Falsely Arrested by 3 Scottsdale Cops

Why I don't carry a gun

The skinny pig who looked like a speed freak or I gues a meth freak in todays world asked me if I had a gun or if I had a weapon. I am sure he asked me that question because he would have loved to arrest me on a concealed weapons charge.

I told him of course not because I don't want to be murdered by the police and pumped full of bullet like 15 year old Mario Madrigal who was murdered by the Mesa cops.

I then mentioned that Mario family got a multi-million dollar settlement from the Mesa pigs in todays newspaper.

The Scottsdale cop who was illegally questioning me and violationg my 5th Amendment right said he didn't read the newspapers.

Well I certainly hope he reads this web site I created for him and finds out a little bit more about the Mesa pigs who murdered Mario Madrigal.

Source

Father of boy slain by Mesa police angry despite $3M settlement

by Jim Walsh - Jun. 26, 2009 08:31 AM

The Arizona Republic

Six years and $3 million later, nothing has changed.

Mario Madrigal Sr. still believes Mesa police were gunning for his disturbed 15-year-old son. Police officers say Mario Madrigal Jr. committed "suicide by cop" when he charged them with a knife.

The out-of-court settlement of a federal lawsuit filed by the Madrigal family against the city means a civil jury will never sort out the facts and decide which version of what happened on Aug. 25, 2003 is true.

Madrigal Sr. said the city's record settlement officer speaks volumes.

"Why does the city of Mesa want to pay $3 million if they feel their officers didn't do anything wrong?" Madrigal said. "In my desire, I want to go to trial. My attorney did a magnificent job. I need to respect his decisions and follow his advice."

Mesa's two police unions, the Mesa Fraternal Order of Police and the Mesa Police Association, reacted to the settlement in nearly the same manner as Madrigal, even though they couldn't disagree more with him about the actual shooting.

The presidents of both unions said they also would have preferred to have a jury hear the case and were confident a panel would find no wrongdoing.

But they also said the city probably made the best possible business decision by settling the case, avoiding the risk that a jury would react emotionally rather than carefully evaluating the facts presented at trial.

The out-of-court ruling also spared the officers involved from the additional trauma of reliving the case during a trial, said Sgt. Bryan Soller, president of the Mesa Fraternal Order of Police.

"To point the finger at the Mesa Police Department is unfair," he said. Mario Jr. "had already made up his mind to get the police to kill him. No police officer goes out on the street and says I'm going to kill a child today."

Even though there was no civil trial, Soller said the three officers involved in the shooting already have been exonerated by a criminal investigation reviewed by former Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley and the FBI.

But Madrigal said Romley's office and the FBI never have viewed the evidence gathered by Ray Slomski, his attorney. Madrigal said he plans to ask the FBI to take a new look at Mario Jr.'s death.

Madrigal said the evidence assembled by Slomski through a cast of expert witnesses, including noted criminalist Henry Lee, proves that police shot Mario Jr. in the back as he was falling to the ground after being hit by a Taser.

"It's not the money, it's the evidence I have now," he said.

Soller said he's confident that the FBI would find the shooting justified, even after a second review.

"This is justifiable force by Mesa police officers. When you run at an officer with a knife or a gun, you are going to die," he said.

Madrigal said he would like to see counselors go with police on domestic calls to reduce the possibility of a violent ending, but Soller said that's not possible logistically because of time constraints.

He said it's not realistic to have counselors ride with officers 24-hours a day, seven-days a week. Instead, Mesa officers already have received crisis intervention training on how to diffuse emotional calls.

Soller challenged Madrigal to use some of his settlement money on programs to help troubled teens like his son, who was intoxicated during the incident that culminated in his death.

But Madrigal, a letter carrier and a part-time private investigator, said additional police training is required to prevent similar deaths.

"I think about Mario Jr. every single day, every day that I wake up. No amount of money will ever remove the pain that I have," Madrigal said.

In attempt to move on, the Madrigals relocated from the central Mesa house where the shooting occurred and now live in east Mesa.