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| El Monte Officer Is Exonerated in Fatal Drug Raid |
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Posted by FoM on October 26, 2001 at 16:16:34 PT By Richard Winton, Times Staff Writer Source: Los Angeles Times 
Federal and Los Angeles County officials have decided not to prosecute an El Monte police officer who fatally shot a 65-year-old man in the back during a 1999 narcotics raid in Compton.Federal prosecutors concluded there was insufficient evidence that Sgt. George Hopkins violated Mario Paz's civil rights when he shot him as he was kneeling beside his bed, according to a U.S. Department of Justice letter released by El Monte officials this week. Snipped Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help |
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| Comment #5 posted by dddd on October 27, 2001 at 00:04:59 PT |
| ..at least this wont happen again......Next time,,,all they will have to do is say that Paz was involved with terrorist activities,and the case will be closedddd [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #4 posted by Extreme on October 26, 2001 at 22:40:11 PT |
| The officers came in an old mans bedroom, and saw him leaning over. They had enough time to tell him to put his hands in the air, in 2 languages, and then his elderly wife touched the officers leg(was she told to kiss the floor or die?) and scare him so badly that his trigger happy finger went off as the old mans hand was about to raise. With 13 men that entered the house, NOT ONE PULLED THE MAN BACK OR WENT TO GRAB HIS ARM! Shoot first, plant the gun later. A county prosecutor, in a separate report, went further, stating that Hopkins "acted lawfully in self-defense" ------------------------------------------------------- 2 stories 1. Lt. Craig Sperry told investigators that when he entered the room he saw Paz wounded on the floor, his left hand inside a dresser drawer that contained a .22-caliber semiautomatic handgun, concealed by clothes. 2. Paz was pulling his arm from underneath the mattress and Hopkins said he saw something shiny. Fearing it was a gun, Hopkins said, he fired a burst from his MP-5 submachine gun. *How many shots in the arm would it take to kill a person?* --------------------------------------------------------- "A police officer does not need to wait to see a gun to defend themselves." ---all they need is a warrant, the rest is incidental. [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #3 posted by freedom fighter on October 26, 2001 at 22:39:47 PT |
| (Mr. Ramirez is being charge with crime against humanity. There will be no trail, he will not be permit to have a lawyer to defend his guilt. Only proper sentence for this lawyer is a bullet behind his head. His family will pay for the bullet.) Eugene P. Ramirez, the city's lawyer, said the local and federal findings bolster the city's position that the shooting was justified. "People, once they see these reports, will understand El Monte police did not screw up as some have tried to suggest," he said. "A police officer does not need to wait to see a gun to defend themselves." ff [ Post Comment ] |
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Comment #2 posted by lookinside on October 26, 2001 at 17:55:09 PT:
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| that *sshole cop brags about it at the slop trough... [ Post Comment ] |
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Comment #1 posted by lookinside on October 26, 2001 at 17:51:48 PT:
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| every phone and power pole in the U.S. should be decorated with a dangling cop, lawyer, or judge...they are all members of a conspiracy to violate our civil rights, and kill us if we don't accept their trespasses willingly... [ Post Comment ] |
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