-Caveat Lector- Brought to you by the same folks who presented those absolutely dynamic examples of law enforcement at its best, Waco and Ruby Ridge. Tenorlove ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3a75aa397377.htm > Carl Wilson's Death Ruled Homicide > > Shot to death in his bed in the middle of the night by ATF > by Wayne Hicks and Henrietta Bowman > > http://freerepublic.com/forum/a3a75aa397377.htm > > > Shot to death in his bed in the middle of the night by ATF > > The death of 60-year-old Carl Ray Wilson in Arkansas, which we > reported > on last week, has been officially ruled a "homicide" by the Arkansas > State > Crime Laboratory. According to the family, the Death Certificate > issued this > past Friday contains only that word in the space for "Cause of > Death". > > The question remains as to which of three legal classifications the > death > falls into: Webster's Dictionary defines homicide as "The killing of > one > human being by another," but continues, "Homicide is of three kinds: > justifiable, as when the killing is performed in the exercise of a > right > or performance of a duty; excusable, as when done, although not as > duty or > right, yet without culpable or criminal intent; and felonious, or > involving what the law terms malice; the latter may be either > manslaughter > or > murder." > > Which definition would best apply in this case? > > An examination of the facts known may shed some light on the answer. > > Here's what we know at this point: > > 1. At the request of Agent Bill Buford, head of the Arkansas Office > of > the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, a Search Warrant was > issued by > the Honorable J. Thomas Ray, an Arkansas Judge. This warrant, we know > now, > authorized the ATF to search the home of Carl Ray Wilson for a single > rifle and its ammunition, for the purpose of seizing same, on the > premise > that > Wilson, who had been to prison twice in his earlier years, was a > convicted felon and therefore forbidden by law to own firearms. We do > not > know what the judge was told about Mr.Wilson but it's a safe bet that > he was > not told > that this same rifle had been seized. without any trouble from Mr. > Wilson. > on at > least two previous occasions, after which it was returned to Mrs. > Wilson, > since it was legally registered to her and she was not prohibited > from > owning a firearm. > > 2. The warrant was worded in a manner which permitted it to be > considered > a "no-knock" warrant, meaning that officers of the ATF (and the forty > other > officers who were there as backup) were authorized to enter without > knocking and announcing their identities or intentions. No-knock > warrants > are > usually issued when it is considered likely that the person to be > served is > either dangerous, or is likely to dispose of evidence before the > search can > be > conducted. It is therefore unlikely that Judge Ray was informed that > Mr. > Wilson, during his previous encounters with law enforcement, was > known as > a man who did not resist arrest or other authority. In fact, on many > occasions, the local sheriff would merely call him on the telephone > to let > him know > that there was a warrant for his arrest and he would then come to > jail on > his > own. > > As for the second reason, that evidence might be destroyed or > disposed > of. how do you flush a deer rifle down a toilet? > > 3. ATF agents, backed up by local deputies and police SWAT Team > members, > approached the house in pre-dawn darkness. Six of them are reported > to > have entered the house, where they reportedly threw a "diversionary > device" > into the floor. An alarm clock went off at the same moment, and Mrs. > Wilson > and her niece, the only two witnesses, say shooting began at that > moment. > Neither witness knows anything about the "diversionary device." They > heard > the > alarm clock and then gunshots. > > 4. At least six shots were fired through a wall into Carl Wilson's > bedroom, at which time, by a reconstruction of events, Mr. Wilson was > hit > more > than once, probably while trying to rise from his bed to reach a .44 > Magnum > revolver he had in a stereo cabinet near the foot of his bed. Varying > reports have him firing from one to four times with that weapon. > > 5. During the shooting, one officer was struck in the back on his > bullet-proof vest. Since it is unlikely he would have had his back to > Mr. > Wilson in the middle of a shootout, there is reason to speculate that > he > may well have been hit by "friendly fire". which is nothing new to > ATF > operations. > > 6. The only other injury suffered by an officer at the scene was when > one > of them ducked too quickly to avoid Carl's returned fire and got > splinters > in his face. An officer who was present at the time has speculated > off the > record that the splinters were thrown up by a round from Carl's > pistol > striking the floor, probably from a reflexive tightening of his > trigger > finger after being shot seven times in total. > > 7. When the firing stopped, Mrs. Wilson and her niece ran into the > room > to find out what was going on. They were thrown to the floor, > handcuffed and > threatened with weapons shoved against their faces. Officers demanded > to > know why Mrs. Wilson was not in the bed with her husband, then began > shouting > at Carl to "GIT UP, GIT UP!" Carl weakly replied, "I can't" and then > bled to > death on his own bed, in his underwear. > > 8. Mrs. Wilson and her niece, still handcuffed, were denied use of a > telephone to call for an ambulance for Carl and were roughly dragged > outside, barefoot and in their nightclothes. An ambulance did arrive > moments > later. the two "injured" officers were treated at the scene, and > taken to > the local > hospital for further treatment. The attendants were not taken into > the > house, and were reportedly not told that a man had been shot inside. > > 9. After it was reasonably certain to officers Carl was dead, a call > was > placed for removal of his body. Once that was accomplished, Mrs. > Wilson > and her niece were released and allowed to return to the house. No > attempt > was made to perform any crime scene investigation and even the spent > shells > from the fired weapons were left lying on the floor. The only photos > of the > bloody scene were those taken by Mrs. Wilson, which are now in the > possession of > her attorneys. > > 10. Bill Buford, head of the Arkansas office of the ATF and one of > the > principal planners of the Waco debacle against David Koresh and the > Branch Davidians, led the raid and called a press conference > afterwards, in > which he stated that officers encountered fire from Mr. Wilson "as > they > approached > the house". This we now know to be false. > > 11. Mr. Buford stated that he was certain that Carl knew they were > officers of the law. If firing began before any announcement of the > officers' > identity or purpose, which we know to be the case, it is immaterial > who Carl > thought the officers were. He had been illegally fired upon and had > the > right to > defend himself, no matter who the shooters were. A badge is not a > license > to kill. it is a symbol of authority that may be required to use > deadly > force > in the proper performance of duty. > > 12. Mr. Buford stated that the search warrant was "sealed", but that > he > could say it involved drugs and explosives. This is now known to be > untrue > and > Mr. Buford, who applied to Judge Ray for the warrant, knew so when he > uttered > this statement. > > 13. Official statements by police have been cited as saying that only > about 20 shots were fired in total. If this is true, then we are at a > loss > to > explain nine zip-lock bags of spent shells picked up in the house > afterwards. > > These are also in the possession of the widow's attorneys. > > 14. Many years before, a much younger Bill Buford told a much younger > Carl Wilson." I'm gonna get you!" With the number of blatant untruths > told > in > this case, both those speculated to have been used (at least by their > very > omission) to obtain the "no-knock" warrant, and the ones told by Mr. > Buford, it would seem that there was a motive beyond the seizure of a > single > deer > rifle and four rounds of ammunition for this raid. > > Could it be that Mr. Wilson was such a known, dangerous criminal that > it > was necessary for him to die for the safety of his community? > > Well, he and his wife had just been approved for a mortgage to buy a > new > home. The banker who approved that loan came to see Mrs. Wilson the > day > of the shooting. He let her know arrangements would be made to ensure > she > would still get the house, although it would mean lowering the > interest rate > and lengthening the term of the mortgage in order to make that > possible. > > He also gave Mrs. Wilson several hundred dollars to help pay for "a > nice > funeral for Carl." Many local businesspeople followed suit, bringing > from > one hundred to six hundred dollars to Mrs. Wilson, to help pay for > that > "nice > funeral." > > At the funeral home, several hundred more appeared anonymously upon > the > casket in which his body lay. > > His church misses him. and so do the many, many friends who have > contacted > this writer to express their shock and outrage over what they term > "Carl's Execution"! Sounds like a real bad dude, doesn't he? The > cause of > death > in the matter of Carl Ray Wilson is now listed as homicide. > > From the facts now known, it seems rather apparent that this was > indeed a > homicide, in the sense we are all most familiar with, from movies, > TV, > and news: murder most foul. Further developments involving an > investigation > into the matter, which cannot be fully reported at this time, are > expected > shortly! > > Please watch for more on this story. > > Publicly threatening to "get" the prime prosecution witness in a > murder > case that ended in conviction is an unusual attitude for a law > enforcement officer. __________________________________________________ Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. 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