Posted on 08/13/2014 12:31:01 AM PDT by blueplum
Family members said Tuesday that a 25-year-old man was complying with police orders when he was fatally shot by LAPD officers in the Florence neighborhood South Los Angeles.
Officers responded to a report of a possible officer-involved shooting at the intersection of West 65th Street and South Broadway (map) at 8:12 p.m. Monday, Lt. Ellis Imaizumi of the Los Angeles Police Department said Monday evening.
Patrol officers had “conducted an investigative stop” in the 200 block of 65th Street, and “during the stop a struggle ensued” and police opened fire, an LAPD news release issued midmorning Tuesday stated.
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A man who did not give his name and identified himself only as a cousin of the victim described what he witnessed, saying he had been around the corner when the altercation first occurred.
“They laid him out and for whatever reason, they shot him in the back, knowing mentally, he has complications. Every officer in this area, from the Newton Division, knows that — that this child has mental problems,” the man said.
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Is there a dash-cam video?
>> a cousin of the victim described what he witnessed, saying he had been around the corner when the altercation first occurred.
What was witnessed around the corner?
As in St. Louis we don’t have the facts.
Unlike Albuquerque where police murdered a homeless man.
Who was the one in Albuquerque?
was that the female officer who shot the homeless guy b/c he was rude to her?
Sleeper’s being activated. Always happens when
Mohamed is on vacation. Then again, he’s always on vacation. When does this guy work?
Yes. It's with Lois Lerner's emails.
Remember when we used to believe the POLICE when these things happened? I guess some FReepers still do. Must be nice.
should be. They started installing them in ‘10. But according to this article, there might be a teensy tiny little problem:
http://laist.com/2014/04/08/lapd_officers_in_south_la_dont_like.php
I don’t know. Hadn’t heard about that one.
We should pay him to stay on vacation permanently for the next 2 years and 5 months+. He’ll do far less damage that way.
I hope those Korean store owners armed up after events in Ferguson, MO.
he was not a pedestrian?
Thread/posts BUMP!
All Obamagube needs to do is set up a shooting in each major city and watch the ferels run wild.He gets his martial law .Its just colateral damage after all for the greater good.
Given the types of people who make the accusations against the police, it's hard not to go with the police.
There’s a video of this one.
I’m getting in my order for free Lakers jerseys and TVs as I drink my morning coffee.
In this nation of 300+ million people there must be a million police at various levels of government. No amount of training is going to eliminate some of them making bad decisions in the heat of the moment.
That these stories get national attention tells me that they are still quite rare relative to the size of our country. When they get ignored by the media, like the day to day shootings in Chicago and other cities, then we need to get worried, then it becomes a risk people need to think about when they go out in the streets, and not just some highly unlikely event.
A lot more resources will go into preventing the next unjustified police shooting than will go into preventing the next 1,000 automobile fatalities. And plenty of justified police shootings will be mischaracterized by witnesses as being unjustified and the media will not lift a finger to set the facts straight.
What is this “homeless” nonsense? The word is “bum.”
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