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Man Fatally Shot by LAPD Sergeant in Culver City Wielded ‘Bicycle Part,’ Not Gun: Officials
KTLA ^ | 01/17/2020

Posted on 01/17/2020 10:10:50 PM PST by BenLurkin

A man shot and killed by a Los Angeles Police Department sergeant who was responding to reports of a “man with a gun” on the border between Culver City and Los Angeles’ Palms neighborhood was holding a bicycle part in his hand when he was shot, not a gun, as initially believed by the officer and witnesses, police said Friday.

The police shooting took place about 12:40 p.m. on Jan. 11 in the area of South Sepulveda Boulevard and South Venice Boulevard, LAPD said in a written statement. A supervisor assigned to the LAPD’s Pacific Patrol Division identified by the department as Sgt. I Colin Langsdale was the first to arrive at the scene where witnesses reported seeing an armed man.

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To: DrewsMum

Yes. He is.


21 posted on 01/17/2020 11:08:35 PM PST by TexasGurl24
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To: TChad
That's not the correct part. The actual part taken as evidence is pictured in the OP link. It looks MUCH more like a pistol at first glance the the pic you posted.
22 posted on 01/17/2020 11:17:27 PM PST by ETCM
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To: DrewsMum

>> Are you crazy?

Likely.

Starting salary for a LEO should be $250k with a federal restriction on the number of LEOs per region. These LEOs are given the latitude to apply the law as necessary. Should they kill unjustly, they suffer capital punishment — comes with the job.

Unfortunately, most prefer the comfortable gray area where too many get lost in the margins. Cowards in my opinion.

FReegards


23 posted on 01/17/2020 11:17:42 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: TexasGurl24

>> Witnesses in urban centers often change their stories,

Or the witness is sympathetic to a particular outcome.

But I appreciate you taking the bait.


24 posted on 01/17/2020 11:23:05 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Jonty30

But what if it was nitro glycerine?


25 posted on 01/17/2020 11:41:39 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: Gene Eric

A gun, yes, quite possibly.

A bike part, in the big vast majority of cases, nope.


26 posted on 01/17/2020 11:50:09 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: ETCM
It looks MUCH more like a pistol at first glance the the pic you posted.

There is a lot of variability in quill stems. I was just trying to identify the part. They could both look like pistols from a distance, particularly if they were being held. The handlebar clamp in the photo I posted is complete, unlike the clamp in the police photo.

27 posted on 01/17/2020 11:50:56 PM PST by TChad (The MSM, having nuked its own credibility, is now bombing the rubble.)
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To: TChad

Yes, but the stem, or ‘goose-neck’ as we called them as kids, that the victim had looks like something a person might carry to simulate a weapon.


28 posted on 01/17/2020 11:58:41 PM PST by ETCM
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To: BenLurkin

Well, don’t take a bicycle part to a gun fight.


29 posted on 01/18/2020 12:44:58 AM PST by LibWhacker
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To: Gene Eric
And so what if he had a gun. Is that a reason to take a life so freely?

It's that heroic philosophy of "Everyone goes home safe" attitude that is so prevalent in law enforcement circles these days. This of course, does not go for all law enforcement, but there are far too many who have become so risk averse, that they'd rather shoot, than take a chance. Even if he had a gun, how much of a threat was he to officers whom had taken positions of concealed cover? The more I think about it, the more it becomes apparent that so many aspects of modern society have morphed so much, that they present a clear and present danger to the citizenry.
30 posted on 01/18/2020 12:47:00 AM PST by krogers58
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To: krogers58

Unlike Some, I will wait for more facts to to come out before passing judgment


31 posted on 01/18/2020 1:00:05 AM PST by deek69
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To: krogers58

>> the more it becomes apparent ...

Sadly true.


32 posted on 01/18/2020 1:08:25 AM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: ETCM

I think I have one of those laying around, and using it as the dead man did is desperate and foolish, as it can be enough to scare and get oneself shot.


33 posted on 01/18/2020 1:25:08 AM PST by daniel1212 ( Trust the risen Lord Jesus to save you as a damned and destitute sinner + be baptized + follow Him)
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To: TChad
There is a lot of variability in quill stems. I was just trying to identify the part. They could both look like pistols from a distance, particularly if they were being held. The handlebar clamp in the photo I posted is complete, unlike the clamp in the police photo.

Yes, the image of the quill (vs. threadless) stem that KTLA shows is missing the bolt and pinch wedge-shaped nut and the plate (or whatever its called) that goes over handle bar.

Looks "vintage" kinda like this:

VINTAGE SCHWINN PARAMOUNT 1 1/8" x 150 ... sidelineswap.com

34 posted on 01/18/2020 1:46:11 AM PST by daniel1212 ( Trust the risen Lord Jesus to save you as a damned and destitute sinner + be baptized + follow Him)
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To: Gene Eric

Rule number one pilgrim: don’t slap leather unless you intend to fire.


35 posted on 01/18/2020 2:43:34 AM PST by Badboo (Why it is important)
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To: BenLurkin
You can kill with any object.

The question is did the officer think his life was in danger and if so was deadly force required.

Split second call that I will not second guess

36 posted on 01/18/2020 3:55:09 AM PST by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT!)
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To: Gene Eric
There is a very simple solution

37 posted on 01/18/2020 4:09:21 AM PST by Karma_Sherab
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To: LibWhacker

Wow, 29 posts to say that??? I thought it would be in the first 3. We’re slipping, FReepers.


38 posted on 01/18/2020 5:41:15 AM PST by NonValueAdded ("Sorry, your race card has been declined. Can you present any other form of argument?")
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To: BenLurkin

If the Shooter wasn’t in possession of and dressed in a Magic Blue Costume would it still be considered Justified???


39 posted on 01/18/2020 6:08:05 AM PST by eyeamok
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To: Gene Eric

“Consider this... a govt sanctioned individual can kill you for refusing to lower your weapon... that’s bullshit. And similar bullshit is becoming a fast reality in VA.”

If some @$$hole was refusing to lower a gun pointed at you, you wouldn’t call it bull shit!


40 posted on 01/18/2020 6:13:22 AM PST by kenmcg (tHE WHOLE)
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