Know what makes this state-sponsored murder a tragedy? It was clearly preventable.
Look, Dupnik's SWAT guys knew or should have known that Guerena was working. They knew or should have known that he had a wife and two children. They could have picked him up outside, executed a search warrant, and then methodically gone through the house. But no, they didn't.
Dupnik's SWAT team gets all hopped up on adrenaline, goes to a neighborhood where there is some drug activity, and tries to show it's power and its swagger by busting down some doors. So the Marine veteran was armed. Last time I read the constitution, he had that right. According to the link above, he did not fire his weapon. A deputy "mistakenly" thought he was fired upon.
Tucson KGUN’s Joel Waldman says the SWAT team prevented paramedics from going to work on Guerena for one hour and fourteen minutes.
The sheriff’s department maintains that Guerena was holding an AR-15 when the paramilitary force fired 71 bullets in his home, but other key parts of the government story have collapsed. While PCSD initially claimed Guerena fired the weapon he was alleged to have been holding, the department now says it was a misfire by one of the deputies that caused this deadly group panic inside a home containing a woman and a toddler:
A deputy's bullet struck the side of the doorway, causing chips of wood to fall on his shield. That prompted some members of the team to think the deputy had been shot, [PCSD spokesman Michael] O'Connor said.
And the worst part? They did not allow medical treatment for over an hour.
This is Kent State.
This is inexcusable.
Dupnik must be held responsible.
