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Man Killed by Mendocino Deputies on Wednesday in a Marijuana Garden was MARIANO LOPEZ FERNANDEZ, 31
Submitted by copwatch on Sat, 08/21/2010 - 10:13pm
http://redwoodcurtaincopwatch.net/node/536 : Another Person Growing Marijuana Shot Dead by Mendocino Sheriff’s on August 18, 2010
Although, the Mendocino Sheriff's Department and the cop-complicit media continue to write about how the man who was killed and the other non-officers in this situation brandished weapons, "returned fire", etc, NO OFFICERS WERE INJURED. Isn't that always the case? The cops talk about how violent everyone else was, how in danger they were- but the only injured and killed people end up being the result of violence from the cops.
This is the second killing by Mendocino Sheriff Deputies over marijuana in a month!!
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Here's that criminalize-the-victim media
Article from PressDemocrat.com:
Man killed by deputies at Mendocino County marijuana garden identified
By MARY CALLAHAN
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
Mendocino County authorities have identified the man shot and killed Wednesday by
sheriff's deputies as Mariano Lopez Fernandez, 31.
... Read more: http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20100820/news/100829998
