Los Angeles police found at fault in mistaken identity shooting

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Los Angeles police found at fault in mistaken identity shooting

BY DANA FELDMAN
LOS ANGELES Tue Feb 4, 2014 10:27pm EST

(Reuters) - Eight Los Angeles police officers broke their department's policy when they opened fire on two women, wounding them after mistaking their truck for one driven by a rogue ex-cop wanted in a manhunt, officials said on Tuesday.

One woman was shot twice in the back and her adult daughter was wounded by flying debris. Last year, they received a $4.2 million settlement from the city.

Police Chief Charlie Beck recommended to the city's police commission that the officers be found to have violated the Los Angeles Police Department's use of force policy, and the panel agreed in a unanimous vote.

Officials on Tuesday declined to disclose what discipline the eight Los Angeles Police Department officers would receive but Beck said it could range from intensive training to firing.

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[Lurks Often]

1. At a MINIMUM they should be fired, ideally they should be prosecuted.

They made no attempt to identify their target and hosed down the truck and the neighborhood.

Any civilian who did what these officers did would be facing multiple felony charges.

[Egalitarian Thug]

2. At a minimum. +1

[sked14]

3. +100.

That is all.

[uponit7771]

4. +1

[jsr]

5. +1