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… He had pulled out the phone in confusion as officers surrounded him as he walked to the corner store, responding to what turned out to be a false report of domestic violence one afternoon more than five years ago.

One of the officers thought White might have a gun, prompting him and several colleagues to start shooting. Bullets ripped into his legs and shoulder as he fell to the pavement — but he survived.

His shooting, around the corner from his South L.A. apartment building, was one of at least 38 in the last five years in which LAPD officers opened fire on someone who ended up being unarmed, according to a Times review of nearly 200 police shootings since 2018. …

  • Pistcow
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    51 year ago

    Oh let’s wait for the appeal and then they give the officer a medal.

    • @[email protected]
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      71 year ago

      They don’t need to appeal, the money’s coming out of the city’s budget and the cops don’t get held personally responsible. And the fiscal conservatives are somehow fine with this very inefficient arrangement.

    • @badbytes
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      51 year ago

      These people are trained around weapons. How could they perform in their occupation so poorly.

      • @[email protected]
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        1 year ago

        Because their training is a few weeks long and it’s mostly centered around training them that everyone is trying to kill them.

        They’re doing exactly what they were trained to do.