Man in Jail for Defending His Home Against Armed Invaders Who Were Cops

In the land of the free, every citizen is considered innocent unless proved guilty. Sadly, many people languish in prison for years, hoping to establish their innocence. Marvin Guy is innocent unless proved guilty. And he's been innocent, in prison, for 7 years.

He faces the death sentence, as reported in 2014. On May 9, 2014, at 5:30 a.m., Guy shot and murdered Detective Charles Dinwiddie, injuring three other Killeen cops.

One of Guy's neighbours had reported him for trafficking a significant amount of cocaine. During the inquiry, it was decided to break into Guy's house and look for proof to back up the informant's allegation.

But after entering the house with such force that a senior cop was killed, no narcotics, not even a single marijuana joint, were discovered.

As a result of the police invasion, one detective died and another melanin man was charged with murder. Guy's fate is unknown as he awaits prosecution for Dinwiddie's murder, which may not have happened had police not entered his house without permission.

Even if the police had identified themselves before entering Guy's house, criminals masquerading as cops had committed enough crimes to warrant Guy's choice to protect his life.

Guy told reporters in several jailhouse interviews that he "was just protecting himself after his bedroom window was smashed through that morning."

The fact that a precedent has previously been established in a comparable case complicates the prosecution's case against Guy. Charges against Henry Goedrich Magee were dismissed when a TX grand jury refused to prosecute him for the killing of Burleson County Sgt. Adam Sowders, who led a squad of cops into Magee's home using the same "no-knock" search warrant technique.

Magee, like Guy, said he was defending his house and his pregnant girlfriend.

The case against Magee was dismissed when the grand jury declined to indict him, unlike Guy who was imprisoned. Guy has been in prison for seven years, awaiting trial.

The disparity between Magee's treatment and Guy's case handling has gone undetected, as has Guy's prolonged jail sentence without trial. But a New York pastor, Nick Gentile, and the Grass Roots Law Project are trying to expose the injustice.

Gentile describes Guy's predicament on his own website, freemarvinguy.com.

We think a change of venue is required because there is sufficient information to determine that Marvin will not get a fair trial in Bell County/Killeen, and competent, honest legal counsel, which Marvin has lacked during his whole prison stay. Marvin has been charged with Capital Murder and risks the Death Penalty if convicted.

On his website, Gentile offers the following sites to assist Guy:

Marvin's Legal Defense Fund:

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/glp-mg-homepage?refcode=topmenu

Join Marvin's Petition:

https://www.freemarvinguy.com/#petition

How you can help Marvin attain Justice and Freedom by sharing his storey:

https://www.freemarvinguy.com/share/

The Grass Roots Law Project just released a short film on Marvin Guy.