Showing posts with label Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck. Show all posts

Sunday, June 7, 2015

Now What?

June 07, 2015 Associated Press , Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck 0 Comments
L.A. Chief, Watchdog Find Police Shooting Justified 

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By Tami Abdollah, Jun. 6, 2015, Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles police chief and his department's independent watchdog have found that a fatal close-range shooting of a 25-year-old black man by officers last year was justified, a department source said Friday night.

However, the findings by Chief Charlie Beck and the inspector general are only recommendations to the Police Commission, which will determine after a hearing next week whether the shooting of Ezell Ford was within department policy.

They were confirmed to The Associated Press by a Police Department employee with knowledge of the investigation who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to release the findings.

The chief and inspector general both found that evidence supported the officers' contention that they shot Ford because he was trying to grab an officer's gun.

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Friday, September 19, 2014

She makes "activists" look bad

September 19, 2014 Actress Danièle Watts , Detainment 0 Comments
Activists Want "Django Unchained" Actress To Apologize To LAPD About Detention

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By Kim Baldonado and Jason Kandel, Sept. 19, 2014, NBC Los Angeles

It's a story that went viral -- Daniele Watts, a black actress claiming she was detained by the LAPD for kissing her white boyfriend in public.

Civil rights advocates jumped to her defense, including Earl Ofari Hutchinson.

"I was one that was very outspoken about it," he said. "We take racial profiling very seriously. It's not a play thing. It's not trivial."

Since the incident, an audiotape has been released in which Watts can be heard refusing to show identification to the officer, who was responding to a call generated by an observer who reported Watts and her boyfriend were engaged in a lewd act in a car on a public street corner.

The police sergeant involved has protested Watts' claims and photos showing Watts straddling her boyfriend in the passenger seat of a car have surfaced. Employees of nearby businesses have also spoken to news outlets and described the behavior that generated the call as more graphic than kissing.

Hutchinson said the audio recording and photos cast doubt on Watts' account and he is now calling on the actress to apologize to the LAPD.

LAPD Chief Charlie Beck has said that he believes the officers who detained the actress after responding to a report of a couple engaged in lewd behavior inside a car in Studio City acted properly.

He said Thursday that he looks forward to finding out what "really happened."

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Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Not much doubt

Not much doubt

August 12, 2014 CBS Los Angeles , LAPD 0 Comments
Police Commission OKs Second Term For LAPD Chief Charlie Beck


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