Racist LAPD Out of Control: Two officers used deadly force against Latino Man at the same time a third fired taser gun
Police claimed that Man Attacked them. Videotape from 5 Camera Angles Show Otherwise.
An incident in which two officers fatally
shot a suspect who was hit at the same time with a stun gun fired by a
third officer has been called a "problem shooting" by Los Angeles
Police Chief William J. Bratton. Erick Jerome Garcia, 36, was shot in
the early hours of July 16 at a Greyhound bus terminal. Officers are reviewing videotape taken by security
cameras at the facility, showing the deadly encounter from five
different angles, according to police sources. Initial accounts described two
officers firing at Garcia, who had been acting erratically and had
thrown a computer at officers. He allegedly dived through the space
beneath the counter with a small, pointed metal object.But LAPD sources
said the videotape shows a man at the bus station crawling with the
metal object at his side, and being shot by officers from at least 12
feet away. Craig Harvey, director of operations for the Los Angeles
coroner's office, said Garcia was shot four times: in the head, chest
and leg [more]
