Dupnik: Raid stemmed from 20-mo. probe

Arizona Daily Star ^ | 6/1/2011 | Fernanda Echavarri

[arthurus]

It is all about public relations and Terror value.

[CPOSharky]

...officers with "certain talents" form the County SWAT team.

Looks like those "certain talents" do not include marksmanship. Over 70 rounds fired in a livingroom and 21 hits. Sheesh.

It's still MHO that most SWAT teams are just SEAL wannabee dressups.

[arthurus]

is this a case of politician covering up politician, or is this a case of the blue wall?

Yes.

[Fundamentally Fair]

Bingo.

[mmercier]

It is common practice for communists to use non local parties to execute action on desired targets.

The Chinese shuffle around military persons so repercussion from their ordered actions are not traceable to the family and home of those executing the action.

Been going on for a long time.

[arthurus]

He is a returned veteran and our Justice Department has fingered such people as dangerous and liable to revolutionary and criminal activities in its communications and information to all Law Enforcement agencies.

[Ratman83]

Now Tick, you know they are not invistegating themselves, only trying to CTA.

[farmguy]

That would make this “premeditated” murder.

[Brad from Tennessee]

According to Janet Napolitano veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan could represent a domestic terror threat. Sheriff Dupnik may have many other local veterans targeted. It was a DHS memo vaguely linking psychotic Jared Lee Loughner to some anti-alien website that Dupnik used to go on his partisan political rant after the Rep. Gifford shooting. That was another tragedy that might have been avoided had the sheriff been more competent.

[DeaconRed]

"Why are they not investigating this?"

They probably are - they don't need to let us know.
I am sure this Sheriff has a lot of legitimate complaints against his office.

[smokingfrog]

Thanks for the link.

[Mr Rogers]

“Officers also found high-end military gear and advanced weather protective clothing inside the storage locker, Kastigar said.”

I’ve been retired for several years. You could say the same about my closet. I have several canisters used for gas masks...couldn’t find them when I turned in my gear, and the folks at supply told me they were old enough not to worry about searching for - but what would my sheriff (I live in Pima County) say about it? That I was hoarding them for a visit from his SWAT team?

And I have two varieties of Goretex “advanced weather protective clothing” from my trip to Afghanistan. Wasn’t supposed to return them after use, but sure don’t use them much around Tucson. If I had a storage locker somewhere, they would be in it.

I also have a helmet that supply told me not to bother turning in...older model. What does that make me?

[Fido969]

Advanced weather-related clothing?

My God.

[Fido969]

Drip drip drip

Hmmm... Have you noticed that the info is coming out at just about the same pace it would take to manufacture it?

Just sayin'...

[Joe Boucher]

Cops acted as judge jury and executioner here.
It is happening all to often.
Too many swat crap teams every damn place that seem to escalate everything.

[Grunthor]

I wonder what kind of security Dupnik has? I mean, it would be a shame if someone like the cartels that this veteran “OBVIOUSLY” worked for were to decide to pay Dupnik a visit to have a “chat” about thier dealer being murdered.

It would also be a crying shame if someone else were to do it and the cartels get blamed for it. Since the police were ever so right in word and deed here, Guerena is clearly a bad guy, so why would the authorities ever THINK to blame anyone but the drug cartels?

Oh the twisted paths the mind can wander when it is awash in righteous anger.

[VeniVidiVici]

Sheriff Dupnik's approved "advanced weather protective clothing":

[VeniVidiVici]

Sheriff Dupnik's approved "advanced weather protective clothing":

[brityank]

Dupnik said. "There's a chance that our informant is going to get killed,"

I do believe that Dupnik just threatened his informant.
CI - be afraid ... be very afraid!

[Condor51]

Wow! Thanks for that link.
It's now bookmarked in my 'Law folder'

(not kidding, but very, very ironic)