Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
Chino, CA — Li Xi Wang, 49, was shot and killed by Chino police officers last month as he stood in his home, unarmed, hiding behind a door. Video released this week shows how unnecessary his death was as the officer shot him immediately. Not a single weapon was found inside the home to justify such a level of force. And, the entire raid was carried out over growing weed in a state with legal weed.
Despite marijuana being legal in the state of California, police are still raiding people for growing it. This is what happened on July 3, when police raided a home on the 6800 block of Rockrose street.
According to police, they were serving a search warrant over an alleged marijuana cultivation operation at the address. Wang and another woman were both in the home which had hundreds of pot plants inside. Although the raid happened last month, the footage was only quietly released over the weekend, nearly two months later.
As the footage shows, police announce themselves multiple times as a 53-year-old woman, later identified as Ai Yue Cai, walks out. When they ask the woman if anyone else is in the home, the woman shakes her head as if she doesn’t understand them.
As officers clear the home, going from room to room, they eventually come upon Wang, who is hiding behind the door. The cops says, “Let me see your hands dude,” and instantly fires off a round, shooting Wang in the head, killing him.
The officer’s shot was so fast that it appeared to even scare him. “Oh sh*t! F**k!” the still unnamed officer screams out after essentially murdering an unarmed man for hiding behind a door.
After killing Wang, police then finished the search of the home where they found 1,500 marijuana plants and $35,000 in cash. They also found that the pair had tapped into the electrical grid illegally.
While it is certainly not okay to steal electricity, this should by no means be a death sentence. However, because police are still addicted to the drug war and are raiding people for growing marijuana in a state in which it is legal to grow marijuana in your home, that is what happened.
According to authorities, the shooting is now under investigation by the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.
Adding to the disturbing nature of this government sponsored killing is the fact that this cop is still on regular duty. According to Chino police Sgt. Nancy Franklin, the officer was placed on administrative leave for three days, and was allowed to return to duty afterwards.
The footage was only released because of a bill signed just days before by Gov. Gavin Newsom which set a tougher set of legal standards for deadly use-of-force by police officers and sheriff’s deputies throughout California. Apparently, however, it is not tough enough to keep a killer cop off the streets for more than three days.
When police can raid a home because the owners are growing a plant and then kill one of the people in that home—who was unarmed and posed no threat—and return back to work just days later, we have a serious problem. This officer is clearly a danger to society. What if the person behind that door was an innocent visitor to the home? Or a scared child? Would this still be acceptable because these folks were suspected of growing a plant?
It is high time we rethink our priorities in this country. Kicking in doors and killing people for growing plants is not acceptable in the ostensible land of the free. The drug war needs to end now, and the video below is proof of why that is so.
When are the pigs selling the weed?
Oh you know they will
They will use the drug money to further subjugate all of us
Omg she’s asian you morons not hispanic how did a special ed class become police officers. Chico is like really close to San Francisco it has a huge asian population and they don’t know this. This retardation is everywhere got pulled over last week for not running over a dog stupid cop was like have you been drinking you swerved….i was not drinking but your asses need to get animal control out here because almost everywhere stray dogs and homeless get hit all the time I’m trying to avoid it.
“Chico is like really close to San Francisco…”
I don’t know where you get your information, but Chino is in SOUTHERN CA, and it’s MOSTLY MEXICANS (which it sounds like you might be).
How do I know this?
I used to fish Prado Dam, which is next to Chino… and I lived in L.A.
San Fagcisco, my @ss!!! (NOT literally).
Just to clarify… It’s Chino, southern Cal, not Chico which is in northern Cal. They both look about the same distance from SF.
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shoot the suit……pop the cop
i’m not smart but it appeared to me that the woman did not understand english
Yeah, idiot pigs “interpreted” her responses as knowing what they were saying and responding that no one else was present. She’s clearly Asian and issuing commands/announcing themselves in English/Spanish is absolutely retarded. They asked her if she spoke English and because she responded negative, they immediately came to the conclusion “She does understand!”
I wonder what the combined IQ of these idiots would be… can’t even use simple logic.
HA! I bet they graduated top of their class, Rodgeroc!
it must be a negative integer
Commie killers. Disgusting bastards. Evil minions. Highly paid assassins.
MOTHERF**KERS!!
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Exactly, could’ve been a child back there.. Pig must’ve feared for his life…. Another murder by Blackwater USA… absolutely sickening.
“When they ask the woman if anyone else is in the home, the woman shakes her head as if she doesn’t understand them.”
The LAST thing you want to be guilty of in a police state is FAILURE TO UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE.
Easily results in fatalities.
Regardless… THAT IN NO WAY ABSOLVES THOSE MURDERING JACK-BOOTED THUGS!!!!!