Posted on 02/18/2014 11:24:16 PM PST by chessplayer
How did an 80-year-old man end up shot to death in his own bed by Los Angeles County deputy sheriffs? Reason’s Zach Weissmuller takes an in-depth look at the death of Eugene Mallory, who died in a hail of bullets triggered by supposedly challenging the deputies with a gun in the hallway of his own home during a meth raid. Only Mallory didn’t get shot in the hallway — he got shot in his bedroom, and the bullets came before the deputy warned him to put his gun down. Did Mallory pick up the gun at all? And what were deputies doing by raiding the house in the first place? Mallory’s widow wants answers:
Deputies approached the house, and what happened next is where things get murky. The deputies said they announced their presence upon entering and were met in the hallway by the 80-year-old man, wielding a gun and stumbling towards them. The deputies later changed the story when the massive bloodstains on Mallory’s mattress indicated to investigators that he’d most likely been in bed at the time of the shooting. Investigators also found that an audio recording of the incident revealed a discrepancy in the deputies’ original narrative:
Before listening to the audio recording, [Sgt. John] Bones believed that he told Mallory to “Drop the gun” prior to the shooting. The recording revealed, however, that his commands to “Drop the gun” occurred immediately AFTER the shooting.
When it was all over, Eugene Mallory died of six gunshot wounds from Sgt. John Bones’ MP-5 9mm submachine gun. When a coroner arrived, he found the loaded .22 caliber pistol the two deputies claimed Mallory had pointed at them ON THE BEDSIDE TABLE.
Mallory had not fired a single shot. The raid turned up no evidence of methamphetamine on the property.
The raid was conducted on the strength of a confidential informant and an investigator who claimed to have detected a “strong chemical odor” while downwind of the house. That apparently justified a military-style raid on the property, even though Mallory had no criminal history, let alone any indication of violence.
“The deputies later changed the story when the massive bloodstains on Mallory’s mattress indicated to investigators that he’d most likely been in bed at the time of the shooting.”
They’ll do anything to justify their violent tendencies.
>Cops, conf informant, judge that signed warrant should all be charged with murder.
And locked up for life.
My best guess would be, absolutely. The police scrambled to cover their butts.
I think you have some rookie punk who wanted to shoot somebody to see
what it feeeels like. And to also get attention from people in an attempt for others
to feel sorry for him because he had to do it. This isn't about the innocent elderly man,
this is about a murderer wearing a uniform to get away with Murder.
/imo
How about the police state boot lickers like alaskawolf?
Sure, give a pm and I’ll give you some better ones for future references. FR, to be sure, does have its police state fans - provided the police state is only setting its sights on people they deem not “moral” enough for them.
One of these days...there will be cops getting their brains blown out in a raid like this...and no jury will convict the armed citizen using self defense
I agree. With all the gun sales and carry laws of the last several years the populace should be sufficiently armed to deter crime without the need for large police forces. There should be corresponding dividend in reduction of LEOs and taxes.
BFLR
Too many idiots given responsibilities they don’t deserve.
...another INNOCENT American gunned down in his OWN home by the police.
What was the dog's name?
Over armed pumped up testosterone/adrenaline lased cops, plus poor investigative ground work leads to these kinds of tragedies too often today. They not only had the wrong house to swat, they went in with sub-machine guns blazing. Then after the mayhem when the only guy in the place is a very dead, bullet riddled 80 year old man, they change their account of what happened as the original story starts to resemble swiss cheese. Too much high powered fancy hardware turns cops into trigger happy rambos. They believe they can make up in sheer fire power what they disregard in preparation and pre-staging of a raid. Unfortunately, duplicating in real life what they watch on the silver screen results in these sobering tragedies for all the parties involved.
This sounds like cold blooded murder to me.
Exactly. Especially since it is obvious the cops were willing to lie about the old man accosting them in the hallway when the bed is blood splattered.
Now all the Los Angeles County deputy sheriffs will get promotions and new toys so they can play army.
Ah, the adrenaline rush of getting to shoot a citizen! So strong that it renders normal perception and thought impossible! It even changes the order of events!
Obviously the fault belongs to the submachinegun.
Ban “assault weapons”..../s
Sgt. John Bones was scared to death and should not have been on the raid
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