On the morning of September 3, 2015, two Fresno Police Department cops – Zebulon Price and Felipe Miguel Lucero – executed in cold blood 40 year old Freddy Centeno. The victim was unarmed and did not make any threatening moves.

The cops’ body cams show Freddy Centeno walking shirtless along a street, when the cops pulled over and immediately opened fire. Of 9 discharged rounds, Mr. Centeno was hit by 7. The wounds sent him into a come from which he never awoke.

According to the victim’s brother Roger Centeno, Freddy was bipolar and schizophrenic and abused drugs. On the day of the shooting, he was in the midst of a schizophrenic episode and knocked on a neighbor’s door holding a garden hose nozzle. The neighbor called the cops.

When the cops arrived, they gave Centeno no chance to comply with their orders, and went straight for the kill. He could have been anyone – they made no attempt to identify whether he’s the guy they are looking for or not. In addition, there’s a truck behind the guy – they could have been kids in the truck. The cops just opened fire with zero regard for public safety. Nobody’s safe when cops are around.

Fresno police Chief Jerry Dyer justified actions of his henchmen by stating he reviewed the video and it showed the officers giving Centeno multiple commands. The officers, he said, then used lethal force because Centeno was reaching for his waistband. What an absolute crock of shite.

In a follow up statement to the media, Chief Dyer blamed Centeno’s death on the fabricated “war on cops“:

There’s no question what’s happening across America. There’s an increase in aggressiveness toward officers. We’re seeing police officers that are being shot, officers that are being assassinated. Certainly police officers are being very vigilant, but at the same time, I know that there’s a high level of scrutiny and criticism on the actions of officers. What we have seen this week is an increased level of aggressiveness toward officers, and when officers fear for their life, or for the life of someone else, they use deadly force, and unfortunately we’ve had three of those incidences occur in the last week. This is our sixth officer-involved shooting in the last year.

My translation:

I won’t tolerate stinky citizens expecting the cops to be held to professional standards. You either lick the cops’ boot on your face, or I declare you my enemy and will cover up for my officers when they execute your ass. I’m fucking tired of your constant whining. Why can’t you just shut up and let the cops beat the shit out of you, execute you, murder your dog, and ruin your life by framing you with crimes you did not commit, so that I can satiate my sadistic lust for your suffering?

Chief Dyer refused to discipline citizen killers Zebulon Price and Felipe Miguel Lucero. Their execution of Freddy Centeno leaves her young daughter without a father.

Props to Best Gore member @wkurwiony for the video: