Regarding that police gauntlet last night in a residential neighborhood of Compton.
The continuing modus operandi of police agencies in the United States, from Los Rinches (Texas Rangers) of the last century, to last night officers complete lack of restraint of their itchy fingers in a significantly populated neighborhood, goes a long way in the visual display of how much protection they really offer to the civilians which they swore to protect. I got to wonder; just what kind of leadership they have in their daily line up?
Or for that matter, what kind of doctrine is in the top echelons of the department?
Would this have happened in a “white-professional neighborhood”?
Surely the usual “investigation” of the incident will take place, and months later some sort of reasonable explanation will give closure to the case, with nothing further.
But to me, there is no other explanation other than the fact of a complete disregard for the non-white residents of the community, who are viewed as criminals by the establishment, this I deduct not just from my own experience of being branded a “criminal” on the count of the color of my skin, but mainly from the media already fouling up with the characterization made of the “neighborhood” as having been a criminal hot spot, and police having reported recently an “up-swing” in criminal activity in the area.
What does this tell you of the mentality? It tells me in plain language – they don’t give a fock about the ethnic non-white residents of the community, and will portrait the whole community if need be “as criminal inclined” in order to exonerate themselves.
Police will surely try to explain away their blatant disregard for resident safety, with some lame excuse as to ‘the officer feared for his safety and made a split secon decision’ to protect himself and his fellow officers, ALL BULL CRAP.
You accept such an explanation reasonable for that one officer, but the fact is that the rest were in no such danger and did not have to use such volume of force, to the point of wounding one of their own officers in their own crossfire, and MOST OF ALL spraying their bullets on the walls of the residents.
The use of deadly force is of last resort, and then “use only as necessary to stop”
“”NOT GO ALL OUT””
This truly pisses me off, fock, sh*t, chingado, pinche putos, and everything else that goes through my head right now with anger upon seen and hearing about this in the news this morning.
POLICE GAUNTLET IN COMPTON
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What happened?
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they got the clue,that they cannot be wrong fi shooting at bangers.
Ok I would think so,allthough wouldn`t want to harm a kitten.
so what happenned .how many shots?smokegranade like?
Ok I would think so,allthough wouldn`t want to harm a kitten.
so what happenned .how many shots?smokegranade like?
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Any of you remember back around 90 - 91 the Compton PD murdered a Samoan cat in FHCC neighborhood but he was no banger, he was a football player for El Camino College. RIP homie.. It got so serious Jesse Jackson came and we were all in the streets with big ole signs, but nothing was done to the pig that did it. He was given a desk job during the so called investigation. This will never stop.
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This came from the LA Times
Ten Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies opened fire early Monday on a sport utility vehicle they were chasing, discharging 120 rounds in a frenzied crossfire that injured a deputy and the unarmed suspect while sending bullets into nearby homes.
The shooting on a narrow residential street in Compton sent residents diving for cover as bullets zipped over their heads and through their windows. In the aftermath, bullet holes pocked the walls of at least five homes.
Sheriff Lee Baca pledged a full investigation into the incident, which was caught on an amateur's videotape.
"The aspect of shooting in an urban area is problematic and dangerous under all circumstances," Baca said. "There's no such thing as a safe shooting under any conditions."
Internal affairs investigators are trying to determine whether the gunfire was a case of "contagious fire," meaning that some deputies incorrectly believed their colleagues' shots were coming from the suspect, prompting them to open fire.
"There are questions about whether one deputy shooting caused the others to fire," said Michael Gennaco, head of the Sheriff's Department's Office of Independent Review.
Residents in the neighborhood off Alondra Boulevard said the deputies put their lives in jeopardy.
"This is crazy, really, really crazy," said Trina Hays, 42, who dove onto her lawn when the shooting erupted 20 feet away. "They didn't have any concern for anybody's life, including their own. That's why their own police officer got hit. ... They could have just sat there and waited it out, but they opened fire."
The incident began shortly after midnight, when deputies responded to a call of gunfire and were told to look for a white SUV.
Winston Hayes, the suspect, had been driving his white Chevrolet Suburban around the neighborhood for about four hours, playing music from his car stereo to residents who were celebrating Mother's Day by lounging on their front lawns.
Hayes grew up in the working-class neighborhood, a stretch of modest bungalows where many families have lived for decades. Residents knew him well, and some joked that he was going to run out of gas if he kept driving around.
When deputies arrived, they tried to talk to Hayes. But he sped off, leading deputies on a chase that circled the block several times at speeds up to 35 mph.
Some residents said they believed he was showing off and teasing the officers.
"I saw him and the police going around and around and around, back and forth like a merry-go-round," said resident Tarae Smith, 41, who went to elementary school with Hayes.
"He'd stop and when it looked like the police were going to get out, he'd take off. He was playing a little cat and mouse game with them," added Smith's sister Terry Moore, 48.
As the chase continued, some residents screamed at the officers not to shoot him.
Deputies eventually threw down a spike strip, hoping that he would run over it and puncture his tires. But the chase came to an abrupt halt before Hayes reached the strip.
Deputies used their patrol cars to block Hayes not far from where the chase began.
With nowhere else to go, Hayes swerved onto Moore's lawn and headed for her home, authorities said. Moore said she was horrified to see the headlights looming in her front window.
"It really spooked me, because when he came up in the grass I thought he was going to come up all the way into the house," Moore said.
At that point, Hayes stopped and backed into the street, toward three officers, authorities said. The officers begin firing, hitting the vehicle repeatedly. In the videotape, a deputy can be heard shouting, "Watch your crossfire! Watch your crossfire!"
Moore, who had run into her home when she saw officers draw their weapons, huddled on the floor of a back room with her daughter, sister and niece. Moore's sister, Smith, said she was scared that Hayes would try seek refuge in their home.
"I was terrified. We were on top of one another and I was praying and hoping he wouldn't come in here," Smith said.
About 100 yards down the street, resident Pedro Mendez said he had stepped to his bedroom window when he heard the sirens, then saw the gunfire begin.
Two bullets smashed into the window over his head, through his bedroom, a closet door and a back wall before burying themselves in a kitchen cupboard
"The bullets almost grazed my head," Mendez said, adding that glass from the window landed on his scalp. "They passed like one-inch above my head."
Mendez yelled to his wife and her 14-year-old daughter to take cover.
Authorities said that the deputies fired at least 120 rounds, and videotape shows them pumping rounds at Hayes' vehicle in two sustained volleys. During the second volley, Hayes' vehicle rolls slowly into a police cruiser as bullets shatter the upper windshield.
Hayes was struck four times, in the toe, finger and shoulder. He was listed in stable condition at Torrance Harbor General Hospital on Monday afternoon.
A deputy, Edward Clark, was struck in the upper part of his protective vest during the crossfire. Clark's injuries were not serious, officials said. A second deputy tripped and fell during the gunfire, and his colleagues may have assumed he had been brought down by gunfire, sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said.
Baca said deputies can use deadly force when they believe their lives or the lives of bystanders are in jeopardy. He said he would not speak to what was in the minds of deputies but noted they were responding to a call that they believed was "gang-related gunfire."
Authorities said they have no evidence that Hayes was involved in the shooting that brought officers to area except that he was driving a similar vehicle to one possibly involved in that incident. Whitmore said that Clark told deputies after his arrest that he was high on drugs. The 44-year-old handyman has prior convictions for resisting arrest, battery, public drunkenness and reckless driving, according to court documents.
Ten Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies opened fire early Monday on a sport utility vehicle they were chasing, discharging 120 rounds in a frenzied crossfire that injured a deputy and the unarmed suspect while sending bullets into nearby homes.
The shooting on a narrow residential street in Compton sent residents diving for cover as bullets zipped over their heads and through their windows. In the aftermath, bullet holes pocked the walls of at least five homes.
Sheriff Lee Baca pledged a full investigation into the incident, which was caught on an amateur's videotape.
"The aspect of shooting in an urban area is problematic and dangerous under all circumstances," Baca said. "There's no such thing as a safe shooting under any conditions."
Internal affairs investigators are trying to determine whether the gunfire was a case of "contagious fire," meaning that some deputies incorrectly believed their colleagues' shots were coming from the suspect, prompting them to open fire.
"There are questions about whether one deputy shooting caused the others to fire," said Michael Gennaco, head of the Sheriff's Department's Office of Independent Review.
Residents in the neighborhood off Alondra Boulevard said the deputies put their lives in jeopardy.
"This is crazy, really, really crazy," said Trina Hays, 42, who dove onto her lawn when the shooting erupted 20 feet away. "They didn't have any concern for anybody's life, including their own. That's why their own police officer got hit. ... They could have just sat there and waited it out, but they opened fire."
The incident began shortly after midnight, when deputies responded to a call of gunfire and were told to look for a white SUV.
Winston Hayes, the suspect, had been driving his white Chevrolet Suburban around the neighborhood for about four hours, playing music from his car stereo to residents who were celebrating Mother's Day by lounging on their front lawns.
Hayes grew up in the working-class neighborhood, a stretch of modest bungalows where many families have lived for decades. Residents knew him well, and some joked that he was going to run out of gas if he kept driving around.
When deputies arrived, they tried to talk to Hayes. But he sped off, leading deputies on a chase that circled the block several times at speeds up to 35 mph.
Some residents said they believed he was showing off and teasing the officers.
"I saw him and the police going around and around and around, back and forth like a merry-go-round," said resident Tarae Smith, 41, who went to elementary school with Hayes.
"He'd stop and when it looked like the police were going to get out, he'd take off. He was playing a little cat and mouse game with them," added Smith's sister Terry Moore, 48.
As the chase continued, some residents screamed at the officers not to shoot him.
Deputies eventually threw down a spike strip, hoping that he would run over it and puncture his tires. But the chase came to an abrupt halt before Hayes reached the strip.
Deputies used their patrol cars to block Hayes not far from where the chase began.
With nowhere else to go, Hayes swerved onto Moore's lawn and headed for her home, authorities said. Moore said she was horrified to see the headlights looming in her front window.
"It really spooked me, because when he came up in the grass I thought he was going to come up all the way into the house," Moore said.
At that point, Hayes stopped and backed into the street, toward three officers, authorities said. The officers begin firing, hitting the vehicle repeatedly. In the videotape, a deputy can be heard shouting, "Watch your crossfire! Watch your crossfire!"
Moore, who had run into her home when she saw officers draw their weapons, huddled on the floor of a back room with her daughter, sister and niece. Moore's sister, Smith, said she was scared that Hayes would try seek refuge in their home.
"I was terrified. We were on top of one another and I was praying and hoping he wouldn't come in here," Smith said.
About 100 yards down the street, resident Pedro Mendez said he had stepped to his bedroom window when he heard the sirens, then saw the gunfire begin.
Two bullets smashed into the window over his head, through his bedroom, a closet door and a back wall before burying themselves in a kitchen cupboard
"The bullets almost grazed my head," Mendez said, adding that glass from the window landed on his scalp. "They passed like one-inch above my head."
Mendez yelled to his wife and her 14-year-old daughter to take cover.
Authorities said that the deputies fired at least 120 rounds, and videotape shows them pumping rounds at Hayes' vehicle in two sustained volleys. During the second volley, Hayes' vehicle rolls slowly into a police cruiser as bullets shatter the upper windshield.
Hayes was struck four times, in the toe, finger and shoulder. He was listed in stable condition at Torrance Harbor General Hospital on Monday afternoon.
A deputy, Edward Clark, was struck in the upper part of his protective vest during the crossfire. Clark's injuries were not serious, officials said. A second deputy tripped and fell during the gunfire, and his colleagues may have assumed he had been brought down by gunfire, sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said.
Baca said deputies can use deadly force when they believe their lives or the lives of bystanders are in jeopardy. He said he would not speak to what was in the minds of deputies but noted they were responding to a call that they believed was "gang-related gunfire."
Authorities said they have no evidence that Hayes was involved in the shooting that brought officers to area except that he was driving a similar vehicle to one possibly involved in that incident. Whitmore said that Clark told deputies after his arrest that he was high on drugs. The 44-year-old handyman has prior convictions for resisting arrest, battery, public drunkenness and reckless driving, according to court documents.
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Why are cops out there so trigger happy?