Man Shoots At Intruders, Turns Out It Was The Police

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Man Shoots At Intruders, Turns Out It Was A No-Knock Raid. Now He Faces The Death Penalty

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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.

“The TRU was beginning to breach the window when the 49 year old male inside, opened fire striking four officers.”

Since the shooting occurred during the break in, a reasonable person would assume they had not yet identified themselves as police officers. How on earth is this not self defense?

Prosecutors are now seeking the death penalty against Guy. He is charged with capital murder in Dinwiddie’s death, as well as three counts of attempted capital murder for firing on the other officers during the shootout, injuring one other officer. Body armor protected others who were hit.

This announcement, given by the prosecutor in open court, comes one day after Governor Rick Perry presented Dinwiddie’s family with the Star of Texas award. This award is given out each year to police and first responders killed or injured in the line of duty, the Killeen Daily Herald reported.

Let’s flash back to December, in Texas, for a moment.

On December 19, also just before 6am, Burleson County Sgt. Adam Sowders, led a team in a no-knock marijuana raid on Henry Goedrich Magee’s mobile home in Somerville.

Also startled by these intruders, Magee opened fire, fearing for the safety of himself and his then pregnant girlfriend.

Sowders was unfortunately killed among the chaos.

In February, just a few months before the fateful raid in Killeen, all charges against Magee were dropped when a Texas grand jury refused to indict, based on them believing he feared for his safety and that this was a reasonable act of self defense.

With such similar circumstances and such intensely opposite repercussions one cant help but try to find the differences.

Most obvious? Guy is black and Magee is white.

Also, take note of the difference in photos used in the press.

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Self defense is a right for all, and no knock raids not only pose a danger to dogs, children, and communities in general- but officers as well. Maybe its time to re-think that strategy.

We need to end the war on drugs and put an end to this violence.

Estimates show that the total number of SWAT deployments across the country has increased from a few hundred per year in the 1970s, to a few thousand per year in the 80s, and in 2010, the Washington Times reported estimates being as high as 50,000 per year.

Many of these are for nonviolent misdemeanor drug offenses, not big time drug kingpins. Should we really be risking lives of citizens and officers, over what someone chooses to put into their own body?

 

I read about this story last week and my opinion hasn't changed. These charges are RIDICULOUS!
The man had every 2nd Amendment Right to defend himself and his castle.

Common sense seems to be lost on these raids. This no-knock tactic needs to be disbanded immediately because no officers life is worth losing over drugs. Not to mention sometimes they get the address wrong.
Or erroneous informant information.
Unless they are dealing with a violent armed murderer, SWAT needs to shine the flood lights, aggressively identify themselves, battery ram the door, do whatever they do that has worked for decades.

 

I do not feel sorry for Detective Dinwiddie, I do feel sorry for Marvin Guy because he now faces a fight for his life in a Texas Court especially after Governor Rick Perry presented Dinwiddie’s family with the Star of Texas award. It seems that they State of Texas has already tried and convicted this man before his trial has even started. There are two laws in this nation, one for them (freedom) and one for "Just us" (incarceration). "No knock raids" should be illegal in all states especially when the are from "informants." Informants will make up things just to get paid or to have their sentences reduced. The State of Texas should be a shame of themselves. *SMH*

 

I agree to make it worse. If they had announced themselves, this man would be alive today.

 

yeah no man who isnt a fugative or suicidal/homicidal is going to deliberately shoot at SWAT.
l really cant see a conviction here. Shameful they even are putting this man through this. My heart goes out to the officer just doing his job but whiever implemented this procedure has blood on thier hands too.

 

U answered my question i was thinking....was he wanted or something? It doesnt seem that way.

 

This is an open and shut case, if this man isn't cleared of all charges, man. I wouldn't be surprised, but what would be worse him getting convicted of this charge, or a lot of us not surprised.

 

Unfortunately, this is a Black man going against the AmeriKKKan judicial system, they will try their hardest to put him in prison.

 

If his case gets enough attention he'll have good grounds for lawsuit. They purposely creating tension now. Lord I pray this work visa comes through then I'm out,

 

You ain't going no where, when the other country sees who's applying they'll deny you and charge a huge fee cause it's you.


Where tryna go, back to Africa where they "love" you? Lol

 

That nigga was lookin at the death penalty from the moment the trigger happy police rolled up outside his crib

They was going to cap his ass for resisting arrest or have him shoot himself in the head while handcuffed

Let's be real

Take your soft ass somewhere else then

We don't need weak toms like you anyway

 

They sure as hell don't love him here.

 

Got family in the country already willing to sponsor me homie and contrary to the brainwashing of this sinking ship we call a country not every person on earth hates people with darker skin.

 

Dueces, hope you have fun in Philly as they burn that shit down lol

 

Google black Wall Street Tulsa Oklahoma when u get a chance

Real history right there that they will NEVER teach in school

I think it's fun tho being black at this point in time, with social media everywhere

It feels like we are on the cusp of major change in society

Look how the police in ferguson went from doing whatever they wanted, to being forced to wear cameras and all that

 

You ain't lying my dude, read about it recently and it's fucking sad. It's like there is a true effort in this country to keep black people down at all costs

 

Blacks can be extraordinary when we come together

Don't be fooled

Fun fact. Ferguson MO had ZERO homicides on the year before mike brown murder. Don't let that trash about all black areas being war zones get to you because some weak ass mothafuckas pimping Chicago crime stats left and right

 

co-signs

If Blacks learn how to practice group economics and support Black owned businesses we will be prosperous.

 

Which is ironic since we did have a strong sense of unity and group support when we were segregated and facing an oppressive regime. We had our own towns, hospitals, banks, etc.

Integration was good on some fronts, but bad on the others. We literally sold ourselves out.

 

it's a shame