Jose Guerena

The War on Drugs Has Become the War on the American People

John W. Whitehead | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Hemp, Philip Cobbs, Marijuana, Jose Guerena, SWAT Team, War on Drugs, No-Knock Raid, Politics News
John W. Whitehead

Insisting that the "damage done by drugs is felt far beyond the millions of Americans with diagnosable substance abuse or dependence problems," Presid...

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Radley Balko

Three Months After Pima County SWAT Team Kills Jose Guerena: No Arrests, No Apologies

HuffingtonPost.com | Radley Balko | Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: SWAT Raid, Clarence Dupnik, Police, Police Misconduct, Jose Guerena, Drug Raid, SWAT Team, Brian Miller, Police Abuse, Republican Party, Pima County, Crime News

Jose Guerena, a 26-year-old Marine and Iraq war veteran, was killed May 5 when a SWAT team broke into his home a little after 9:30 a.m. According to G...

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SWAT Team Mania: The War Against the American Citizen

John W. Whitehead | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Jose Guerena, Swat Raids, Jose Guerena Murder, Jose Guerena Shooting, Swat-Raids, Police Raids, Politics News
John W. Whitehead

General incompetence, collateral damage (fatalities, property damage, etc.) and botched raids tend to go hand in hand with an overuse of paramilitary forces. In some cases, officers misread the address on the warrant.

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One Week in the Life of a Police State

John W. Whitehead | Posted 07.31.2011

Read More: Patriot Act, Adam Kokesh, Martin Luther King, Zero Tolerance, Memorial Day, Jose Guerena, SWAT Team, Overcriminalization, Camreta/Alford v. Greene, Police-Arrest-Dancers-at-Jefferson-Memorial, Police State, Parents Rights, Politics News
John W. Whitehead

One couple was simply holding each other in an affectionate embrace and swaying, only to be forcibly separated and handcuffed. "I'm not shutting up. You cannot shut me up," shouted one of the dancers.

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Radley Balko

Arizona Cops Kill Former Marine In Botched Pot Raid

HuffingtonPost.com | Radley Balko | Posted 08.19.2011

Read More: Jose Guerea, Arizona Drug Raid, Clarence Dupnik, Jose Guerena, Drug Raid, SWAT Team, Arizona Gun Control, Clarence Dupnik Arizona, No-Knock Drug Raid, Pima County, Politics News

On May 5 at around 9:30 a.m., several teams of Pima County, Ariz., police officers from at least four different police agencies armed with SWAT gear a...

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Drug Warriors Gun Down Young Father

James Peron | Posted 07.18.2011

Read More: SWAT Team, War on Drugs, Police, Guerena Shot 71 Times, Jose Guerena, Pima County, Arizona, Guerena Killed, Sheriff's Department, Politics News
James Peron

The young husband and father, Jose Guerena, an Iraq veteran, was lying in his own blood, shot at 71 times by heavily armed men. There are lots of questions. The Pima County, Arizona, Sheriff's Department is giving few answers.

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