NEED-A-VETTE

False.

Just like the thread in OT, I'll ask you to back up your claim with facts.

Also, before you start throwing out "you don't even live in LA," remember that Long Beach is not part of the city of LA, either.

FlyBono24

Hell the LBPD is even worse, they've shot about 9 unarmed people in the last 2 years... including a guy holding a HOSE NOZZLE on his front porch, they murdered him right before Christmas a few years back. And of course their internal "investigation" found the officers did nothing wrong.

http://www.presstelegram.com/general...-douglas-zerby

FactoryZ51

What a horrible ending. I felt very sad seeing that corvette driver squirm in pain until he lay motionless. I kinda now wish I had never seen it. I am truly sorry for his family if they witnessed his death live on tv as well. I also hope it was not someone from this forum. May this man rest in peace.

vforrest

....mostly. Nobody knows what the cops do and we can invent an assumption that he had a gun and the cops knew that "he was armed"...or...you can invent the assumption that he was just trying to run away and was unarmed....nobody just watching has all the facts.

I do think that those that think that Cops are more likely to kill you than thugs should call them up and ask them no longer patrol where you live because you will feel safer without them....really!

FlyBono24

The LBPD never made their presence known or commanded him to drop the "weapon", they just showed up, saw him, and shot him 12 times.

But you're a badge bunny so you'll probably say they were justified too.

NEED-A-VETTE

I'll repeat what I said in the other thread:

I can cherry pick stories from any department/city. Give me straight up facts regarding the incidents and complaints recieved on LAPD officers, per encounter with the public, versus similar populated cities.

I don't know whether they were justified or not. I don't have all the facts on the circumstances and neither do you.

Badge Bunny. That's cute. But you'll have to do better than that, cutie pie.

I'll wait for you to post some facts backing your claims about LAPD versus other departments, etc.

NY3quartrs5-oh

Absolutely incorrect. And navy training is no where near what is needed for city state or federal police.

If you noticed, I never said they were justified! I WASN'T THERE TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.... I am not going to guess, assume or second guess what anyone there did. He could have been a career criminal or a saint that lost his mind, either way he wouldn't be dead if he didn't put himself in that position. I'll let the investigation by the district attorney say what happened. And for those that say the DA is on the cops side are 1000% wrong. A DA wouldn't think twice to put dirty cops down.

NY3quartrs5-oh

I love backseat drivers that say they should have waited till he did this, or that before they shot. A split second changes everything and you don't know what was going on. So easy to act tough and brave from behind a keyboard. IE: "If he had a gun I would have waited till he pulled the gun before i shot him", or "why did they have to shoot him in the chest, why couldn't they shoot the gun out of his hand?"....

Allan

and the military wants LEOSA privileges.

petsur

So how does killing him after his car is dead, prove your argument? I get your point and it's valid, but shooting him when he's harmless is just revenge. Lots of cops are just punks with guns and badges that allow them to shoot people they can stop other ways.

How would you feel if one of your kids was drunk one night and did something stupid to meet justice via some blue gangsters gun? But of course you say I raise my kids better than that. Yeah, sure you do. That's why they have juries friend.

NEED-A-VETTE

Your assumption is that he was harmless. None of us can prove or disprove that, at this point.




Sincerely,

Badge Bunny (because FlyBono24 said so)

Mad*Max

makes sense to me

ls1121

I hope they prosecute the officers that shot him and they go to prison. This man was clearly no threat to anyone after he exited the car. Another case of police brutality. They should be jailed. Another POS cop if ya ask me, makes all the good cops look bad. F'n california, sure glad I don't live there.

NY3quartrs5-oh

Perfect example. This man was there, knows exactly what happened, and actually has a recording of the cops in the locker room saying how they wanted to shoot someone dead tonight.... "Clearly no threat to anyone", well damn, we should just fire all judges and pay you on standby....

DJackman

Dead or alive , I do not symphatize with people running from the police endagering other citizens.

Maligator

this..............

Vet Interested

Saves the tax payers court costs. Good job LAPD!

woodman300

there is no way to justify shooting an unarmed suspect in the back several times as he is running away. we wouldn't tolerate this from an armed citizen who may have witnessed a crime and then acted. why should we tolerate this action by police officers who have all the training, tools and knowledge to do the right thing. we give officers a lot of leeway because there are times when they have to decide quickly. it was obvious to everyone watching the chase live that this guy got out of the car unarmed and tried to run away, then was shot several times. when he fell you could see the red holes in his shirt. the problem with police forces is that we have lowered our standards for employment in the name of diversity, and now we have officers that do not have the physical ability to subdue a suspect. they have to resort to shooting. this whole thing might have been avoided if the LAPD had not pressed this idiot to speed the way he did. when they did that they werer partly responsible for endangering the lives of the other motorists.

ls1121

OK smart boy but this was...Murder........ keep letting them do it and who will be next and when will it stop. Sorry but this America not **** germany, EVERYBODY has rights in this country regardless of how some feel. A Sad day for sure.

Maybe this is SOP up there in NY City but not here. Oh yes I forgot NY is a Police State you can't even buy a 20 oz. Coke. LMAO.

dennis50nj

and now we know the reason for the trying to out run and the run, the guy new he was running for his life