BLACK LEADERS RAIL OVER SHOOTING PROBE.Byline: Beth Barrett Staff Writer Dozens of African-American leaders accused the LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. on Tuesday of stonewalling stone·wall v. stone·walled, stone·wall·ing, stone·walls v.intr. 1. Informal a. an investigation into the police shooting of 13-year-old Devin Brown Devin Brown (born December 30, 1978 in Salt Lake City, Utah[1]) is an American National Basketball Association player currently with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Brown was raised in San Antonio, Texas. and warned that the community is simmering with anger over the lack of answers. Speaking at a meeting of the Police Commission, the leaders said the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . broke its promise of an open inquiry
into the shooting of the unarmed teen.
``Our concern is the process is under a cloak of secrecy,'' said the Rev. Lewis E. Logan II, pastor of Bethel AME See AIT. Church. ``We want accountability as to where this investigation is.'' In an interview, Chief William Bratton predicted the department's investigation will take months to complete because officials have to follow detailed guidelines in the federal consent decree A settlement of a lawsuit or criminal case in which a person or company agrees to take specific actions without admitting fault or guilt for the situation that led to the lawsuit. A consent decree is a settlement that is contained in a court order. , as well as a re-creation of the shooting scene. Bratton said he interpreted the community's willingness to confront the commission as a positive sign and said he's not worried that inner-city neighborhoods will explode in protest over the case. LAPD Inspector General Andre Birotte and Police Commission President David Cunningham sought to reassure the crowd the investigation is being conducted appropriately. ``There's no denying the righteous indignation, but if there were no rules or procedures, we'd have chaos,'' Cunningham said. Devin was fatally shot about 4 a.m. Feb. 6 after he backed a stolen car toward officers after a brief chase. The department has since changed its policy to prohibit an officer from shooting at a moving vehicle unless someone in the car is firing a weapon. Officer Steven Garcia, who fired the fatal shots, has been assigned to desk duty in Newton Division, officials said. Community leaders told commissioners they were underestimating the level of anger, especially since no disciplinary action has been taken against Garcia. ``Those who don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. the due process are outraged,'' said the Rev. William J. Johnson, senior pastor of Calvary C.M.E. Church in Pasadena. ``We who do know the due process are still angry. We feel a murderer is still being paid by his employers, even as we understand you're innocent until proven guilty.'' Beth Barrett, (818) 713-3731 beth.barrett(at)dailynews.com |
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