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MS Police Kill Innocent Man

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Southaven, Miss. police arrived at the wrong house to serve an arrest warrant and shot a man dead in his own home, according to reports. Ismael Lopez, 41, was shot dead late Sunday night after he checked to see who was at his front door at 5881 Surrey Lane. But the police were supposed to be across the street at 5878 Surrey Lane to serve an arrest warrant for Samuel Pearman, who was wanted on an assault charge, reported WREG. "Someone didn't take the time to analyze the address," said Murray Wells, the attorney representing Lopez's family.

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The police union story will be:
  1. It's the fault of the deceased... somehow.
  2. There are too many addresses for the police to get them right.
  3. The police are the REAL "victims".
  4. Cops will die because people talk about the case without PRAISING the shooting of the deceased.
  5. The family are playing the "ghetto lottery".
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But police officers said they were forced to shoot Lopez when he opened his front door and his pet pit bull charged at them. Police said they opened fire at the dog and saw Lopez holding a gun from behind his door. "One of the officers did fire a shot at the pit bull dog. While this was going on, they also noticed at the time that a gun was pointed outside the residence," Champion said. "At this point, the officers began hollering 'put the gun down, put the gun down,' at which point that did not occur and there were more than one shot was fired toward the door and there was a male subject inside the residence that was killed." Speaking on behalf of the Lopez family, Jordan Castillo, 23, told the Commercial Appeal that Lopez's wife disputed the police version of events. He said police began firing through a closed door and that Lopez never picked up his firearm, which she said was found by police in the usual spot he always keeps it in the living room."She said when he got up, she heard the footsteps all the way up to the door, she heard the doorknob turn, and then after the doorknob turned it was just gunshots from there," Castillo said."Bullet holes suggest they shot through the door," Wells said.

Based on the above claims by police, it appears that it will be the Lopez family's word against that of the police. Nevermind the fact that the police shouldn't have been at the Lopez front door in the first place...and God forbid that the police should be forced to admit wrongdoing (or) to be held accountable. At this time, ONE officer is on administrative leave....so I guess the other half dozen cops didn't do anything wrong at all :roll:
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glocksmith wrote:But police officers said they were forced to shoot Lopez when he opened his front door and his pet pit bull charged at them. Police said they opened fire at the dog and saw Lopez holding a gun from behind his door. "One of the officers did fire a shot at the pit bull dog. While this was going on, they also noticed at the time that a gun was pointed outside the residence," Champion said. "At this point, the officers began hollering 'put the gun down, put the gun down,' at which point that did not occur and there were more than one shot was fired toward the door and there was a male subject inside the residence that was killed." Speaking on behalf of the Lopez family, Jordan Castillo, 23, told the Commercial Appeal that Lopez's wife disputed the police version of events. He said police began firing through a closed door and that Lopez never picked up his firearm, which she said was found by police in the usual spot he always keeps it in the living room."She said when he got up, she heard the footsteps all the way up to the door, she heard the doorknob turn, and then after the doorknob turned it was just gunshots from there," Castillo said."Bullet holes suggest they shot through the door," Wells said.

Based on the above claims by police, it appears that it will be the Lopez family's word against that of the police. Nevermind the fact that the police shouldn't have been at the Lopez front door in the first place...and God forbid that the police should be forced to admit wrongdoing (or) to be held accountable. At this time, ONE officer is on administrative leave....so I guess the other half dozen cops didn't do anything wrong at all :roll:
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