“It is no surprise when there are calls for defunding police when killing of suspects is a frequently used enforcement tactic rather than arrest and trial in a court,” writes an L.A. Times reader for latimesopinion.
The LAPD practice of shooting to kill has now attracted international attention.. It is no surprise when there are calls for defunding police when killing of suspects is a frequently used enforcement tactic rather than arrest and trial in a court.The surveillance and body-cam videos show Officer William Dorsey Jones Jr.
You can hear one of the officers say that the suspect is near the “fitting rooms,” but no one seems to notice. Two cops with nightsticks could have disarmed and cuffed a guy armed with a bicycle lock. One psychiatric social worker could have talked him into dropping the lock and surrendering himself.
Had either of these alternate scenarios transpired, Daniel Elena-Lopez would now be receiving the clinical help he clearly needed, while Valentina Orellana-Peralta would have attended the quinceanera and then continued to pursue her dream of becoming an engineer.
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