![]() ![]() The sheriff’s department contends Kizzee was fatally shot after he picked up a handgun he had dropped during a struggle with one of the deputies. Kizzee, 29, was killed after sheriff’s deputies allegedly tried to stop him for riding a bicycle in the wrong direction. Guardado’s family has filed a lawsuit against the county alleging wrongful death and civil rights violations. The sheriff’s department has said Guardado was reaching for the gun when he was shot while working as what has been described as an informal security guard for a nearby auto body shop. The shooting of Dijon Kizzee in South Los Angeles in August 2020 was also described by Waters as an ” example of the LASD’s excessive and brutal tactics in the Los Angeles community.” The whistleblower reportedly identified two deputies involved in the death of 18-year-old Gardena resident Andres Guardado in June 2020 as members of the “Executioners.” “The tattoos worn by the police gang reportedly feature Nazi imagery in disturbing evidence of the violence perpetrated against the Los Angeles community by the LASD gang.” “The gang allegedly sets illegal arrest quotas, threatens and harasses fellow deputies, and holds parties after shootings, called ‘998 parties,’ which are in part a celebration that a new deputy will be inked by the gang,” Waters said. “Deputies at the LASD Compton Station reportedly ‘chase ink’, a slang term for a deputy who attempts to win favor with the ‘Executioners’ by committing violent acts in hopes of receiving the group tattoo denoting gang membership,” Waters wrote. Waters wrote that a deputy acting as a whistleblower provided sworn testimony identifying more than a dozen deputies with matching tattoos to symbolize their association with the alleged gang. The peculiar timing of these allegations appear to be a distraction from the many failures, at all levels of government, to address this homelessness crisis.” What we do have evidence of is the explosion of homelessness in Maxine Waters’ district and throughout Los Angeles County. “(A) ‘whistle blower’ lawsuit she cites was dismissed with prejudice for lack of evidence. IT IS CONCLUDED THAT THE COMPTON POLICE SET AN EXAMPLE FOR FAIR AND FIRM LAW ENFORCEMENT.“The claims made by Congresswoman Maxine Waters are unproven allegations which she is portraying as facts,” the department said in a statement. IN ADDITION, THE COMPTON POLICE ARE NOT CAUGHT UP IN THE FORMAL, PARA-MILITARY RITUAL OF SOME NEARBY DEPARTMENTS. THE ETHNIC COMPOSITION OF THE DEPARTMENT EXEMPTS IT FROM MOST RACIAL PROBLEMS PLAGUING URBAN POLICE. THE SMALLNESS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE DEPARTMENT IMPRESS UPON THE OFFICER THE IMPORTANCE OF DEVELOPING GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE RESIDENTS, REALIZING HE CONTACTS THEM REGULARLY AND NEEDS THEIR SUPPORT IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH HIS DUTIES. THE COMPTON OFFICER'S DEFINITION OF CRIME PARALLELS THAT OF MOST RESIDENTS, SO THAT HIS DEFINITION OF A CRIMINAL IS GENERALLY ACCEPTED AND HIS ACTIONS SUPPORTED. NO OFFICER WAS OBSERVED TO MAKE A STOP OR CONDUCT A SEARCH WITHOUT REASONABLE CAUSE. OFFICERS EXERCISE CONSIDERABLE DISCRETION IN HANDLING CRIME SITUATIONS AND DECIDING WHAT IS AND IS NOT CAUSE FOR ARREST. INCIDENTS OF POLICE OPERATIONS OBSERVED WHILE THE AUTHOR WAS RIDING IN PATROL CARS ARE DESCRIBED AND DISCUSSED. POLICE SALARIES ARE REPORTED, ALONG WITH THEIR HOUSING PATTERNS. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN CRIME PREVENTION IS ALSO EMPHASIZED. RECOGNIZING THAT A FIFTH OF COMPTON'S RESIDENCES ARE SPANISH-SPEAKING, A CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH COURSE WAS ESTABLISHED FOR INSERVICE PERSONNEL, AND BILINGUAL DISPATCHERS WERE RECRUITED. ![]() UPON TAKING OFFICE IN 1976, THE CHIEF STRESSED IMPROVED COMMUNICATION WITH THE COMMUNITY. THE CHIEF IS ONE OF TWO BLACK POLICE CHIEFS IN THE STATE. ![]() THE FULL-TIME OFFICERS ARE SUPPLEMENTED BY A 65-OFFICER RESERVE FORCE, 26 BLACK, 25 WHITE, AND 14 LATINO. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS REPORTED TO HAVE 147 SWORN FULL-TIME OFFICERS OF WHICH 11 ARE WOMEN, 76 WHITE, 49 BLACK, 21 LATINO, AND 1 ASIAN. COMPTON, CALIF., IS A COMMUNITY OF 78,600 RESIDENTS ADJACENT TO THE WATTS SECTION OF LOS ANGELES: 94 PERCENT OF THE RESIDENTS ARE MINORITIES. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |