[[ These “shoot first and the identify” types are going to cost the LAPD a ton of money from lawsuits from this blatant stupidity. ]]
It’s not going to cost “the LAPD” a single cent. Not one.
It probably WILL end up costing the _taxpayers_ of L.A. a “ton of money”.
Them’s the breaks...
In the end, yes. The taxpayers, shrinking pool that they are, get screwed.