Posted on 12/16/2013 9:14:42 PM PST by BenLurkin
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Family members claim LAPD officers did not need to open fire on Brian Beaird, a disabled veteran who was killed in Downtown LA Friday after leading police on a high-speed pursuit.
Police Chief Charlie Beck spoke about the investigation Monday and insisted events that night may have appeared more threatening from an officer’s perspective.
“I reserve judgment. You know, I’ve been doing this a long time and you have to know what’s in the minds of the officers, you have to know what they know,” Beck said. “You have to remember that whatever you’re seeing is not the point of view of the officers; it’s very different to see something from 1,200 feet, from a helicopter, rather than 15 feet away in the dust and the noise.”
Beaird, allegedly drunk, led police on an hour-long pursuit before crashing his silver Corvette into another vehicle and a fire hydrant. The collision occurred near the intersection of Olympic Boulevard and Los Angeles Street.
He reportedly tried to exit his car and was shot by officers.
A law enforcement source told CBS2/KCAL9 reporter Dave Lopez that when Beaird got out of the car an officer shot him with a bean bag without alerting the other officers. The other officers allegedly heard that and mistook it as a gunshot coming from Beaird, prompting them to open fire. “Right now that kind of stuff is speculation. Now, speculation isn’t always wrong, but I’m not going to confirm any of that, and we’re going to work through this,” Beck said.
“…Does it happen very often that a bean bag is fired and that triggers that,” Lopez said to Beck.
“I’m speaking very generally here: We have absolute protocols to prevent that. Before an officer discharges a bean bag the protocol is for them to loudly state, ‘Bean bag ready. Bean bag ready,’ so that everybody knows that the detonation they hear is not a gunshot,” Beck said.
The big question is whether the first officer yelled “bean bag” before firing.
“We’re pretty angry. It didn’t seem that there was justification for what happened,” said Beaird’s brother John in a phone interview.
He said his brother called during the pursuit and said he couldn’t understand why the police were after him.
Beck says there will be a full investigation: “These things take some amount of time and we work through them very thoroughly.”
In the meantime, the officers involved in the shooting have been reassigned to desk duty.
How are the two people in the car he t-boned doing?
The ones that ran the red light? Haven’t heard a word about them.
The guy wanted to get away from the cops, for very good reason, they were itching to kill something or someone, and they got their jollies off.
No doubt more than a few drinks were hoisted at the local cop bar later on, like after Rodney King: "We hit a few homers off you"
One of that cult’s charter members got the ZOT last month. They do not appear to mind that our Constitution is being shredded by these out of control cops. In fact, some sound like it is time it was. I’m thinking it is gonna get a heck of a lot worse before it gets any better also. 2014 could very well be the year the ‘Big Reset’ begins...in full.
How do you know they ran a red light?
Nope, it sure does not. Lick....slurp....lick....slup...lick...slurp.
It’s on the video. Of course he ran plenty getting to them.
He was VERY fortunate not to have caused deaths prior to running into them.
Exactly what time is it on the video where we can see the light and know for certain it was red when they ran it?
Watch the video. The traffic signals are clearly visible.
Not that their running a red light makes T-boning them OK, but if you watch the video, you’ll see a few times early in the chase when the murdered driver runs red lights he first slows way down to make sure it is safe.
That we haven’t heard a peep about the other driver makes e wonder about things, like his sobriety, his immigration status, and whether he or she even has a driver license.
Not that any of those factors would make it OK for the murdered driver to T-bone them either.
Can you answer my post #28?
I’m going out on a limb here, but I bet it was right before/during the crash, doncha think?
>> The other officers allegedly heard that and mistook it as a gunshot coming from Beaird, prompting them to open fire.
I don’t believe they were mistaken, but I can imagine the other cops reacting impulsively to the sound of the initial gunshot. I suspect this happens frequently.
You’re the one who’s insisting the other car ran the red light. What time is it on the video when you can see the red light that they ran? Simple question. Thanks.
See post #15, maybe you can get it to load.
Or try
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug5KXzpbf9M&t=21m
I’d be more precise, but...
“You didn’t watch the video did you?”
I watched it, and he endangered a bunch of innocent people.
Whatever the finish was, he earned it. He caused it.
Chain shoot...This is what I speculated about on the other thread...
Call it what they want, if the suspect was unarmed when shot to death, the cops were way wrong here and basically murdered the suspect.
but what....??? You’re not being precise because you made an accusation you can’t back up.
The red light don’t matter a bit here as the suspect was not in a vehicle when shot to death.
If the suspect was unarmed when shot to death, the cops were way wrong here and basically murdered the suspect.
Oh, wait. Damn. Well, screw it, it might have been true, and that's good enough for any progressive.
The cops shot him JUST BECAUSE HE WAS BLACK!
No sale, his color don’t matter.
If the suspect was unarmed when shot to death, the cops were way wrong here and basically murdered the suspect.
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