Virginia: Cops Walk Up to
Innocent Family’s Home In Middle Of Night - Shoot Dad Through Door–NO Jail, by
Matt Agorist, 4/23/19.
Lynchburg, VA — On the night of February 17, 2018
Walker Sigler, his wife Kate, and their children were asleep in their home
doing nothing wrong and harming no one when two Lynchburg police officers came
to the door. As Sigler woke up to the noise, the officers opened fire through
the closed door and shot Sigler. This innocent man’s leg was shattered and he
was nearly murdered because two trigger happy cops were scared of their own
shadows.
In June of last year, Officers
Edward Ferron, 41, and Savannah Simmons, 22, were both indicted for their
actions that night on three felony counts of reckless handling of a firearm
resulting in serious bodily injury, unlawful wounding and unlawful shooting at
an occupied domicile.
In March, they pleaded no contest to
the charges and were “sentenced” for their crimes to 100 hours of community
service — a travesty of justice indeed.
“This is an exceptionally difficult
day, as you can imagine,” John E. Lichtenstein, Sigler’s attorney, said after
the hearing. “It is difficult to understand these actions. But I think what we
want you to know is the Siglers respect the process. They respect this process
with what happened today. And he’s doing all they can to try to get better and
to try to deal with it.”
As WSET reports, officers said they approached the home
and announced that they were there to investigate suspicious activity. One of
the officer's attorney’s, Chuck Felmlee, said the officers then heard yelling
and heavy footsteps as though someone was running toward them. They say it was
Sigler who then slammed the door which made a loud clanging sound they believed
to be a gunshot at the time. The officers fired four shots. One bullet hit
Sigler and shattered his leg.
None of this “loud clanging sound” is
evident in the video and the actual door to the home was all the way closed.
The only open door was the storm door which most people never lock.
Instead of calling the home, waiting for
someone to respond, or talking to neighbors, these rogue cops decided a
tactical entry into the home was warranted — despite no signs of forced entry
and nothing suspicious. Clearly afraid of their own shadows, the video shows
the terrified officers begin shooting within only seconds after arriving at the
home. Sigler was shot in the leg, shattering his femur which required multiple
surgeries.
Despite all these facts, the two trigger
happy cops do not have to go to jail.
“No outcome is going to satisfy everyone
or make this, quote, right,” special prosecutor, Alexandria Commonwealth’s
Attorney Bryan Porter said after the hearing. “It’s impossible to get a just
resolve when someone’s shot and grievously wounded like this. Given the frailty
of human existence, the best we can do is try to pick up the pieces and find
some kind of just outcome.”
But this outcome is anything but just.
These two cops were given the lowest possible sentence they could’ve received
and Sigler is left permanently disabled as the blood loss cause severe problems
with his vision as well.
“He is effectively blind in his left eye
and has partial permanent losses of vision and other issues in his right eye as
a result,” Lichtenstein said after the hearing. “He has and continues to suffer
excruciating pain and will require treatment throughout his life for these devastating
injuries.”
As you watch the video below, remember
the oft-repeated statement, “if you don’t do anything wrong in front of police,
you have nothing to worry about.” This
couldn’t be further from the truth. This could be your home, your spouse, or
your children who fall victim to fearful cops with no regard for life. And, as
the lack of punishment highlights, police have no incentive to act any
different.
Comments
A Civil Suit filing is
in order. Walker Sigler needs to sue the pants off of the Police Department to
cover his on-going disabilities.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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