Does that include spraying over 100 rounds at a bright blue Tacoma with a 71 and 47 year old Hispanic women in it delivering newspaper when looking for a large black man in a dark grey Nissan Titan?[/quote]
Who’s defending that? FWIW, they got a nice settlement, and the police chief agreed that the officers who shot at them violated policy. Yes, the cops were on edge as they were defending the home of a captain who was specifically threatened by Dorner. Yes, they thought the sound of the newspaper hitting a driveway was a gunshot. Still, the women won a settlement without much effort…the cops knew what they did was wrong.
Why would not the LAPD settle? It is not their money. Are the shooters still on desk duty?[/quote]
From what I understand, they are trying to figure out how to punish them. Of course, it’s a bit tricky because they were asked to protect this captain because there was a very real death threat by someone who proved he meant business, and they did hear what they thought was a gunshot. It was a mistake, but it was a very big mistake.
