Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy who killed Niani Finlayson, 27, previously had killed another civilian under similar circumstances

A Los Angeles county sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a 27-year-old woman who had called 911 to report that she was under attack by a former boyfriend, police officials and lawyers for the victim’s family said on Thursday. Records show the deputy had killed another person in similar circumstances three years ago.

On 4 December, Niani Finlayson called police and “reported that her boyfriend would not leave her alone and then screaming and sounds of a struggle could be heard”, the LA sheriff’s department (LASD) said in a statement. When deputies arrived at the apartment in Lancaster, a city in the northern region of LA county, they could hear screaming, LASD said.

Finlayson was inside with her nine-year-old daughter and had been injured by her ex-boyfriend and wanted him removed, her family’s attorneys said. The exact circumstances that led to the fatal shooting are unclear and LASD has so far declined to release body-camera footage.

  • @ThatWeirdGuy1001
    24•1 year ago

    Simply turning off the body camera for any reason other than bathroom use should be a felony. Stripped of all credentials and banned from participating in any govt agency there is.

    • FuglyDuckEnglish
      13•1 year ago

      If that’s the only time they can turn them off, then they’re gonna have a lot of bathroom breaks.

      Besides, what’s the worst that could happen? We find out they need more fiber and don’t wash their hands? Cameras aren’t pointing at the cops.

      • @ThatWeirdGuy1001
        7•1 year ago

        I was thinking more of public bathrooms for others privacy

        • FuglyDuckEnglish
          8•1 year ago

          Doesn’t really matter whose privacy it’s for. any exceptions at all creates a space where they can then abuse the fuck out of people. there’s really no way around that.