The Dugué Defense: Part 1
Deadly "Code of Inverted Silence"?
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by Firpo Carr
Online Sentinel International
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November 23, 2010, Los Angeles, California--As is
reflected in the New Orleans Police Department Investigative Support Division Major Case Homicide Section, Incident Number
J-05934-05, filed October 14, 2005, at 10:00 a.m., Sergeant Gerard Dugué was assigned to the case
SEVERAL WEEKS AFTER Sergeant Arthur Kaufman had already conducted his shame investigation, having concocted a bogus story
for each of the police officers he interviewed. It was an artfully contrived scheme to pervert justice by covering up the
unjustified shooting of four innocent victims, and the murders of two innocent people, all six unarmed African American citizens
of the City of New Orleans, Louisiana.
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The
purpose of this installment is to clearly demonstrate that Sgt. Gerard Dugué had nothing to do with this cover-up,
but was (and is) in fact yet another African American victim of a much more subtle form of "internal" police brutality
against African American officers, namely, the deadly Code of Inverted Silence. The brutal facts in this series will
bear this out.
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According to
the above incident report, Sgt. Kaufman and the ring of guilty officers (as well as others) carefully concealed the facts
surrounding the shootings on the Danziger Bridge from Sgt. Dugué. When Sgt. Dugué dutifully and methodically
interviewed guilty officers weeks after the events that occurred on Sunday, September 4, 2005, he encountered a hermetically
sealed Code of Inverted Silence that would--in a twist of heart-wrenching irony--eventually lead to his own unjustified
indictment on federal charges of covering for guilty officers.
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A profile of virtually every officer mentioned in the above report, particularly as he or she relates to the
part of the investigation directly conducted (or not conducted) by Sgt. Dugué, will be presented in this series.
In the meantime, presented herewith are the actions of Sgt. Kaufman PRIOR to Sgt. Dugué being assigned to the case:
(1) DAVID
RYDER (profiled later): The incident report (Page 4) states that Saint Landry Parish Sheriff's "Deputy"
David Ryder, a "white male, date of birth September 26, 1964," is a victim of Attempted Murder of a Police Officer.
The report then states: "A verbal statement was rendered to Sergeant Arthur Kaufman." (FACT: We now know that David
Ryder was, in fact, not a sworn officer of the law. He was, in fact, dressed in a police uniform, posing as a sworn deputy,
although he was, in fact, an ex-felon in illegal possession of a firearm. We also know that seasoned investigator Sgt. Arthur
Kaufman "carefully" and "thoroughly" interviewed "Deputy" Ryder and thereafter covered up Ryder's
true identity and subsequent egregious illegal actions.)
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Significantly, Sgt. Gerard Dugué is not present during the interview,
and neither is there any evidence or indication whatsoever that he is aware of the cover-up.
(2) ROBERT FAULCON
(profiled later): Sgt. Kaufman interviews Police Officer Robert Faulcon (NOPD Seventh District), black male, date of birth
December 16, 1963, who is, according to the report, a victim of Attempted Murder of a Police Officer. (Page 4 of incident
report.) The report then states: "A verbal statement was rendered to Sergeant Arthur Kaufman." (FACT: Although this
site previously and erroneously stated that "Faulcon confessed to lying and participating in a cover-up of the murderous
events that transpired on the Danziger Bridge, and is now in federal custody," Faulcon in fact has not confessed, but
is presently incarcerated while he awaits trial.)
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Significantly,
Sgt. Gerard Dugué is not present during the interview, and neither is there any evidence
or indication whatsoever that he is aware of the cover-up.
(3) MICHAEL HUNTER (profiled later): Detectives Eduardo Colmenero
and Winston Harbin interviews Police Officer Michael Hunter (NOPD Seventh District), a white male, date of birth January 4,
1977, who is, as per the report (Page 4), a victim of "Attempted Murder of a Police Officer." The report also states:
"A formal tape recorded statement was rendered to" said detectives. (FACT: Hunter pleaded "guilty" to
lying and otherwise helping to cover up the murderous events on Danziger Bridge.)
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Significantly, Sgt. Gerard Dugué is not present during the interview,
and neither is there any evidence or indication whatsoever that he is aware of the cover-up.
(4) IGNATIUS HILLS (profiled
later): Detective Jeffrey Lehrman interviews Police Officer Ignatius Hills (NOPD Seventh District), black male, date of birth
November 4, 1976, who is, as per the report (Page 4), a victim of "Attempted Murder of a Police Officer." The report
also states: "A formal tape recorded statement was rendered to" Detective Lehrman. (FACT: Hills later confessed
to firing at the back of fleeing unarmed citizens and to covering up the shootings and murders having occurred on the Danziger
Bridge.)
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Significantly, Sgt.
Gerard Dugué is not present during the interview, and neither is there any evidence or indication
whatsoever that he is aware of the cover-up.
(5) ANTHONY VILLAVASO (profiled later): Detectives Eduardo Colmenero
and Winston Harbin interview Police Officer Anthony Villavaso (NOPD Fifth District), black male, date of birth October 12,
1976, who is, as per the report (Page 5), a victim of "Attempted Murder of a Police Officer." The report also states:
"A formal tape recorded statement was rendered to" said detectives. (FACT: Villavaso has been charged and is currently
in custody party because of his participation in the cover-up in connection with the murderous events that transpired on the
Danziger Bridge.)
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Significantly, Sgt.
Gerard Dugué is not present during the interview, and neither is there any evidence or indication
whatsoever that he is aware of the cover-up.
(6) ROBERT BARRIOS (profiled later): Detectives DeCynda C. Barnes
and Anthony Small interview Police Officer Robert Barrios (was in NOPD Fifth District but transferred to the Seventh District),
black male, date of birth November 20, 1980, who is, as per the report (Page 5), a victim of "Attempted Murder of a Police
Officer." The reports also states: "A formal tape recorded statement was rendered to" said detectives. (FACT:
Barrios pleaded "guilty" to lying and conspiracy to cover up the murderous events that transpired on the Danziger
Bridge.)
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Significantly, Sgt.
Gerard Dugué is not present during the interview, and neither is there any evidence or indication
whatsoever that he is aware of the cover-up.
(7) JENNIFER GOODENOUGH: "Police Officer Jennifer Goodenough
was assigned to the Third Police District, but has since resigned from the New Orleans Police Department," says Page
6 of the report. "It is unknown if Police Officer Jennifer Goodenough was interviewed, concerning her knowledge of what
occurred on Sunday, September 4, 2005."
Significantly, the subheading "VICTIMS" of "Attempted Murder of a Police Officer" incident
report ends with this standalone sentence: "None of the law enforcement officers or relief workers sustained any injury
from being fired upon."
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Well, what
did the relief workers have to say when they were interviewed? The report conveniently answers (in bold print no less): "Let
it be known there were relief workers who were being fired upon by the assailants, but fled the area before they could be
interviewed."
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It is not
difficult to ascertain why "none of the law enforcement officers or relief workers sustained any injury." No, it
wasn't due to the fact that the highly dangerous "perpetrators"--as the report calls them--were "piss poor"
shots (to use a Southern term); rather, it was because not a single one of these "perpetrators" had a gun.
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We now know for a certainty that the law enforcement
officers and relief workers were not at all, by any stretch of the imagination, "being fired upon." Insofar as retired
Sergeant Gerard Dugué is concerned, this Code of Inverted Silence threatens to send a man who, by all accounts,
is completely innocent of the federal charges filed against him. Please stay tuned for Part 2 on or before December 1, 2010.
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