Sloth Almost Kills Again

Scott en Aztlán wrote: <brevity snip>
> This comes from the KTLA Morning News (check ktla.com later in the
> morning, they will FOR SURE put this video up there; they caught the
> entire crash on tape).
-----
KTLA caught the entire incident... except the vehicle in question.

And that is some of the ****tiest video shooting I've ever seen.
-----

- gpsman

gpsman wrote:
> Scott en Aztlán wrote: <brevity snip>
>
>>This comes from the KTLA Morning News (check ktla.com later in the
>>morning, they will FOR SURE put this video up there; they caught the
>>entire crash on tape).
>
> -----
> KTLA caught the entire incident... except the vehicle in question.
>
> And that is some of the ****tiest video shooting I've ever seen.
> -----
>
> - gpsman
>


As posted on SFGATE.COM :




Man struck and killed by LAPD squad car responding to call

Wednesday, December 11, 2002

(12-11) 06:49 PST LOS ANGELES (AP) --

Two police officers were injured Wednesday after their squad car struck and killed a man running
across a street, authorities said.

The crash occurred shortly after 5:30 a.m. in the Crenshaw district as officers were responding to a
back-up call, police spokesman Jack Richter said. The officers attempted to swerve their car to
avoid the pedestrian but hit him. The vehicle then struck a retaining wall, spun around, and crushed
its rear end, authorities said.

The identity of the man was not immediately available. Police said both officers were taken to an
area hospital where one was listed in serious condition and the other had minor injuries.

The early morning crash is the fourth this month involving law enforcement responding to crimes in
Los Angeles County. On Dec. 3, an infant's arm was severed when a fleeing car hit a family's vehicle
as Los Angeles police officers chased an attempted-murder suspect. Four days later, two police cars
were damaged when a drunken-driving suspect rammed them at the end of a high-speed chase in Lancaster.

On Monday, two Los Angeles County sheriff's patrol cars racing to a carjacking scene collided with a
third deputy's car and two vans at an intersection. Two deputies were hospitalized and a third
deputy was treated after the accident. Three people had minor injuries. The carjacking suspect was
later found and arrested.



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Man fatally struck by Los Angeles police car responding to call

Wednesday, December 11, 2002


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(12-11) 19:54 PST LOS ANGELES (AP) --

A man sleeping on a sidewalk was struck and killed by a police car that went out of control as two
officers were responding to a call for backup early Wednesday, authorities said. Both officers were
injured.

It was the fourth law enforcement-related crash in Los Angeles County this month.

The dead man appeared to be in his 40s and may have been homeless, said Officer Jack Richter, a
Police Department spokesman.

An autopsy was under way and the coroner's office would not release the man's identity pending
notification of relatives, said Lieutenant Mike Riddle, a coroner's spokesman.

The officers' car spun onto the sidewalk and crashed into a wall about 5:30 a.m. in the Crenshaw
district, Richter said. The cause of the crash was under investigation.

One officer was hospitalized in serious condition with abdominal injuries. The other was treated for
minor injuries and released.

On Dec. 3 an infant's arm was severed when her parents' car was struck by a vehicle being pursued by
Los Angeles police officers in an attempted-murder case.

Four days later, two police cars were damaged when a drunken-driving suspect rammed them at the end
of a high-speed chase in Lancaster.

On Monday, two Los Angeles County sheriff's patrol cars racing to a carjacking scene collided with a
third deputy's car and two vans. Three deputies and three civilians were injured.

James Clark wrote:
> > Scott en Aztlán wrote:

> >>This comes from the KTLA Morning News (check ktla.com later in the
> >>morning, they will FOR SURE put this video up there; they caught the
> >>entire crash on tape).

> As posted on SFGATE.COM :

> Man struck and killed by LAPD squad car responding to call
>
> Wednesday, *December* 11, *2002*
>
> (12-11) 06:49 PST LOS ANGELES (AP) --

And what does this have to do with the incident in question? What
you're pasting happened over 3 years ago.

Arif Khokar wrote:
> James Clark wrote:
>
>>>Scott en Aztlán wrote:
>
>
>>>>This comes from the KTLA Morning News (check ktla.com later in the
>>>>morning, they will FOR SURE put this video up there; they caught the
>>>>entire crash on tape).
>
>
>>As posted on SFGATE.COM :
>
>
>>Man struck and killed by LAPD squad car responding to call
>>
>> Wednesday, *December* 11, *2002*
>>
>>(12-11) 06:49 PST LOS ANGELES (AP) --
>
>
> And what does this have to do with the incident in question? What
> you're pasting happened over 3 years ago.
>


The two stories demonstrate the instinctive tendency of CA LEOs to scapegoat for their own negligence.

Every witness interviewed by the local media disputed the PD's first story, so the story changed.