LAPD officer shoots man 6 times in back; cleared of wrongdoing

[thatwhichisnt]

TL;DR
LAPD officers pulls up to a group of 3 men walking on a sidewalk. One of the men starts running away. Cop shoots man 6 times in the back. The man collapses on the sidewalk and the cop walks up and fires one more kill shot. Then another 2 kill shots. Man dies. The cop later claims the man had a gun. Gun never found. Cop claims self defense and is cleared of any wrongdoing.

And they wonder why Dorner had a grudge against these ****ers.

http://reason.com/blog/2012/09/18/newly-released-surveillance-footage-show

 

[blanepara9]

Dude seemed to be moving around alot after so many "kill" shots.

 

[thatguy]

LA County Sheriff's Office, not LAPD.

 

[Danielcut]

http://www.theonion.com/articles/los-angeles-on-high-alert-as-lapd-back-on-regular,31306/

 

[mcinfantry]

TL;DR
LAPD officers pulls up to a group of 3 men walking on a sidewalk. One of the men starts running away. Cop shoots man 6 times in the back. The man collapses on the sidewalk and the cop walks up and fires one more kill shot. Then another 2 kill shots. Man dies. The cop later claims the man had a gun. Gun never found. Cop claims self defense and is cleared of any wrongdoing.

And they wonder why Dorner had a grudge against these ****ers.

http://reason.com/blog/2012/09/18/newly-released-surveillance-footage-show

What is a 'kill shot'?
What lesser type of 'shot' do you advocate or use?

A gun was found.
He was shot 4 times total, possibly shot at 7 total

Embellish much?

 

[thatguy]

Reading the link the OP attached, sounds like the officer is gtg.

 

[Vanilla Gorilla]

what is a 'kill shot'?
What lesser type of 'shot' do you advocate or use?

A gun was found.
He was shot 4 times total, possibly shot at 7 total

embellish much?

dont let your mother ****ing facts ruin a good police bashing!!!!!!!!!!!!! Kill shot!!!!!!!! Obamaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!! N

 

[whitjct]

Lol...did you even read the article you posted? It said a gun was recovered. I love this site lol

 

[Lurker]

A gun was found, that had no bad guy prints on it. No cop would EVER drop a weapon to cover his ass though...that would be wrong.

Seems to me if the bad guy kept reaching for his gun there might have been a print or two on it. Just sayin

 

[jmcrawf1]

A gun was found, that had no bad guy prints on it. No cop would EVER drop a weapon to cover his ass though...that would be wrong.

Seems to me if the bad guy kept reaching for his gun there might have been a print or two on it. Just sayin

Do you realize how much the stars, planets, zeus, and allah have to align to be able to lift usable prints off of something? Don't look to the media for information about police work.

 

[Lurker]

Do you realize how much the stars, planets, zeus, and allah have to align to be able to lift usable prints off of something? Don't look to the media for information about police work.

I am in no way implying anything. As I said I was just sayin...for the record

 

[BenCarp27]

Wow. I've seen a lot of OPs go off on tangents with very little information, but this one really takes the cake.

OP: Did you even read the article you posted?

On topic: The footage isn't even remotely close enough to gather details. There is no way to tell if a gun was reached for or not. The "victim" wasn't a choir boy.

 

[SpeedRacer]

Is it just me, or did I see a muzzle flash come from the BG after he went down?

 

[SpeedRacer]

Don't look to the media for information about police work.

Media? Not even...that was a blog.

 

[BenCarp27]

Is it just me, or did I see a muzzle flash come from the BG after he went down?

If you saw anything other than grainy blobs moving around, you're doing better than me...

 

[jmcrawf1]

Nothing like a good cop bashing on a saturday afternoon...

 

[thatwhichisnt]

Gun did not have the perp's prints. He was shot in the back 3 times while running away and one more time while the cop was standing over the body. I really do not see how that is defensible.

 

[jmcrawf1]

Gun did not have the perp's prints. He was shot in the back 3 times while running away and one more time while the cop was standing over the body. I really do not see how that is defensible.

You don't see that as defensible because you are inexperienced and ignorant of what constitutes a defensible shooting. All of those points that you made are irrelevant to whether or not it was a good shoot.

 

[Lurker]

You don't see that as defensible because you are inexperienced and ignorant of what constitutes a defensible shooting. All of those points that you made are irrelevant to whether or not it was a good shoot.

Would it be defensible if that were a civilian and not a cop? It is my understanding (and may very well be incorrect) that a cop is only allowed to use his firearm in the same "defense of life and limb" ways as a civilian. As the bad guy was running away and lessening his "means to do grave bodily injury or death" I honestly don't understand how it would be clean. I fully admit we only see crappy pictures and thus should not judge entirely but my question remains, if you saw the exact same footage and there was no cop involved, would your reaction to the video be the same?

I am not concerned for my safety as if I am approached by a LEO, I comply so as to avoid at all costs of being shot by said LEO, so this is not my concern. I am simply trying to discuss rationally what has been posted.

 

[thatwhichisnt]

You don't see that as defensible because you are inexperienced and ignorant of what constitutes a defensible shooting. All of those points that you made are irrelevant to whether or not it was a good shoot.

Just because it is lawful doesn't mean its moral. Switch the rolls around, is it the same scenario? Of course not. It would be considered cold blooded murder. The saying used to go that might makes right; now it is if you have the badge you are right.