I don't know what the answer is here all I know is this kind of thing is and has been happening all over the country for quite some time even years. Sadly not just by swat but by regular police officers as well..The shoot first ask questions later mentality, is a major problem, the lying, and the covering up of these things are becoming ramped and if we are to survive as a free country it needs to stop. We need to be safe and secure in our homes and private areas yes, but the questions is becoming from whom invaders or police enforcement it sure seems like both........There should be no line crossed this is tyranny pure and simple. Who are these people that call themselves swat and police officers who think it is justified to enter peoples homes by force and/or by shooting there way in? Are these so called people Americans working for the security of our citizens, cities, towns and country? Who pays them here? Do they work for us or some one else???? They shoot someone and get paid leave...paid leave???? Sounds like a paid vacations at our expense either in taxes or celebration of someones death...My opinion of course but to me it borders on disgusting behavior by civil servants of the public. Where is the protect and serve???? The Oath they took have they forgotten...

This incidents is from Arizona, but we all know how many of these things have happened and it is all over our Country....justified or unjustified...they all become justified... No wonder they want to stop you from recording and vidio taping these things....Don't get me wrong there are bad people out there but ......I'm just saying.



by Kaiser Leib | June 5th, 2011

Editor’s note: This is the first guest post from Jim March, who may be reached for comment at 1.jim.march@gmail.com in addition to the comments section here. - KL
Further Information: The Arizona Daily Star has released a PDF of the affidavit in support of the search warrant which led to the shooting.



Executive Summary:

On Memorial Day, May 30th 2011, I attended a rally and set of speeches surrounding the shooting of recent Iraq-war returnee Jose Guerena, USMC. The Oath Keepers were the primary sponsors but to their credit didn’t try and dominate the proceedings, which included everything from a Code Pink contingent to Guerena family members and supporters and generally interested members of the community. What I learned there and in study of the available data suggests serious problems at all levels: horrible policy decisions beforehand, a grossly mis-managed raid and an appearance of a cover-up after the fact. Throughout this article, I will try and portray the facts available in the best possible light for the law enforcement officers and managers involved.

As we’ll see, even when we try and do that, the resulting implications vary from disgusting to terrifying.

First, before reading this, I urge you to study the available video footage of the shooting scene at least twice:


Preliminary conclusions:

In my study of the actual shooting location and the video footage Pima County has made available to date, I have reason to think that the footage is incomplete. At a minimum, one of the deputies who was actually shooting had a helmet cam as one of two visible “donglesâ€