Saturday, September 20, 2014

There IS actually a time when the Stand Your Ground defense does not work in Texas.

Courtesy of Free Thought:  

On Friday, May 9, 2014, just after 5:30am in Killeen, Texas, Marvin Louis Guy was the target of a no knock raid. 

The officers were looking for drugs, yet none were found in the home. There was some questionable paraphernalia, but nothing indicative of drug dealing- or anything damning enough for a reasonable person to feel the need to take an officers life. 

Unfortunately the danger of no-knock raids is real. just ask the parents of baby Bou or the family of Detective Dinwiddie. 

Detective Dinwiddie was one of the SWAT officers who broke into Guy’s house on May 9th, based on a seemingly bogus informant tip off about drugs being dealt from the home. 

Likely alarmed by the men climbing through his windows at 5:30 in the morning, Guy and his wife sought to protect themselves and their property and fired on the intruders- in self defense. 

Dinwiddie, along with three other officers were shot while attempting to breach the windows to the home, according to the department’s press release.

Detective Dindiddie later succumbed to his injuries, and  now prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for capital murder, and three counts of attempted capital murder for firing on officers breaking into his house unannounced in the wee hours of the morning.

As of yet the NRA has not weighed in with support for Guy, nor have there been any 2nd Amendment protests outside the police station demonstrating that they believe this is a miscarriage of justice.

Why you may ask?

 Well this is Marvin Louis Guy. So you tell me.

And before you accuse me of playing the race card you need to know that this guy...

...also killed a police officer unannounced and the charges were dropped against him.

I know, probably just a coincidence right?

10 comments:

  1. Anonymous3:37 PM

    My heart breaks for Marvin Louis Guy. As for the cops he shot? Seriously, what did they THINK might happen?

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  2. Anonymous3:54 PM

    Ya know, not being a gun owner or lover of them, i think we have too damn many guns in the United States. But i understand the rights of hunters and also the right to defend oneself.

    I just wish our country wasn't so in love with guns and more in love with positive progress on helpful fronts.

    It's also really sad that one of our political parties n this country loves to fear monger which makes all this crap worse.

    It doesn't help that we have greedy mother f'ers who care only about their precious bottom line creating such income disparity.

    It's sad so many in our country have no trust or hope.

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    1. Anonymous4:08 PM

      There really isn't even any reason to hunt when there are grocery stores on every corner.

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  3. Anonymous3:57 PM

    Just TODAY I have read about SWAT teams raiding a Twitter users home. An Occupier's apartment and apparently some department used a SWAT team to serve an "administrative warrant." I believe that translates into a bench warrant. It has got to scare the shiz out of the people living in these homes and its dangerous for the police officers as we can all clearly see by this article. I think we should all head to France.

    TexasMel

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  4. Anonymous4:09 PM

    The white guy is tattooed and riding an ATV, what we'd call White Trash in my neck of the woods, yet white trash gets more of a pass than a black guy?

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  5. Terrible. And what are the odds the police would have killed Mr. Guy?

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  6. Anonymous5:22 PM

    Read both of these cases. Wow! This is just so messed up on so many levels. You can't have it both ways. Either it is okay for a homeowner to shoot an unannounced intruder, or it is not. If it ISN'T then the police shouldn't be using those tactics, unless in extreme situations. And even then, a capital murder charge is completely inappropriate. SMH

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    1. Anonymous7:14 PM

      It's very clear, white home owners can defend themselves but not us colored people. Do you need me to make it any clearer?

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  7. One has a baby and the other doesn't?

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  8. Anonymous4:42 AM

    The prosecutor in the second case DID charge the man with capital murder, but the grand jury failed to indict. He remains in jail on other charges. From what these articles indicate, the grand jury has not heard Mr. Guy's case, so we don't know yet if he will be indicted and actually have to go to trial.

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