VP Of LA Police Commission Speaks On Ezell Ford Case
The vice president of the Los Angeles Police Commission strongly defended the panel's finding in the Ezell Ford shooting case, saying that a 2013 California Supreme Court decision required them to look at the circumstances that led up to the incident and not just the shooting itself.
Paula Madison, a former executive at NBCUniversal, cited the state high court's ruling in the case of Hayes vs. San Diego as the reason why LAPD officer Sharlton Wampler was found to have violated department policy in Ford's death. The "Hayes" decision allowed panels revising use of force issues to take the totality of an officer's conduct into account.
"The pre-shooting actions taken by the police, come into consideration and that changed everything," Madison said in a taping of NBC4's "News Conference" program.
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