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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Indeed Darwin award.
He deserved to be punished for buying a Schwinn. But shooting him was a little over the top.
If you were a cop in los angeles you’d be dead within 24hours
You owe me a keyboard and another cup of coffee. My monitor will clean up OK.
A bicycle part? WHAT?
THAT, is a WEAPON! That LOOKS LIKE a GUN!
Picture-thousand-words
Imagine what would have happened if it had been a Huffy!
Yet another killer cop. This is why democrats only want cops to have guns. Democrats want you dead and they do not care how you are killed. Remember, democrats demand the right to kill babies.
JoMa
Hehe, I know! I checked the thread before posting and couldn’t believe it. I kinda expected three or four freepers woulda beaten me to the punch, but no!... Kinda sad these dyin’ freeper memes.
Don’t be the govt sanctioned predator, kenmcg.
So you’re comfortable killing anyone with a gun?
You want to call me out? Don’t do it in a PM.
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