BRIEFLY FAMILY SUES CITY IN POLICE SHOOTING.The family of a burglary suspect shot to death by Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. police at the end of an auto pursuit filed a civil-rights lawsuit against the city Thursday. The Feb. 23 shooting of Nicholas Hans Killinger, which was broadcast live on local TV, occurred as Police Chief William Bratton was planning revisions of Police Department policy to further restrict officers from firing at moving vehicles. The lawsuit was filed in state court, while an administrative claim was filed with the city. The claim can be amended and added to the lawsuit later, said the plaintiffs' attorney, Danilo Becerra. The lawsuit alleges that police unreasonably used deadly force An amount of force that is likely to cause either serious bodily injury or death to another person. Police officers may use deadly force in specific circumstances when they are trying to enforce the law. and denied Killinger due process by shooting him immediately after a 90-minute car chase that ended in Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. . - Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. MWD MWD Metropolitan Water District of Southern California MWD Measurement While Drilling (oil drilling) MWD Morgan Stanley Dean Witter (stock symbol) MWD Molecular Weight Distribution MWD Military Working Dog now to keep sport fields open GRANADA HILLS - A day after hundreds of parents and children protested the Metropolitan Water District's plans to close soccer and baseball fields on the agency's land, officials expressed optimism Thursday that the fields will remain open through 2005. Assemblyman Keith Richman Dr. Keith S. Richman is a California, United States, Republican politician. From 2001 to 2007, he served in the California State Assembly representing the 38th Assembly District based in Northwest Los Angeles County. , R-Granada Hills, said the district's chief executive, Ronald Gastelum, assured him the fields will stay open through the end of next year. Gastelum, in a letter Thursday to Los Angeles Councilman Greig Smith Greig Smith is a Los Angeles City Councilman, representing the 12th District, which includes Granada Hills, Northridge and other parts of the Western San Fernando Valley. Smith is also a reserve officer for the Los Angeles Police Department. , said the water district would be willing to consider extending the sports teams' leases but did not specify for how long. - Daily News Extradition issue in son's kidnap A Chatsworth woman accused of kidnapping her son from Canada 14 years ago has not decided whether she will fight extradition, her attorney said Thursday. Authorities tracked down Gisele Marie Goudreault last year, after her son typed his name into an Internet search site and saw he was listed as a missing child. Goudreault is being held without bail. Canadian authorities are seeking her extradition. - Associated Press |
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