” that day.
However, in Guerena’s house, they recovered “a Colt .38-caliber handgun, paperwork, tax returns, insurance papers, bank statements and a bank card.” There’s no indication if these documents were Guerena’s or a robbery victim’s.
Krygier says they also found body armor [page 9, line 4] and “an AR15 type rifle.” [Page 8, line 32] Owning body armor is legal in Arizona.
When asked what Guerena was wearing when SWAT fired “80 to 100 rounds” [page 4, line 6] into the house, Krygier said: “he basically had a pair of boxer briefs on and that was it.” [Page 9, line 13]
Earlier, the Sheriff’s Department claimed to have found “a portion of a law-enforcement uniform inside the house.”
Krygier testified there was “a US Border Patrol hat in the garage.” [Page 9, line 8]
You can buy Border Patrol hats at Amazon.
The Sheriff’s Department “determined that Guerena did not fire at officers.”
There’s helmet-cam video of the stupidity over at Captain’s Journal…
http://www.captainsjournal.com/2011/05/27/the-jose-guerena-raid-a-demonstration-of-tactical-incompetence/#comment-47960
this isnt real is it?
is it just a reenactment?
The treachery of Dupnik’s office is staggering in this affair. Right after this heinous murder they tried to create the image of being greeted at the door by an AK-47 assault bearing, body armor wearing commando who possibly shot first. They also tried to create the image that marijuana and a huge amount of cash was found at his house in the raid. The truth is, several raids went on during the same operation, and it appears the money and loot was from other residences.
Sheriff Dupnik was the guy that spearheaded the “violent right wing rhetoric caused the shooting of Representative Gifford” meme – and he is part of a treasonous Leftist cabal that wants to marginalize and wreak violence on the Right at all costs.
BTW – whatever happened to that Michigan militia which faced mass arrest right after the Fort Hood shooting? Obama was doing the exact same thing – deflecting attention from real genuine security issues in order to attack your right wing enemies. The Left is willing to use murderous violence, which it then also blames on the right wing. Ruby Ridge, Waco, the Dupnik murder, the arrest of that militia… Who are the violent intolerant radicals again???
After viewing what was available from the helmet-cam and listening to the embedded audio it is my professional opinion [as a trained and experience LE supervisor]:
1. The team was ill-prepared for this operation
2. The team structure lacked operational discipline
3. One or more team member commenced firing without legal provocation, possibly accidentally.
4. Nowhere on the audio can be heard a “green light” to fire a weapon.
5. Based on the video alone, and NOT on the fatal outcome, the supervisor of the team needs to be immediately reassigned and sent to training; the team needs to be deactivated and members thoroughly analyzed for potential reassignment and/or retraining.
Moments before the shooting began this team could be seen laughing and joking around, not paying attention and being serious about preparing for the operation. EXAMPLE. At least three team members can be seen at various times with their hands apparently empty and their weapons slung across their backs. Were they just supposed to be observers?
In my view LE operations done contrary to accepted professional standards should disqualify team members from legal tort immunity and also subject team leader(s) to appropriate criminal charges.
I’ve watched a lot of cop movies and TV shows over the years, and this video shows that real life is very different. In the Hollywood version, when the cops break into your house they shout “Police!” a lot to warn you that they’re coming…obviously that’s a distortion.
No snark, just unfamiliar with this acronym.
What does LE stand for?
- Legal entry
- Legal execution
- Lethal encounter
… something else?
Law Enforcement?? At least that is what I thought
it meant.
Jan, I bet you’re right. I suspect I over-thought the possible meaning.
The real question is… who’s laws are they enforcing. Someone had to enforce Hitler’s and Mussolini’s laws, too.
I am really very unhappy about the militarization of police forces in this country. Especially when those police organizations appear to be heavily partisan and willing (eager) to engage in stalinist police intimidation tactics (Wisconsin) to support their political favorites. Or when they engage in legal murder, as it appears may be the case in Pima County.
So, what is the difference between Obama’s police state and, say, August Pinochet’s? Or (Raul) Castro’s? Matters of degree.
Two words: Negligent. Homicide.
But of course, no charges will be brought, even though the negligence is on full display in the helmet cam video.
Sadly, policing has evolved from from Protect and Serve to Dominate and Control.
Of course, R.C., that is exactly what Alinsky, Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, et al tought today’s leftists/socialists/progressives. Truth is never required to push forward their agenda.
Everyone from the sheriff on down needs to be unemployed and barred from working in law enforcement again.
Dupnik needs to be prevented from even being dog catcher.
Or collecting a pension. This dufus has done enough damage. Poster boy for what’s wrong with government.
I am amazed that these thug cops are not already in jail for murder. These pigs disgust me, I am filled with nothing but animosity and contempt for the murderers on the police force in AZ
Again, a lesson for me.
Assult though the ambush when the door gets kicked in. It is better to be tried by twelve, than buried by six.
Platoon Sgt. USMC
This Marine didn’t get that chance, did he?
It appears the Marine in question choose not to, and will now be buried by six. It also appears said Marine understood the individuals that broke down his door were law enforcement, so he left his weapon on safe.
Perhaps, it is safer to assume anyone breaking down a man’s door are not the good guys.
No. Look at the way they deployed. The answer is claymores.
Sounds like murder.
A nice semi-auto 7.62×51 would have ripped through those pigs’ body armor. Those SWAT pigs are one big target all lumped together at the door. They murdered a Marine plain and simple, whether he had a rifle in his hand or not. They did not clearly identify themselves, and the Marine had every right to attempt to defend his family.
One guy at the door and one guy on the flank = good buy SWAT Team.
Soooooooo, the suspect was wearing boxers, and was shot with 60 rounds, for being awakened from sleep and responding as a Marine is trained to, and the safety was still on?
Congratulations for shooting killing an innocent man! That is if we still give sway to the idea that you are not guilty until proven otherwise.Since they didn’t find a thing, we will assume that their excuse is…. What?
Ahhhh, but the police did exactly as they are supposed to so that they are in no danger of getting injured. “Officer safety first!”
“Batman” – It’s because thugs have shot cops wearing soft armor that the SWAT guys have on armor that will stop those rounds. Most also train (although there’s some bad tactics involved that I saw) for situations like the one you described so they cen defeat them. And they clearly IDed themselves on the tape, which is usually a bad idea, since then they have a chance to arm themselves.
I can only hope that Pajamas Media, Breitbart, Drudge, and all of us stay close to this case. I don’t think this one is a “righteous shoot.” ‘Been wrong before but the facts just don’t seem to be consistent with what the Tucson PD is saying which changes too frequently. In essence, they can’t keep their story consistent and straight. We are seeing too much of this…SWAT thugs acting like a bunch of frustrated spec ops wannabees. This Marine, Jose Guerena had no police record. The “intell” from the detectives tracked his movements,where, he worked, yada yada yada. The “take down” could have been much more discreet but no, the SWAT team was tired of “staying in garrison” eating donuts. I’m willing to bet, there are criminal penalties here that range from homicide to major civil rights violations and if guilty, these SWAT pigs need to have a new job making license plates.
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