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Police arrested a Stockton man in Old Mountain View last week following reports that he allegedly tried to strangle a woman, and later punched a police officer in the head.
Police received reports of a fight that broke out around 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 3, in the 1100 block of Church Street. An officer found the suspect, later identified as 29-year-old Richard Nunez, talking to a woman. The woman ran to the officer and told him that Nunez tried to strangle her, according to police spokeswoman Katie Nelson.
Police later found that the two had gotten into an argument over driving home after a night of drinking, and that the argument turned physical, Nelson said. Nunez denied trying to strangle the woman, but remained aggressive towards officers.
When officers approached Nunez to question him, Nunez was belligerent and began shouting, and later punched an officer in the head when police tried to detain him, Nelson said.
Nunez was arrested on charges of domestic battery, battery on a peace officer and threats to an officer. He was booked into Santa Clara County Main Jail with a bail set at $100,000.
>When officers approached Nunez to question him, Nunez was belligerent and began shouting, and later punched an officer in the head when police tried to detain him, Nelson said.<
Accurate journalism requires: “Police allege that when officers approached Nunez…” Not saying it didn’t happen as claimed but it may also NOT have happened as claimed. Thanks to ubiquitous cameras in the wild we are learning that police lie and exaggerate frequently. No one should take their account as gospel, especially not those claiming to be journalists.
To CitizenJournalist and all the other would-be pulitzer prize winners out there,
I’m sure you were very proud of your insightful musings as you passive aggressively indicted the police account and overtly indicted the author’s account. Now, let me as you, did you fact check your assertion? Was the author using the PD’s account of the story for their piece? Maybe they spoke with the woman involved. Maybe their was a 3rd party witness. Do you know? There’s nothing in the original story that says, “Police told The Voice, as they approached…” is there?
So take your false bravado and internet courage and put them in a drawer. Because when you let them out you look a troll with too much free time on your hands
And, I’ll beat you to the punch. I hate when I type on my phone. Curse you, auto-correct! You always comes back to bite me. Need to proof read I guess. Nevertheless, my point still stands.
Anything that happens at 2:30am involving drinking and arguing is not going to end well…this proves it (no matter how you report it). The only difference is in these situation the perpretrator (Mr Nunez in this case) may go to prison (if he is not well connected and has no money) or he will get off if from he has connections and money.