Another story to add to the very large and growing pile of incidents caused by S. Cal. leftist policy. Good on the sheriff for calling this out.



A California sheriff is calling for immigration reform in his state after he says sanctuary city policies freed a violent illegal immigrant who went on to shoot a police officer and lead cops on a wild, high-speed chase.

Guadalupe Lopez-Herrara, 51, was taken into custody Thursday, a day after the Merced County’s Sheriff’s Office says Lopez-Herrara shot a deputy attempting to arrest him for allegedly violating a restraining order, FOX26 reported.

"This person is not a legal citizen within the United States," Merced Sheriff Van Warnke said at a press conference Thursday. "We had him in our custody in January of this year. And because of the folks in Sacramento limiting our ability to cooperate with ICE, we could not turn him over."

The deputy, a sergeant with the sheriff’s office, sustained non-life threatening injuries after police say Lopez-Herrara, described as a known violent criminal, shot him in the leg and vest Wednesday.

A shootout subsequently broke out between Lopez-Herrara and deputies -- but Lopez-Herrara managed to hide behind shrubbery and open fire, pinning down cops long enough to allow his escape.

Several law enforcement agencies launched a manhunt but were unable to locate him until the following morning. A high-speed pursuit ensued after Lopez-Herrara was spotted in a stolen truck on Highway 46, FOX26 reported.

The chase -- which reached speeds of 120 mph -- ended when Lopez-Herrara hit a spike strip.

Police say Lopez-Herrera fired shots at them from inside the vehicle, but he was stopped by a K-9 and taken into custody.

"Bottom line is our immigration policies need to be revamped because we're gonna continue to have more of this situation happen...We knew ahead of time this guy's potential for violence was there,” Warnke said.

Sanctuary city laws in California have limited local law enforcement’s ability to convey information to federal agencies about illegal immigrants taken into their custody.

Warnke said Lopez-Herrara has a violent history that includes assault with a deadly weapon, felony assault, spousal abuse and possession of narcotics.

He is currently being held at the Merced County Jail.



https://www.foxnews.com/us/cal...igrant-shoots-deputy

Do me a favor and remove the word "allegedly" from your subject line, please. I realize that the word is in your subject line because you copied and pasted FoxNews' article title, which is fine, but we don't need to use soft language or hedge our bet like Fox is doing.

"He was stopped by a K-9."

Done. And I agree completely!!

Frank Hammer did it the right way.

Would love to see the body cam footage of that.

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Originally posted by RichardC:
"He was stopped by a K-9."

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Originally posted by RichardC:
"He was stopped by a K-9."

I sure would like to see a video of that!!! I bet the bum was screaming for the dog to stop!!! The K-9 officer(s) may have just taken their time in calling the dog off....I would have.

Too bad the K9 wasn’t really, really hungry.

The only way this will start to change is if leftist politicians start getting shot by these illegals. They just don’t care. The potential votes outweigh the interests of the right.

How many things wrong here? Illegal. Felon. Felon with gun. Illegally carrying gun. Released under sanctuary policies. Felon with gun shoots police.

After he hit the spike strip, the truck should have been machine gunned until it looked like this:

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Originally posted by konata88:
The only way this will start to change is if leftist politicians start getting shot by these illegals...

Or cut off ALL Federal funding dollars. Money (or a sudden lack thereof) talks...

Too bad this guy wasn't curb-stomped in the teeth multiple times before getting caught. Oh well...one can imagine.

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Originally posted by konata88:
The only way this will start to change is if leftist politicians start getting shot by these illegals. They just don’t care. The potential votes outweigh the interests of the right.

How many things wrong here? Illegal. Felon. Felon with gun. Illegally carrying gun. Released under sanctuary policies. Felon with gun shoots police.

The true felons are those in suits wielding pens.

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"And because of the folks in Sacramento limiting our ability to cooperate with ICE, we could not turn him over."

I'm sorry, but what's stopping him from adhering to federal law and turning this filth over? Fear of losing his job? Maybe do the right thing and turn this garbage over to the fed's, and see if the garbage in Sacramento has to sac to can him. If so, he could sue for wrongful termination/discrimination after parading this through the media worldwide, and then retire on his settlement.

Oh. and one last question. Why is Guadulope still breathing? If he wasn't the problem would be solved.

He's going to be more pissed when the protests to release the "undocumented immigrant" start, because he is just looking for a better life.

I'm quite sure the people of California will find him innocent of all charges, just like they did Kate Steinle's murderer.

As was mentioned, this will never stop until those who push these ideas have personally paid for them.

I assume this is just a result of fast typing: “Another story to add to the very large and growing pile of incidents caused by S. Cal. leftist policy.” Speaking specifically of the “Southern” modifier.

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I assume this is just a result of fast typing: “Another story to add to the very large and growing pile of incidents caused by S. Cal. leftist policy.” Speaking specifically of the “Southern” modifier.

Yup, more about the function than the form. A person could hurt themselves trying to repair all my mistakes....just ask my wife!

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Originally posted by senza nome:
Frank Hammer did it the right way.

Hamer. Remington Model 8.

Trump needs to make incidents like this a golden opportunity to bash both the left and faulty illegal immigration policy. Proclaim loudly that this guy was an illegal being shielded by leftists that eventually attacked law enforcement.

Those "Folks" is Sacramento also don't care that an Officer was shot, as long as they get their votes.