LA cops light up random citizens because their cars match a perp's

[Bigfoot]

not blaming hollywood or anything, but with shows like the shield (which is one of my favorite all-time shows), lots of would-be, former, and current cops probably think they ARE vic mackey, shane vandrell, curtis lemanski, or ronnie gardoki.

Don't forget The Shield was based on the Rampart CRASH Anti-Gang unit which killed, stole and sold drugs and generally became a gang themselves w badges. Much of the actual stuff they pulled became plot lines for The Shield.

 

[Father of four]

and to think these are the only people (according to dems) that should have weapons on the streets.

Not just weapons but "assault weapons with 10+ round magazines".

 

[Cuthbert Allgood]

Don't forget The Shield was based on the Rampart CRASH Anti-Gang unit which killed, stole and sold drugs and generally became a gang themselves w badges. Much of the actual stuff they pulled became plot lines for The Shield.

i definitely know that. it was loosely based, though.

 

[traderpats]

I guess these days all an officer has to do is "believe" in something and they can legally start shooting.

I think something is wrong with that....


I am glad the newspaper deliverers were not killed. I hope the cops that shot them loose there jobs, they want but I can hope.

You can bet they won't be delivering newspapers for much longer. Settlement for a bad shoot can be a be-atch on the ol' budget ....

 

[moose]

You can bet they won't be delivering newspapers for much longer. Settlement for a bad shoot can be a be-atch on the ol' budget ....

I hope it bankrupts them. Oh, wait....

 

[CoastRange57]

This tells allot about the LAPD back in the 1970 and 80's this is how they rolled and they have been suppressed
for some 30 years now

Not just he LAPD. The LA County Sheriffs office is just as bad. My deceased cousin told me some stories from back in his days there.

 

[Siuslaw Warrior]

Imagine if every time one of those clerks got killed, all their fellow 7-11 buddies piled into their cars and went cruising for payback!

LOL

 

[Siuslaw Warrior]

LAPD corruption has a long and robust history. Hollywood has done a few full-length feature movies on the escapades of LA's finest in the 30's and 40's

 

[Muddslinger12]

"LA's finest"

LOL Ha ha Anymore Oxymoron's anyone?

 

[One-Eyed Ross]

how about "Protect and Serve?"

 

[greedy bastards]

know your target and what's behind it-$

 

[soberups]

I hate to say this. but it might be best to reserve judgement until all the facts about what happened are made available.

 

[One-Eyed Ross]

Yep. Shooting up a truck of the wrong type, with the wrong license number, wrong color, and with two women (Asian) instead of a black male...yep, we need to get all the facts. Of course, with LAPD, what are the chances of that happening?

 

[chariot13]

I hate to say this. but it might be best to reserve judgement until all the facts about what happened are made available.

No matter what the outcome you cant reserve a judgement any worse than they did

 

[James 61]

I love how in the picture of the blue Toyota it appears all the bullets came from the rear of the truck. Not sure what the law in CA is about shooting a fleeing criminal/felon but good sense would indicate a vehicle headed away from you is likely not a threat. Not to mention the lack of ability to identify your target since the back of a head is a poor way to identify your possible suspect.

I wonder when in the time frame these assaults on civilians occurred and the report of his truck being discovered burned out up around Big Bear happened. Lack of communications? Did they shoot up these trucks after his truck was discovered? That would look even worse for LAPD if that is the case.

 

[chemist]

Here Christopher Dorner's "manifesto," reprinted in full:
Christopher Dorner's Manifesto, In Full [Content Graphic and Disturbing] [UPDATED]: LAist

He's disappointed that his colleagues and superiors lied under oath to protect their own skins, and it cost him his career. He figures that without his jobs in the LAPD and the Reserves, he's got nothing left to lose.

It's interesting that he's so rabidly anti-gun. The next time you get hit with some claim that pro-2A folks are all nutcakes like Jimmy Lee Dykes (the Alabama bunker guy), you can point them to Dorner's rant.

 

[SBC97281]

how about "Protect and Serve?"

I have not seen that on a police car in years. Maybe decades.

 

[oknow]

Sorry about the truck ID - I'm totally ignorant.
These "incidents" seem to happen more often in LA than anywhere else in the US; I read that their district pays out larger civil judgments than any other, even when correcting for its size.

Meanwhile, out in LA County they've fingered another bunch of rogue deputies:
L.A. County Sheriff's Department intends to fire seven deputies - latimes.com
These not-so-magnificent seven had become an awful lot like the gang cliques that they were going after.

just remember they (Ca.) set the standard for the rest of the country in a lot of cases

 

[oknow]

There is tons of laws, but since the are LAW ENFORCEMENT it is OK for them to break them.

ever see Exempt on the license plates? now you know what it stands for

 

[He man]

We sit back and let it happen. This is what we have. We have nobody to blame than our own spineless asses.