Liberals love to snicker about paranoid conservatives and “gun nuts” who believe a tyrannical government could turn against them someday. Although the Constitution warns about this danger, it’s treated like a right-wing conspiracy theory.
But maybe this chilling story will make liberals sit up and rethink that notion: Texas wants to execute a man who shot a SWAT Team member he mistakenly believed was a home invader. (H/T: Reason.com)
It all began when Texas police decided to raid the home of Marvin Louis Guy, looking for narcotics. They executed the search warrant at 5:30 AM and entered Guy’s house without knocking. Understandably, Guy thought they were intruders and opened fire, killing a police detective and injuring three others.
There were no drugs in the home.
A police informant apparently told them there were bags of cocaine inside the house, which sounds a lot like another familiar drug raid in Virginia that got an officer killed.
The Virginia case ended with Ryan Frederick in prison for 10 years despite his insistence he thought he was defending himself against in home intruders. He may end up lucky compared to Guy. Prosecutors in Texas are going to seek the death penalty against him. KWTX offers a dreadfully written summary that says next to nothing about the circumstances of the raid but gives Dinwiddie’s whole life story. Guy faces three additional charges of attempted capital murder for shooting the other officers. The story mentions the no-knock raid but fails to explain why it happened or the failure to find any drugs.
A search for Guy in the jail inmate locator for Bell County, Texas, shows that he is being charged only for the shootings. There are no drug-related charges listed. He is being held on a bond totaling $4.5 million.
A Facebook friend shared this story and asked, “Where’s Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton?” Although Jackson and Sharpton are billed as “civil rights leaders,” they tend to show up wherever the TV cameras go. They choose their “civil rights” battles on the basis of how much air time is in it for them. It’s also likely that liberals are willfully ignoring this story, because it would require siding with a law-abiding gun owner being persecuted for defending himself.
The Michael Brown case received weeks of round-the-clock news coverage as protestors looted and attacked police. Where are the rallies for Marvin Louis Guy?
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This is one event that I would term a racially-prejudiced event.
Reminds one of the occupancy of the Texas governorship by one, George W. Bush, known for war crimes.
He is the only person ever, who has moved from membership in a druggy cult family into a governorship.
This, after 17 members of his druggy cult family were sacrificially murdered and skinned, while he disappeared for 3 days. Upon his un-disappearance, he could not recall the 3 days. Texas authority investigated the possibility of his involvement in the sacrificial murders, until his daddy, George Sr. told TX authority to stop. Imagine. The daddy of a possible 17 murder involvement son, being able to stop TX authority from investigating the murders of 17 texans? Nor has the Bush subterfuge stopped. And the Bush family continue to rule Texas? And, have added Florida to the list ?
Mr. Guy should be released and the swat team investigated in this matter. Most of us would shoot anyone invading our home. This is NOT justice and Texas needs to rethink this one or else lose all credibility. This is not the conservative way. The police was in the wrong here.
“No-knock raid” means undelivered warrant – in turn means illegal. If they don’t declare they are police anyone inside the dwelling must assume they are the target of a home invasion, or break in and well within their legal rights to defend themselves. Anyone participating in a home invasion, or break in in any form; should they end up dead, or merely shot to pieces has no one but themselves to blame. Carrying a badge should require some common sense, if I want my badge to protect me and what I do I should at the minimum announce who I am and what business I have at this location; otherwise all I could charge anyone with is not being able to be a mind-reader.
My Home is my Castle ………….. !
My Home is MY Castle – Do not enter ! ! !
Ridiculous! They should have checked out the information before they decided to go banging down this guys door. I wish I was on the jury. He’d be free. 4.5 million dolls for bail…really? What planet I’d Texas on? Bunchof idiots.
I mean seriously, kick in my door. Then come charging in, in the dark, with guns drawn? Not identifying yourself?
That’s just begging and pleading for someone to be shot.
No-Knock raids should be illegal. In ANY state.
How the heck are you supposed to know who it is kicking your door, just shocked out of sleep at 5:30 am?
Between 3:30am and 5:30am seems to be Police Raid Prime Time.
Tactically sound, Armies been doing “dawn attacks” for centuries.
Problem is that we are not “The Enemy”.
We are citizens.
No-Knock raids should indeed be illegal. Even if the guy had a record and the gun was not legal he should be charged with nothing more than having the firearm. Kick in my door and you will be met by bullets AND a pit bull! And if you shoot her I’ll shoot you!!! Police have the responsibility to identify who they are, always!!!
Need more info , was he a lawful gun owner ? If so ( in Texas that means No felonies ) not guilty is the only verdict they can give . that is the problem with the miss use of NO Knock Warrants . and most of the time they kill the home owner just for legally having a gun in his hand, and not pointing it at police . and no charges on the Police and nothing illegal found . No Knock have become legalized murder passes
It’s the police’s damn responsibility to say “POLICE, OPEN UP!” before they bust down an innocent man’s door and storm in based on circumstantial evidence. Once again more jerks that think they are in the right because of a badge pinned to their shirt.
I pray for his acquittal. The officers got what they were begging for.
If this is all true, then this is way out of line and just completely unjustified! I am a proud Texan but even I have to admit sometimes we make terrible decisions.
give idiots and over zealous control freaks a gun & a badge and just TURN EM’ LOOSE on SOCIETY. Just like the made up crap of Ruby Ridge and Waco Texas. The innocent die and the guilty government “agent” go free. Even get a merit badge fir making up the best lie.
Texas of course!