Activist Predicts His Own Death, Says the Cops Killed Him
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Guy turns up stabbed in his burning home.
For now, the end.
I'm from Fresno, California. I went to Fresno State and my amassed collection of anecdotal experiences(never directly, the police have always been kind to me) of the police in Fresno is more Kafkaesque then anything I have ever seen or heard of from within the U.S., by miles. I could just start listing stuff about police "gangs", and cover ups, police hits and just the gruesome stuff, but I don't think that is fair, its just talk. I just want to highlight that there is so much of it(talk, I mean) in Fresno. Almost everyone has got a story, everyone has heard something, and the way people react when an officer walks in, its just different.
I don't know if its a result of long standing racism in the valley, a result the painfully serious gang problem (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresno_Bulldogs), the sheer amount of money spent on the police in Fresno, a result of police state feel of enforcement (http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/02/04/fresno-california-a..., I'd like to color that by noting Fresno its not the drunkest by consumption, but by DUI), I just don't know. But its there, people feel it.
A book has been written that touches on the subject in some seriously telling ways: http://www.amazon.com/In-Fathers-Name-Mark-Arax/dp/067101002...
But for me, a person who has never had a real run in with the law. I will share an interaction I had with a retired Fresno officer at a rather nice bar in town. I was minding my own business waiting for food, when the former office sat down next to me in one of the few open spot available. After some unconformable silence, he said hi and we talked for a bit about nothing at all; what we did, how we liked Fresno,the most banal conversation you can imagine. Nevertheless, it was clear we were getting along, his food arrived before mine. Eventually, after another moment of silence, we ended up speaking about a recent police shooting in a parking lot, about how dangerous it was to be a cop in Fresno, the gangs, etc etc. Again just conversation for its own sake. Now, I don't know if it was because we had been drinking or the fact that we were friendly, but I asked him something like, "I don't know how to ask this, but is there any truth to what they say about the police force, about Dyer. People say a lot, and just don't know?"(http://fresnopeoplesmedia.com/2015/04/fresno-chief-of-police...).
And honestly, I expected him to say that there wasn't, and that some cops are of course corrupt, but that is just the way things are. You know a canned response. What he said, I'll never forget, in paraphrase, "In Fresno, more than anywhere else... well lets just say the police officers here don't ever have your best interest in mind." He then smiles, shook my hand and went on his way.
> I was followed to the Save Mart Shopping center at Blackstone and Clinton by what I believe to be Fresno Sheriff personnel. As I was at the meat counter, a fast walking person talking on a cell phone came into the store and abruptly stopped at the main opening of the grocery store. He did a complete 360 as if he was searching for someone. I noticed him right away because of his behavior. He didn’t appear to be a typical shopper. As we made eye contact, he appeared startled that I had noticed him. I was at the meat counter which is near the entrance of the store. As I left the store with my groceries I couldn’t find him anywhere. But, as I made my way to the parking lot and started to unlock my trunk, he came out of the store, still talking on the phone. He walked past me without making eye contact and entered a late model green Chevy or GMC Step-Side truck with custom chrome rims. As I entered my car and pulled out, I drove slowly past the rear of his vehicle in an attempt to read his license plate. However I couldn’t remember the license plate number, because, as I left the store I was interrupted by a phone call. About two blocks away from the store I received a call from a person who sarcastically said my full name, then proceeded to ask me questions about a boat repair. The Number was: [...]. I’ve never had a customer address me by my first and last name before, especially someone I hadn’t talked to before. I’m confident this number and caller is connected to this SaveMart incident. I believe this person and others is related to something more complicated and devious than simple harassment. This type of “close proximity” tracking can only mean one thing. I believe this person and others are tacking and monitoring my minute by minute incremental movements so they can direct another party to illegally enter my residence for the purpose of gaining “intel” or planting evidence.
> Eli Rodriguez is the Fresno Sheriff personnel who was going to set me up on the Jet Ski emission scam. He dropped of a 2 stroke Evinrude motor on at my shop on 3-02-2015. His plan was to drop off the motor, then at a later time enter my property with the assistance of George and Maxine Ramirez my neighbors who were placed there by Fresno Law Enforcement personnel, plant evidence, then pick up the engine at a later time and lie and say I was trying to sell him fake emission stickers, then he would falsely arrest me. I knew something was amiss on these “emission stickers” because I was receiving a ridiculous amount of calls on them.