LAPD DOCUMENTS BACK OFFICER'S ACCOUNT OF SHOOTING.Byline: Jason Kandel and Dominic Berbeo Staff Writers 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 Chief Bernard C. Parks Bernard Parks (born December 7, 1943 in Beaumont, Texas) is a member of the Los Angeles City Council, representing the 8th District in South Los Angeles and former Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department. Parks attended Los Angeles City College, received his B.S. released documents Tuesday he said supported a police officer's version of the controversial May shooting death of a mentally ill homeless woman. ``The officer's account of the incident was consistent with the physical evidence,'' Parks said at a news conference he called at police headquarters downtown in response to what he called ``growing public'' interest in the shooting of Margaret Mitchell Noun 1. Margaret Mitchell - United States writer noted for her novel about the South during the American Civil War (1900-1949) Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell, Mitchell . The police chief said the officer was about to use pepper spray in an attempt to subdue Mitchell, but a Good Samaritan Good Samaritan man who helped half-dead victim of thieves after a priest and a Levite had “passed by.” [N.T.: Luke 10:33] See : Helpfulness Good Samaritan distracted him and the officer wound up shooting her as she came within one to six feet of him with a screwdriver. Officer Edward Larrigan lar·ri·gan also Lar·ri·gan n. A moccasin with knee-high leggings made of oiled leather. [Origin unknown.] , who said he shot Mitchell as she lunged at him with the screwdriver has been severely criticized by community activists who contend he used excessive force. Mitchell, 55, was confronted by bicycle patrol Officers Larrigan and Kathy Clark as Mitchell was pushing around a stolen shopping cart. Parks said that initially the officer pulled pepper spray out of his holster, but stopped when a passer-by tried to intervene. ``This distracted Larrigan, and unfortunately, prevented him from utilizing the nonlethal chemical spray at the time,'' Parks said. Parks gave a detailed account of the May 21 killing of Mitchell, saying she lunged at the officer's neck with a 12-inch screwdriver and was no more than six feet away when he shot her. Parks would not comment Tuesday on whether he thought the shooting was within department policy. ``My judgments have been given to the Police Commission,'' Parks said. ``Their role now is to evaluate those and make a decision'' on whether the shooting was within department policy. All members of the Police Commission have agreed not to comment on the Mitchell case until it is fully adjudicated, said commission spokesman Ken Ferber. Parks released a summary of the incident along with dozens of pages of witness and officer statements, autopsy and forensic reports. Answering criticisms that officers might have been able to disarm Mitchell, Parks said officers are trained to use 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. when faced with an armed person, even the mentally ill. ``We only have two procedures in dealing with a person with a deadly weapon deadly weapon n. any weapon which can kill. This includes not only weapons which are intended to do harm like a gun or knife, but also blunt instruments like clubs, baseball bats, monkey wrenches, an automobile or any object which actually causes death. . Neither includes hand-to-hand combat
Hand-to-Hand Combat is the twentieth episode[1] of Mobile Suit Gundam. Plot summary Tempers flare as Ryu and Fraw stand in Amuro's cell. ,'' he said. ``It may look great in TV movies when people tackle people with weapons,'' but unfortunately we do not have that ability,'' Parks said. He criticized Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). articles questioning LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. practices as inaccurate and said he would respond in detail to the Police Commission. Attorney Leo Terrell, who is representing Mitchell's family in a federal lawsuit against the LAPD over the shooting, called Parks' report an attempt to justify the shooting. Terrell said he had acquired all the documents - an autopsy and internal police report - earlier in the day through a discovery motion in the lawsuit, and there was no evidence that showed the shooting was necessary. ``At one point,'' Terrell said, ``the screwdriver was in the shopping cart that Mitchell shoved at Larrigan, and he shoved it back at her.'' Terrell said he has two eyewitnesses - whose identities have not been disclosed - who will contradict the officer's account. The coroner's report released by Parks found the following: That the trajectory of the bullet was front to back, right to left and slightly upward. A muzzle-to-garment test revealed that Mitchell was from one to six feet away from the officer when he shot her. |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion