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FreakinDJ's JournalFBI reportedly scales back Lopez killing inquiry
Source: THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
The FBI is not conducting a full, independent investigation into the death of a teenage boy who was shot by a sheriff’s deputy last week, but instead offering local police “support,” several local law enforcement leaders said this week.
The stance is an apparent reversal from the bureau’s notice last week, when its agents told command staff at the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office and Santa Rosa Police Department that the agency would conduct its own investigation of the Oct. 22 shooting death of Andy Lopez, looking for potential violations of federal civil rights laws.
Meanwhile, the lawyer representing the Lopez family filed three claims for unspecified damages against Sonoma County on behalf of each of the boy’s parents, as well as Andy Lopez’s estate.
Arnoldo Casillas, an attorney with Moreno Becerra & Casillas, said the family will file a federal lawsuit today in San Francisco over the shooting and that it would hold a news conference Monday to discuss details of the suit.
Read more: http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20131031/articles/131039850
Well here you have it folks - The FBI investigation is a "Rubber Stamp" and the "Details" of the investigation (as by Calif State Law) will never be released to the public.
So next time you hear 1 of the 2nd Amendment Types defending the cop saying "I'll wait the report to come out". He probably already knew it would never be released
Andy Lopez Shooting - He could spot a weapon in low light but not a toy in daylight
The more I read about this guy the more I see a severely unstable guy who was looking .....
Normally, during low-light training, we are on the firing line with several co-workers. Every one turns on their lights, illuminating a two dimensional target at the same distance. This turns your low-light shoot into darn near daylight. Then they shoot.
.... Just like you don’t always see the whole animal when hunting, you may not always see the whole weapon – or even a lot of it – in low light. Look for the parts.
So let me get this straight - he can see weapons with X-ray Vision Clarity at Night but he can't tell a TOY in Broad Daylight
Ya - right
Notice the "Perp Mannequin" with the "Hoodie" on
Driver says Sonoma deputy pulled gun on him
Source: Henry K. Lee / San Francisco Chronicle
The Sonoma County sheriff's deputy who shot and killed a 13-year-old boy after mistaking his toy AK-47 for a real rifle pulled a gun on a motorist twice during a traffic stop on Highway 101 two months earlier, the driver said Thursday.
Jeff Westbrook of Santa Rosa said he was mistreated by Deputy Erick Gelhaus after being pulled over Aug. 21 in Cotati for failing to signal a lane change in his BMW. The interaction troubled Westbrook so much that he recalled asking Gelhaus at one point, "Sir, is there something wrong with you?"
"I felt like I was watching somebody I needed to help," said Westbrook, 57, a program manager at an information technology company. "This was not right. He did not manage this correctly."
Gelhaus is on routine paid leave after the Oct. 22 shooting of eighth-grader Andy Lopez Cruz, who was walking with a replica AK-47 pellet gun near his home just outside Santa Rosa. His attorney declined Thursday to comment on Westbrook's allegations.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Driver-says-Sonoma-deputy-pulled-gun-on-him-4944495.php
This guy wasn't playing with a Full Deck was he
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