City pays 3.5 million for deadly police raid. Shot while huddled in corner.

[legalizefreedom1776]

http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Towns-to-pay-3-5M-in-deadly-cop-raid-4290145.php

BRIDGEPORT -- Five years ago, a heavily armed special weapons and tactics team charged into a small ranch home in Easton -- guns drawn and flash grenades exploding -- and killed a Norwalk man who was quietly watching porn on TV in the den.
Now five towns will pay $3.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the victim's family.
In a joint statement, officials from Easton, Monroe, Trumbull, Wilton and Darien all maintained their police were not responsible for the death of*Gonzalo Guizan
*that day, said the lawyer for the home's owner.
The settlement, believed to be the largest in the state for a police shooting, says otherwise.
"This is a clear admission of misconduct on their (the towns') part," said*Gary Mastronardi
, who represents the homeowner,*Ronald Terebesi
, who reportedly barely escaped with his life during the raid.
"There is undisputed evidence Guizan and Terebesi were huddled in a corner when police shot," Mastronardi said. "This is just the first of two shoes that have dropped."
Terebesi's lawsuit against the town for emotional suffering and damage to his house in the raid is pending.

 

[mgfguevara]

lol he was watching porn?

 

[Bellman2]

watching stupid cop shows

 

[2005Redfire6]

Lol poor bastard

 

[Exile]

I would like to lol but if he was murdered it sort of takes the "funny" out of the situation.

 

[dunkel]

Here's the sad part...yes, his family deserves some pay back. Yes, the city and Leo's need to pay. But who's really paying? The individual cops **** it up...and this guys neighbors pay for it.

I say take the money directly from the individuals responsible for ****ing up in the first place...from the cop on the street to the mayor and everyone in between. There's something wrong with the training, the individual attitudes of the cops, the city officials who foster the wrong kind of environment, and so on.

Really? Who is actually getting punished here?

 

[dunkel]

During a deposition, Sweeney asked: "Why didn't we just knock on the door?"


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Cause riding armored vehicles and running around quiet neighborhoods with M4s is way more fun, duh.