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The Los Angeles County district attorney's office has declined to file charges against a security guard who fatally shot a man swinging two samurai swords outside a Scientology building in Hollywood last month. L.A. police detectives detained the guard for questioning Nov. 23 but said a surveillance tape at the facility backed his claim that he fired his semiautomatic handgun to protect himself and two colleagues. In rejecting any charges against the guard, prosecutors said the sword-wielder, Mario Majorski, had a history of threats and stalking. They also noted that the guard had no criminal record and was a retired Seal Beach police sergeant. Prosecutors concluded that he'd fired in self-defense. --Shelby Grad |
LOS ANGELES. Killer of sword-wielding man won't face charges A security guard who shot and killed a man wielding samurai swords on the grounds of a Scientology facility in Hollywood will not face criminal charges, the Los Angeles County district attorney's office said Wednesday. The decision by prosecutors was in line with the conclusion of Los Angeles police detectives, who determined that the guard, a 64-year-old retired Seal Beach police officer, acted in defense of himself and other guards at the church's Celebrity Centre. A former Scientologist, Mario Majorski, 48, died from a single gunshot wound in the Nov. 23 incident. Majorski, a Hollywood native who had moved to Oregon several years ago, had driven a rented convertible onto the church grounds and confronted the guards with swords. According to a prosecutor's report, Majorski threatened the guards and said "something about revenge." He dropped one sword and began walking back to his car, but then unsheathed a second sword and said he would kill anyone who tried to arrest him, the report stated. The guard shot him after he made "one last run" with the sword at the guards, according to the report. Det. Wendi Berndt said security videotape left no doubt that the guard was justified in shooting Majorski. "The video is so very, very, very vivid," she said. "This man was mentally ill, and it's just a wonder he didn't kill people." Majorski had made at least a dozen threatening phone calls to Scientology offices in Oregon and California, according to the church. Berndt said detectives interviewed Majorski's relatives and compiled information about recent run-ins with the law, including an incident in which he threatened an Oregon judge and another in which he was accused of threatening a tow truck driver. Harriet Ryan |
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La victime qui est morte semble avoir voulu en découdre avec des garien de la secte. Mario Majorski avait suivi des cours de scientologie et il semblerait que la thérapie de scientologie ainsi que le non remboursement des sommes investies ont été les principales cause de sa colère. Une fois de plus la scientologie, qui se croit capable de traiter les problèmes mentaux, a donné des soins sans obtenir le moindre résultat et a abandonné sa victime avec de lourdes dettes. Que des victimes en viennent à faire justive n'est pas surprenant lorsque l'on sait comment la secte sait profiter des délais de prescriptions avec des contre-plaintes multiples et dilatoires. Des manoeuvres que la justice dans le monde entier est trop souvent incapable de stopper. Tommy Davis*, porte parole de la scientologie, a indiqué à la police qu'un un ex-scientologue détraqué (sic) a tenté d'attaquer avec deux épées de samouraï (sic) un garde du Centre des Célébrités de l'église de scientologie qui pour se défendre a dû faire usage de son arme ! Il a ajouté ; «C'est juste un tragique incident !» et il a adressé ses «condoléances à la famille et ses amis». *Tommy Davis est le fils d'une des grandes actrices scientologues C'est un peu court comme explication pour ce qui nous semble être un assassinat. Tommy Davis s'était déjà distingué il y a peu en harcelant un journaliste de la BBC qu'il avait réussi à mettre en colère. La violence verbale dégénère souvent en acte de violence physique et cela la scientologie l'enseigne parfaitement à tous ses membres avec son «échelle des émotions». Que va encore prétendre maintenant la scientologie ? Que la victime était manipulée par les ANONYMOUS ... Et bien oui si vous lisez les interventions de ce Tommy Davis il n'a pas hésité à sous-entendre ce genre d'accusation ! Et dire que ce sont ce genre d'individu que la scientologie appelent des "gens entraînés comme officiers des relations publiques de Ron Hubbard"...
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By Harriet Ryan and James Wagner
Mario Majorski When he was a UCLA student 15 years ago, Mario Majorski was a committed enough Scientologist that he helped file a federal lawsuit against a professor who called the church a cult. On Sunday, Majorski stormed the church's Celebrity Centre in Hollywood with a sword in each hand. He was shot dead by a security guard who police say had every reason to fear for his life and the lives of hundreds of others gathered on the property. The reasons for Majorski's transformation from fervent believer to attacker remained a mystery Monday. A church spokesman said the 48-year-old had not participated in Scientology activities for more than a decade, but in recent years he had made a series of threatening phone calls to church offices in Los Angeles and Oregon, where he had been living. "There were over a dozen threats at various points since 2005," said spokesman Tommy Davis. The church alerted police to the calls, which Davis described as ranging from veiled statements that "something bad" would happen to the church to direct threats of violence. Although Majorski's name was known to church security, Davis said, guards, including the former police officer who shot him Sunday afternoon, did not know him by sight. "It was only after it happened that we realized, 'Oh, it's that guy,' " he said. Los Angeles Police Department detectives spoke with Majorski's relatives Monday. Det. Wendi Berndt said they believed Majorski had been unemployed for some time. They said that he had previously worked with his father, who is now deceased, in a real estate business. An employee at a skilled-nursing facility in San Gabriel said Majorski's mother died about a year ago. Public records show Majorski maintained residences in California and Oregon as recently as last year. Majorski was a church member in good standing in 1993 when he and a classmate sued a psychiatry professor and UCLA. The professor, Louis West, was an expert on brainwashing and an outspoken critic of Scientology, which he dismissed as a "pyramid scheme." Suits filed in state and federal court accused West of activities, including speaking to anti-cult groups, that transgressed the separation of church and state and interfered with Majorski's practice of religion. Both suits were dismissed, and court records indicate that Majorski's role was largely limited to providing his name as a plaintiff. Public records show a recent history of confrontation in both states. On Nov. 2, Majorski was arrested at a Mormon church service in Florence, Ore., the coastal town where he lived A Florence police spokeswoman told the Associated Press that he was "cursing and moving around a lot" and was charged with disorderly conduct and criminal trespass. Less than a month ago, he was arrested in Florence for swinging an ax at an Auto Club employee who was bringing him gas for his car. Majorski threatened to shoot police who went to his home to investigate, according to a police report. He pleaded no contest to disorderly conduct. In 2006, the administrator at Country Villa Broadway, the San Gabriel medical facility where his mother was a patient, sought a restraining order against him. In court papers, the administrator wrote that Majorski's visits from Oregon were unwelcome. A Superior Court judge barred Majorski from visiting unless he was accompanied by a special monitor.
Ryan and Wagner are Times staff writers. Times staff writer Andrew Blankstein contributed to this report. Comment by Maureen Source: ARS forum - 25 November 2008 The absence of healthcare, as opposed to his being painted a criminal is remarkable. Thanks to $cientology and the CCHR, and Scientology bribing and in the prison system. When we look at Sheriff Baca and Sophia Milo, and all the related, star-studded law enforcement - thank them for Mario Majorski and others like Jeremy Perkins, Charles Manson, and what $cientology does for the prison system and local communities to serve and protect the quality of life. http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Stop-Narconon/Baca/
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Scientology intruder had been in Lane jail By Winston Ross
Home: Story FLORENCE — Mario Jay Majorski, shot dead on Sunday by security guards at the Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre in Hollywood, was released from the Lane County Jail because of overcrowding two weeks ago, the same day he was arrested by Eugene police on charges of criminal trespass and harassing a police officer at the Executive House motel on West Sixth Avenue. The Florence resident previously had been convicted of stalking a Lane County judge, and he was charged last month in Florence with menacing a AAA representative. The 48-year-old former member of the church was killed by security guards at the Scientology building in what Los Angeles police called a justified shooting after he threatened to stab the guards with two samurai swords. "This is just one more example of what happens when your criminal justice system breaks down," Lane County District Attorney Doug Harcleroad said. "When people are released from jail (too early), bad things happen. New crimes are committed, or in this particular case, an individual met his demise. It’s very unfortunate." Los Angeles police Detective Wendi Berndt said Monday that Majorski drove up to the church and confronted several security guards with the swords, threatening repeatedly to kill them. The guards pushed Majorski back toward his vehicle, but eventually had to use deadly force, Berndt said. "There was video of the whole incident. It’s very compelling, very clear that the suspect in this case was attempting to kill somebody," Berndt said. Berndt said it’s unclear why Majorski went to the church. Though he did have a "previous relationship" with Scientology, it was a long time ago and he was not a current member. "It’s clear from looking at the video there’s mental health issues," Berndt said. "In talking with the jurisdiction in your area and hearing some of the incidents, it confirms the person did have mental health issues." In 1993, Majorski was listed as a plaintiff in a lawsuit brought by the Church of Scientology in Santa Monica Superior Court against a nationally known psychiatrist and professor at the University of California Los Angeles, who was an outspoken critic of the church. Majorski was a student at UCLA at the time. He and a classmate, John Van Dyke, sued Dr. Louis J. West on behalf of the church for waging "a smear campaign of religious intolerance and hatred on university time." The lawsuit was dismissed. Majorski has since had en-counters with local authorities. In June 2007, he was convicted of two misdemeanor counts of stalking Lane County Circuit Judge Debra Vogt with a dangerous weapon, after "repeated and unwanted contact" with the judge, and sentenced to probation. The charges came "after a case in which he did not like her decision and had made threats against her," according to a news release issued Monday by Lane County Sheriff Russ Burger. On Oct. 26, officers in Florence responded to a phone call from a representative for AAA, whom Majorski reportedly was threatening with an ax. Majorski had called AAA because he ran out of gas in the middle of Munsel Lake Road, according to a police report. The representative, Doug Bushwar, told police he arrived with a can of gas and found Majorski standing on the passenger side of his Toyota pickup, which had its flashers on. Behind the truck, there were "small kids’ toys lined up in a row on the street," Bushwar told the officer. "He thought this looked very strange," the report said. When Bushwar approached, Majorski became upset and agitated, according to the report, yelling at Bushwar to stay where he was, then threatening him and ultimately telling him to leave. Bushwar tried to explain who he was and to calm Majorski down, but Majorski grabbed an ax from the truck and threatened Bushwar with it, according to the report. Florence police officer Brian Goss arrived to find Majorski walking down Munsel Lake Road. Goss asked Majorski to talk to him, but Majorski walked away yelling and cursing, eventually threatening to shoot Goss. Majorski eventually ran into a nearby house, came to a window and told Goss he had hostages inside, then he came back outside and stormed about the yard. "He told us we have rifles aimed at our heads right now and that at his count of three we would be executed," Goss wrote. "He then counted to three." Majorski also said there were explosives in the house. Another officer eventually got handcuffs on Majorski, who was arrested for menacing and disorderly conduct. He pleaded not guilty to the menacing charge and was scheduled to appear in court on the other charge in December. Majorski made three financially disastrous forays into the Eugene-Springfield real estate investment market in 2004. He bought three rental properties with about $550,000 of his own cash, plus high-interest-rate mortgages totaling about $350,000, then quickly fell behind on payments on all three properties. Facing foreclosures, he sold the properties for much less than he had paid, according to deeds and mortgages filed with Lane County. In March 2004, Majorski paid $241,000 for a four-unit apartment building at 141 16th St. in Springfield. Later that year he fell behind on mortgage payments, and, facing foreclosure, he sold the property in July 2007 to investors for $180,000. In February 2004, Majorski paid $273,000 for a duplex at 1180 W. 25th Ave. in Eugene. He fell behind on mortgage payments later that year, and, facing foreclosure, sold the building in 2006 for $200,000. Also in February 2004, he paid $375,000 for a five-unit apartment building at 2140 Roosevelt Blvd. in Eugene. Before the end of the year, he was failing to make mortgage payments and facing foreclosure. He sold the property in September 2007 for $365,000. At the time of his death, Majorski still owned one Lane County property, a house at 3210 Munsel Lake Road in Florence that he bought in October 2007 for $155,000 from Wells Fargo Bank. The bank had foreclosed on the property after its previous owner defaulted. Neighbors on Munsel Lake said Majorski could be strange. "He just had his off-the-wall moments," said Dale Dotson, who lives on Majorski’s street. "He would just kind of babble, be out in his driveway just babbling to himself. He seemed harmless enough." Lester Potter, who lived next door to Majorski, said "he spent his money like it was no problem" on repairs to the home he moved into about a year ago, including gargoyle statues in the yard. Majorski told Potter he was a writer. Detective Wendt said the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office would make an official ruling this week on whether Majorski’s death was justified. 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Un garde de sécurité a abattu dimanche un homme qui brandissait deux sabres devant un centre de l'Eglise de Scientologie de Hollywood, destiné à accueillir des célébrités, a indiqué la police. "Un garde de sécurité du Centre pour Célébrités de l'Eglise de Scientologie à Hollywood a abattu un homme qui brandissait deux sabres de samouraï", a indiqué le chef adjoint de la police de Los Angeles Terry S. Hara. "Il est clairement établi que les responsables de la sécurité défendaient leur propre sécurité", a-t-il ajouté, sans préciser les motifs de l'attaque ni l'identité de l'agresseur. Selon les médias locaux, les caméras de sécurité de ce centre de l'Eglise de Scientologie montrent l'homme en train de tenter d'attaquer les gardes dans le parking du centre. Le centre de Scientologie est situé au coeur de Hollywood, au nord de Los Angeles, dans un bâtiment inspiré d'un château français du XVIIe siècle. Le lieu est utilisé depuis 39 ans par les scientologues pour accueillir, selon le site internet de l'Eglise de Scientologie, "artistes, hommes politiques, industriels, personnalités sportives ou quiconque a le pouvoir et la vision pour créer un monde meilleur". L'Eglise de Scientologie, considérée comme une secte dans de nombreux pays, compte plusieurs célébrités parmi ses membres, dont l'acteur Tom Cruise. Aux Etats-Unis, où elle a été fondée en 1954 par l'auteur de science-fiction Ron Hubbard, la Scientologie a le statut d'Eglise. |
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Posted by Noelle Crombie, The Oregonian
A man shot and killed Sunday in front of a Scientology building in Los Angeles was a Florence resident on probation for stalking a Lane County judge who recently had served time in a Florence jail for threatening a tow truck driver. A security guard shot Mario Majorski, 48, after Majorski threatened guests and another security guard with samurai swords at the Scientology Celebrity Centre in Hollywood, Los Angeles police said.
Mario Majorski Majorski, who had numerous addresses in Los Angeles County and Oregon in the past two decades, was convicted of stalking Lane County Circuit Judge Debra Vogt in June 2007 and sentenced to 24 months' probation in September 2007, said Alex Gardner, Lane County district attorney-elect. The stalking incident grew out of a landlord-tenant dispute in which the judge ruled against Majorski, Gardner said. Majorski sent the court a threatening letter and later was caught trying to carry a sharpened railroad spike into the courthouse. "At the time, Mr. Majorski was muttering something about having to take out a judge," Gardner said Monday. "In the context of his earlier threatening letter and outburst in court when he lost, that was interpreted as threatening and stalking behavior to the judge." Majorski also was arrested Oct. 26 after he threatened a tow truck driver, Doug Bushwar, with an ax handle. Bushwar responded to a call of a vehicle out of gas. When he arrived, Majorski was clearly agitated and ordered Bushwar not to cross the street to his pickup. "He picked up the hatchet (handle)," Bushwar said Monday. "He used some profanity and said, 'Go get my gas.' And then he goes, 'I told you, now,' and he was shaking the ax at me." Majorski pleaded guilty Oct. 28 and was released from the Florence jail on Oct. 30. Three days later, police were called after Majorski interrupted a Mormon church service and refused to leave. The incident is the second high-profile case involving Oregon and Scientology. In 1996, Jairus Chegero Godeka walked into the church's downtown Portland office and shot and wounded four people, including a pregnant receptionist. A police officer persuaded Godeka to surrender. On Monday, Los Angeles Detective Wendi Berndt told The Associated Press that Majorski had been associated with the Church of Scientology and that security guards were familiar with him. Surveillance tape showed he arrived in a red convertible about noon at the Los Angeles center and approached the guard with a sword in each hand before he was shot. In Florence, Majorski moved into a ranch-style house on Munsel Lake Road about eight months ago, said neighbor Morry Bernard. The two exchanged greetings, but then Bernard began finding gifts on his front porch for his four daughters. "I returned them to him," said Bernard, a single parent. "It came off as kind of perverse." The gifts included a Hannah Montana karaoke machine, stuffed animals and other toys. Bernard said Majorski told him, "'I didn't mean anything by it. I'm just trying to be cool.'" But Bernard's daughters and other neighborhood children were afraid of Majorski, Bernard said. "He'd dance in his front yard wearing devil's horns and all kinds of strange things when the kids were getting on the bus for school. Last week, he came out with 30 or 40 plastic coat hangers all over his arms. I didn't feel threatened or intimidated, but apparently he has an evil streak."
Editor's note: In September 1996, a man shot four people at the Scientology Center in downtown Portland. To see some of The Oregonian's coverage of the September 1996 shooting, click here. |
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Source: http://groups.google.ch/group/alt.religion.scientology... Wonder what the percentage of $cientologists incarcerated with mental health problems as 'criminal' or 'violent' go out and never get help ? http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN15...: The High Times Reader By Annie (EDT) Nocenti, Ruth Baldwin - 2004 "Manson was an eclectic. He borrowed techniques from Transactional Analysis and $cientology alike. There was even a $cientology E-Meter (lie detector) on the blind man's ranch where Charlie kept his harem." "I interviewed Preston Guillory, who had been a deputy with the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department when they eventually busted the Manson ranch. He stated that before the murders , they had been told to leave Charlie alone -- despite...'We didn't question our superiors...Oh we just figured they were going to kill the Black Panthers.' " "Thus did the racism of the sheriff's render them collaborators of Charles Manson, who had wanted to start a race war. He instructed his followers to leave clues making it appear that black militants were responsible for the killings." http://groups.google.com/group/alt.religion.scientology/...:
Alt.religion.scientology Week in Review / Volume 0, Issue 32 - 12/2/95 - by Rod Keller - copyright 1995 Charles Manson Evidence of imprisoned murderer Charles Manson's involvement in the cult was posted this week. The evidence is a portion of a letter to Mary Sue Hubbard. It is dated June 22nd, 1970, author unknown. "Report of interview with Raul Morales, Re: Charles Manson. According to Raul: Raul arrived in prison on McNeil Island, Washington in 1962 and became a cell mate of Lafayette Raimer allegedly a trained Scientology auditor (about Level I in Rauls's estimation) and was introduced to Scientology at that time. Raimer was auditing in prison at that time and in one 10 man cell had managed to gather a group of about 7, all in Scientology. Charles Manson entered later and studied, did TR0 etc. along with his cell-mates and received approximately 150 hours of auditing from Raimer. Processes used were CCH's, Help processes (Who have you helped-Who have you not helped) and other Dichotomy processes (Rauls terms, such as What can you confront, what would you rather not confront), Havingness (Such as 'What can you have?' 'Look around and find something you can have. Look around and find something you're not in.' Raimer kept records of his auditing. Manson got super-energetic & flipped out when he'd been audited and would, for a time, talk about nothing but Scientology to the extent that people avoided his company. After a while, however, Manson was screaming to get away from his auditor (in Raul's opinion, he'd been severely over-run or something). He eventually managed to get put in solitary confinement to get away from his auditor. Eventually prison officials got suspicious of the groups strange activities and broke up the group." Message-ID: <199511250407.UAA23...@infinity.c2.org> Maureen http://www.lermanet.com/scientologyscandals/charlesmanson.htm
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Un homme tué par balles dans une église de la scientologie par Aloys Evina
Un ancien adepte a été tué par balles dimanche dernier dans une église de la scientologie de Hollywood qui est généralement réservée aux célébrités et personnalités politiques. Un homme de 48 ans a été abattu dans une église de la scientologie en plein culte. La police dit que cet ancien fidèle de la secte brandissait des sabres de samouraï et tentait d’attaquer les fidèles réunis pour le brunch. L’homme s’appelait Mario Majorski. Il était connu des services de police. Son assassinat par par un garde de sécurité de la secte relèverait de la légitime défense, selon la direction de l’église de scientologie. Le drame a eu lieu en pendant que les fidèles de la secte prenaient le petit déjeuner à ce moment là, dans la salle du Celebrity Center appartenant à l’église, précise Tommy Davis, un membre influent de la secte. La police de Los Angeles et le FBI avaient été saisis par les responsables de la secte pour signaler des menaces qu’auraient émis Majorslki contre ce mouvement auquel il a appartenu. L’homme a quitté la scientologie en situation de faillite personnelle en 2000 et en voulait à la secte. |
| Fatally shot Scientologist was mental patient on probation By Nancy Dillon DAILY NEWS WEST COAST BUREAU CHIEF
LOS ANGELES - A samurai sword-swinging ex-Scientologist shot to death outside the Church of Scientology's Hollywood Celebrity Center was a mental health patient on probation for stalking a judge in Oregon. Mario Majorski, 48, was caught with a "sharpened railroad spike" in his backpack as he entered an Oregon courthouse in June 2007 searching for a female judge who handled a landlord-tenant dispute he'd lost, a top prosecutor told the Daily News. "He sent the judge a threatening letter, and after that he entered the courthouse with a backpack containing a sharpened railroad spike about seven inches long," said Lane County Chief Deputy District Attorney Alex Gardner. Majorski pleaded to a misdemeanor stalking charge, and the felony weapons charge was dropped. A judge directed him to the Lane County Mental Health department on 24 months probation, Gardner said. The lawyer who handled Majorski's stalking case told Gardner that a Scientology center in Portland contacted him to inquire about the weapons charge. A call to the Portland Church of Scientology was not returned. Los Angeles Police said Monday that they found Majorski shortly after noon Sunday suffering from a gunshot wound in the parking lot of the castle-like Scientology Celebrity Center, a regular stomping ground of famous Scientologists including Tom Cruise and John Travolta. He was pronounced dead at Los Angeles-USC Medical Center. Majorski was shot by an armed security guard after he pulled up in a red convertible and approached other security guards with two samurai swords, cops said. He was associated with Scientology in the "distant past," a detective said. "The security people were aware of him through some prior incidents," LAPD Detective Wendi Berndt told the Associated Press. Court records show he was one of two students who sued a UCLA professor in 1993, claiming he suffered religious persecution for his membership in the controversial church. The case was dismissed a year later. Comment by Elron (ARS forum - 25 November 2008) The Portland Org asked Majorski's lawyer about this incident in 2007.That is not "the distant past," but I guess they were keeping an eyeon him because of threats he had made. Comment by Maureen (ARS forum - 25 November 2008) Most of the mentally incapacitated do this off the $cientology premises. Like Jeremy Perkins.They don't believe in psychiatry, so they just let offload them to prison or the police ? Maureen |
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Man shot in L.A. a 'crazy freak of sorts'
The Associated Press FLORENCE, Ore. (AP) — A neighbor remembers Mario Majorski, the man fatally shot Sunday in Los Angeles after wielding samurai swords at a Scientology building, as a "gentle, somewhat crazy freak of sorts." Nevertheless, Majorski has had a number of run-ins with Oregon law enforcement and was reportedly acting oddly just weeks before he showed up in California. Jim Cannon, who lives in a house just across the street from Majorski's home here, met him this spring and helped him paint his fence. Despite Majorski's shaved head and neck tattoos, Cannon said he wasn't "a menacing sort of guy." If anything, Cannon said, "I found him very comical." Majorski, 48, moved among rock n' roll circles in Eugene, a nearby university town, Cannon said. Though a Scientology spokesman said Majorski had threatened the church in a string of incidents dating to at least 2005, Cannon said he never heard Majorski, a former member of the church, say anything critical about it. The two men talked about Scientology, Cannon said. He got the impression that Majorski was disappointed with Scientology. His record with Oregon police, however, describes a different man. Majorski was released from the Lane County Jail due to overcrowding two weeks ago, the same day he was arrested by Eugene police on charges of criminal trespass and harassing a police officer at the Executive House Motel, according to The Register-Guard in Eugene. Majorski has also previously been convicted of stalking a Lane County judge, the paper reported. In another example of his troubles with the law, Majorski was arrested in late October after threatening a man offering roadside assistance, according to Florence police. On the morning of Oct. 26, Majorski made a call to the American Automobile Association for roadside assistance saying he had run out of gas on the road where he lived. When the AAA driver, Doug Bushwar, arrived, he reportedly found Majorski standing next to his truck with a number of "small kids toys lined up in a row on the street" behind him. When Bushwar walked toward the truck, Majorski yelled at him to stay where he was. Bushwar told police that he tried to get Majorski to calm down, but when the man "grabbed a hand-held ax from his vehicle and held it in a threatening manner," Bushwar left and called the authorities. A police officer showed up about 25 minutes later to find Majorski walking on the road. When the officer asked him to talk with him, Majorski reportedly threatened to shoot if he came any closer. Then, Majorski walked into his house, yelling and cursing. After a minute, Majorski "came to a window and told me to come talk to him there" the officer reported. Majorski then told the officer he had hostages in the house. When another officer showed up to help, Majorski threatened to shoot the officers and told them he also had explosives, according to the police report. Majorski later came back outside "yelling and screaming for us to leave." The two officers moved in slowly and handcuffed him. Police found no hostages or explosives in the house. About a week later, police arrested Majorski again after he disrupted a Mormon Church service in Florence. Police say Majorski entered the church on Nov. 2, "cursing and moving around a lot." He was asked to leave but did not, said Sarah Huff, spokeswoman with the Florence police department. Police arrested him outside the church on charges of disorderly conduct and criminal trespass. |
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Man shot by Scientology guard was from Ore By Thomas Watkins
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An Oregon man who was fatally shot as he wielded a pair of samurai swords and attempted to attack guests at a landmark Scientology building was a former follower of the religion who had made at least a dozen previous threats against the church, a Scientology official said Monday. Mario Majorski, 48, of Florence, Ore. was shot once by a security guard as he tried to use the swords to attack guests Sunday at the Scientology Celebrity Centre in Hollywood, police said. Majorski had threatened the church in a string of incidents dating to at least 2005 that were reported to the Los Angeles Police Department, the FBI and Oregon authorities, said Scientology spokesman Tommy Davis. The threats were allegedly made through faxes and telephone calls but police could not immediately confirm how many were made. "He was clearly disturbed," Davis said. "It's just a tragic incident. Our condolences go out to his family or friends." Majorski had been a Scientologist in the early 1990s but appeared to have left the church about 15 years ago, Davis said. The shooting will be reviewed by the district attorney's office but police were treating the killing as justifiable. "The security guard had to take action to prevent the deceased from killing or maiming people on the premises," Los Angeles police Detective Wendi Berndt said. Security surveillance tape showed Majorski arrived around noon in a red convertible, then approached the guards with a sword in each hand before he was shot, Berndt said. She said the tape would not be released to the public because it was too graphic. No other weapons were found in the car, which Berndt said she thought was a rental. Majorski was pronounced dead at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center. Public records show Majorski associated with a string of addresses in Los Angeles County and Oregon during the last two decades. He filed for bankruptcy in 2000. In October, police in Florence, Ore., arrested Majorski for menacing and disorderly conduct after he reportedly threatened a man with an ax handle, Florence Police Department spokeswoman Sarah Huff said. She said court records show Majorski had run out of gas and called AAA service to respond, but threatened the AAA representative when he arrived to help. Other Oregon arrest reports show Majorski was arrested for criminal trespass by the Eugene Police Department in May 2007, and the next month the Lane County Sheriff's Department arrested him for unlawful use of a weapon. In 1993, Majorski and another man sued a University of California, Los Angeles professor who had been speaking out against Scientology, Davis said. He said the men felt the professor was discriminating against them but the case was found to have no standing and was dropped. The Celebrity Centre is a turreted, castle-like landmark in Hollywood that serves as "a home for the artist, a place where he can come and learn, attend seminars, meet other artists and even perform at our many showcases and events," according to the Centre's Web site. Late Monday morning, a security guard patrolled outside the premises on a bicycle. He did not respond to questions. Davis said the church frequently receives threats, many of them originating from a "cyber-terrorist group" that goes by the name Anonymous and includes Scientology among its targets. Earlier this year, a Scientology building in Hollywood was vandalized with graffiti, and shots were fired through another Scientology building in Los Angeles, Davis said. In January, church officials in California received 22 envelopes of suspicious white powder that was treated by authorities as an anthrax threat. Davis did not know if Majorski had been a member of the group. Neighbors at his home in Florence said Majorski lived alone and seemed to receive few visitors. He often would disappear for weeks at a time on trips to California, they said. Dale Doyle, 47, lived across the street from Majorski and helped him move into the neighborhood six months ago. He said he had never heard Majorski discuss Scientology. "We saw him as pretty much harmless," he said. The Church of Scientology was established in 1945 by science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard and claims 10 million members around the world. It likes to cultivate celebrity followers and among its more famed acolytes are Tom Cruise and John Travolta. Associated Press Television News videographer John Mone in Los Angeles, AP Writer Mary Hudetz in Portland, Ore., and AP Researcher Judy Ausuebel contributed to this report. © 2008 Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Man shot by Scientology guard was from Ore By thomas Watkins
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An Oregon man who was fatally shot as he wielded a pair of samurai swords and attempted to attack guests at a landmark Scientology building had been involved in prior incidents with the church, police said Monday. Mario Majorski, 48, was shot once by a security guard as he tried to use the swords to attack guests at the Scientology Celebrity Centre in Hollywood on Sunday, Detective Wendi Berndt said. Berndt said the Scientology church and security guards were already familiar with Majorski, and he had been associated with the church in the "distant past." She did not elaborate on these earlier dealings. "The security people were aware of him through some prior incidents," Berndt said. The shooting will be reviewed by the district attorney's office but police were treating the killing as justifiable. "The security guard had to take action to prevent the deceased from killing or maiming people on the premises," Berndt said. Security surveillance tape showed Majorski arrived around noon in a red convertible, then approached the guards with a sword in each hand before he was shot, Berndt said. She said the tape would not be released to the public because it was too graphic. No other weapons were found in the car, which Berndt said she thought was a rental. Majorski was pronounced dead at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center. Public records show Majorski associated with a string of different addresses in Los Angeles County and in Oregon over the last two decades. He filed for bankruptcy in 2000. Messages left at a Scientology media line were not returned Sunday or immediately on Monday. The Celebrity Centre is a turreted, castle-like landmark in Hollywood that serves as "a home for the artist, a place where he can come and learn, attend seminars, meet other artists and even perform at our many showcases and events," according to the Centre's Web site. Late Monday morning, a security guard patrolled outside the premises on a bicycle. He did not respond to questions. The Church of Scientology was established in 1945 by science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard and claims 10 million members around the world. It likes to cultivate celebrity followers and among its more famed acolytes are Tom Cruise and John Travolta. ____ AP Video Journalist John Mone contributed to this report. © 2008 Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. |
LOS ANGELES — Un gardien de sécurité a tué un homme qui brandissait une épée, dimanche, sur un terrain appartenant à l'église de Scientologie, à Hollywood, en Californie. L'homme, qui n'a pas été identifié, s'est approché du gardien vers midi dans le terrain de stationnement du Scientology Celebrity Centre, a fait savoir une porte-parole de la police. Le gardien a eu peur pour sa vie et a tiré en direction de l'homme, a-t-elle ajouté. L'individu a été déclaré mort à l'hôpital. Les détectives interrogeaient le gardien pour tenter de déterminer les motifs de l'homme à l'épée et si le gardien était justifié de tirer sur lui. Le Celebrity Centre a déjà servi d'hôtel-résidence pour des vedettes du cinéma. |
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Los Angeles: Man with sword killed by Scientology guard
Download the video (.flv - 4,2 MB) LOS ANGELES -- A security guard shot and killed a man wielding a sword Sunday on the grounds of a Scientology building in Hollywood, police said. The unidentified man approached three guards around noon in the parking lot of the Scientology Celebrity Centre, Los Angeles Deputy Police Chief Terry S. Hara said. The man was "close enough to hurt them" when one of the guards shot him, Hara said. Detectives were questioning the guard to figure out the swordsman's motive and determine whether the shooting was justified. Surveillance tape showed the man arriving at the center's parking lot in a red convertible, then approaching the guards with a sword in each hand, Hara said. "The evidence itself, it's very, very clear," Hara said. "The security officers were defending their safety." Detective Wendi Berndt told the Los Angeles Times the man was involved with the church a long time ago. "There was a previous relationship, but it is unclear to what degree," Berndt said. Calls to Scientology spokespeople were not immediately returned Sunday. The Celebrity Centre includes a seven-story Norman-revival landmark that towers over the Hollywood freeway and used to be a residential hotel for movie stars. The castle-like facility now serves as "a home for the artist, a place where he can come and learn, attend seminars, meet other artists and even perform at our many showcases and events," according to the center's Web site. The Church of Scientology was established in 1945 by science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard. It teaches that technology can expand the mind and help solve problems and claims 10 million members around the world, including celebrity devotees Tom Cruise and John Travolta. (Copyright ©2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) |
This sounds like something out of a movie, but according to The Associated Press, a security guard shot and killed a man wielding two Samurai swords this past Sunday at the Scientology Celebrity Centre in Hollywood. Los Angeles Deputy Police Chief Terry S. Hara said the man approached three armed guards in the parking lot of the Scientology center, and the man was "close enough to hurt them" when one of the guards fired his weapon. Surveillance tape shows that the swordsman arrived in a red convertible, and walked towards the guards with a sword in each hand. Hara said, "The evidence itself, it's very, very clear - the security officers were defending their safety." And it looks like this may not have been the swordsman's first time at the center - Detective Wendi Berndt told the Los Angeles Times that the man was involved with the church a long time ago. "There was a previous relationship, but it is unclear to what degree," Berndt said. |
LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles police say a security guard at a Scientology building has shot and killed a sword-wielding man. Officer April Harding said the man approached the guard in the parking lot of the Scientology Celebrity Centre International around noon Sunday. Harding said the guard "felt threatened for his life" and fired at the unidentified man. He was pronounced dead at a hospital. Homicide detectives have cordoned off the building in Hollywood to investigate. A Scientology spokesperson could not be immediately reached for comment.
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Guard fatally shoots man armed with swords at Scientology building By James Wagner and Harriet Ryan
Police say surveillance tape at the Church of Scientology's Celebrity Centre in Hollywood backs the guard's contention that he was acting in self-defense. A security guard at the Church of Scientology's Celebrity Centre in Hollywood on Sunday shot and killed a man wielding two samurai swords, police said. Police detained the guard for questioning but said that a surveillance tape at the facility backed his claim that he fired his semiautomatic handgun to protect himself and two colleagues. "The evidence is very clear the security officers were defending their safety," said Deputy Chief Terry S. Hara of the Los Angeles Police Department. Police did not release the name of the guard or the man killed in the shooting, which occurred about noon. An investigator said the man had a history with the church but was not a member now. The tape showed the man arriving at the Celebrity Centre's Bronson Avenue parking lot in a red convertible, getting out of the vehicle and approaching a trio of security guards and waving a sword in each hand, Hara said. He said the man, who was described as being in his 40s, was "close enough to hurt them" when the guard fired. The man was taken to County-USC Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Det. Wendi Berndt said the man was involved with the church "a long time ago." "There was a previous relationship, but it is unclear to what degree," she said. A teenager who saw the man arrive in the parking lot said he stopped the car abruptly in the driveway and climbed out with a 5-foot sword in his hand and an angry expression on his face. Tony Marquez, 17, said the man, who was bald and had tattoos on his arms, walked toward the building, then returned to the car to get the other sword. "I thought it was part of a show," said Marquez, of Ontario. He and his mother entered the building before the shooting began. Police said the guard worked for a private security company. Detectives cordoned off the Franklin Avenue complex with yellow tape as investigators combed through the man's Toyota Solara. The incident occurred at one of Hollywood's most distinctive landmarks. Originally a luxury hotel, the eight-story building was built in the style of a 17th century French castle with a striking white facade and turrets that loom over the nearby Hollywood Freeway. The church remade the building into a facility aimed at celebrities 39 years ago. According to a church website, the Celebrity Centre caters to "artists, politicians, leaders of industry, sports figures and anyone with the power and vision to create a better world." The complex includes a restaurant, theater and hotel. Representatives of the church did not return calls. "I have no information," said a woman who answered the phone at the Celebrity Centre. The facility is ringed by a fence, and security cameras dot the property's perimeter. Guards on bikes also patrol the area. "That is one thing about living here, you get free security," said Brant Hoibin, 34, who lives in an apartment adjacent to the Celebrity Centre. Wagner and Ryan are Times staff writers. By Harriet Ryan and James Wagner 3:52 PM PST, November 24, 2008
Police said today that a man who was shot dead after wielding two samurai swords at the Church of Scientology's Celebrity Centre in Hollywood had "created problems" for the church in the past. Authorities were not sure why Mario Majorski, 48, went to the center Sunday morning, but they were looking into his reported problems with the church, said Det. Wendi Berndt of the Los Angeles Police Department. "From that we believe there is some sort of mental issue," Berndt said. Majorski allegedly waved two swords in the center's garden about noon Sunday and threatened to kill security guards, she said. Police said a surveillance tape backed a security guard's claim that he fired his semiautomatic handgun to protect himself and two colleagues. "The evidence is very clear the security officers were defending their safety," said Deputy Chief Terry S. Hara of the Los Angeles Police Department. The tape showed the man arriving at the Celebrity Centre's Bronson Avenue parking lot in a red convertible, getting out of the vehicle and approaching a trio of security guards and waving a sword in each hand, Hara said. He said Majorski was "close enough to hurt them" when the guard fired. Majorski was taken to County-USC Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Berndt said the man was involved with the church "a long time ago." "There was a previous relationship, but it is unclear to what degree," she said. Majorski was a church member and student at UCLA in 1993 when he and a classmate sued a psychiatry professor and the university. The professor, Louis West, now deceased, was an expert on brainwashing and an outspoken critic of Scientology, which he dismissed as a "pyramid scheme." Suits filed in state and federal court accused West of activities, including speeches to anti-cult groups, that transgressed the separation of church and state and interfered with Majorski's practice of religion. Both suits were dismissed, and court records indicate that Majorski's role was largely limited to providing his name as a plaintiff. Randall Spencer, a lawyer who worked on the suit, said he had no memory of Majorski or the details of the suit. "This is 15 years ago," he said. Though police have said Majorski is from Oregon, public records show he maintained residences in both Oregon and California as recently as the summer of 2007. On Sunday, a teenager who saw the man arrive in the parking lot said he stopped the car abruptly in the driveway and climbed out with a 5-foot sword in his hand and an angry expression on his face. Tony Marquez, 17, said the man, who was bald and had tattoos on his arms, walked toward the building, then returned to the car to get the other sword. "I thought it was part of a show," said Marquez, of Ontario. He and his mother entered the building before the shooting began. Police said the guard worked for a private security company and was a former Los Angeles Police Department officer. Detectives cordoned off the Franklin Avenue complex with yellow tape as investigators combed through Majorski's Toyota Solara. The incident occurred at one of Hollywood's most distinctive landmarks. Originally a luxury hotel, the eight-story building was built in the style of a 17th century French castle with a striking white facade and turrets that loom over the nearby Hollywood Freeway. The church remade the building into a facility aimed at celebrities 39 years ago. According to a church website, the Celebrity Centre caters to "artists, politicians, leaders of industry, sports figures and anyone with the power and vision to create a better world." The complex includes a restaurant, theater and hotel. Representatives of the church did not return calls. "I have no information," said a woman who answered the phone at the Celebrity Centre. The facility is ringed by a fence, and security cameras dot the property's perimeter. Guards on bikes also patrol the area. "That is one thing about living here, you get free security," said Brant Hoibin, 34, who lives in an apartment next to the Celebrity Centre. Ryan and Wagner are Times staff writers. Times staff writer Andrew Blankstein contributed to this report.
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Scientology-Wächter erschiesst Ex-Mitglied
Der Sicherheitsmann vor dem Celebrity Centre der Sekte in Hollywood hat gestern einen Mann erschossen, der ihnen mit zwei Samurai-Schwertern drohte. Der Tote ist ein früheres Mitglied.
Das Opfer war am Sonntag Nachmittag aus einem roten Cabriolet gestiegen und fuchtelnd mit einem Schwert in jeder Hand auf die Wachleute zugegangen. Als der Mann den Wächtern zu nah kam, feuerte einer von ihnen den tödlichen Schuss ab. Ein Teenager, der die Szene beobachtet hatte, sagte der Polizei später, der Samurai-Mann habe einen «wütenden Ausdruck» im Gesicht gehabt. Der Wächter, der den Schuss abgab, wurde kurz nach der Tat von der Polizei vernommen. Eine Videoaufnahme zeigte jedoch, dass der Mann in Notwehr gehandelt hatte, um sich und seine zwei Kollegen zu verteidigen. Das schreibt die «L. A. Times». «Der Beweis ist eindeutig, dass die Wachmänner ihre eigene Sicherheit verteidigt haben», zitiert das Blatt den Polizeichef Terry S. Hara. Berühmte Kulisse Das Opfer hat nach Angaben der Untersuchungsbehörden «eine Geschichte» mit Scientology, war aber mittlerweile nicht mehr Mitglied in der Gemeinschaft. Wie eng das Opfer einst mit der Gemeinschaft verbandelt war, konnten die Behörden nicht sagen. Die Kampfszene spielte sich vor einer prominenten Kulisse ab. Das Scientology-Gebäude war einst ein bekanntes Hotel im Stil eines französischen Schlosses, bevor die Sekte es vor 39 Jahren bezog. Es soll als Celebrity Center besonders Prominente aus Kunst, Sport und Wirtschaft anziehen. Eines der bekanntesten Mitglieder im Celebrity Center ist der Schauspieler Tom Cruise. Laut «L. A. Times» wollten die Scientology-Verantwortlichen zum Vorfall keine Stellung nehmen. (oku)
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LA SCIENTOLOGIE DANS LES MÉDIAS
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Un must: "Ron Hubbard, le gourou démasqué" Ce livre de Russell Miller révèle la face cachée de la scientologie. On y découvre un Ron Hubbard, malade, mythomane et poursuivi par la justice. Il est disponible en format pdf ou html sur notre site. Nous avons également publié une version résumée.
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