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San Jose PD admits "waistband" error in officer-involved shooting
Ruh-roh, Rorge! 
http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_28668925/san-jose-scrutiny-over-officer-involved-shooting-grows
The police shooting of a homicide suspect came under intense scrutiny when LaDoris Cordell, the recently retired head of San Jose's Office of the Independent Police Auditor, filed a complaint Wednesday against the San Jose Police Department, saying the shooting "raised a number of red flags."
Not only was she concerned that Richard Jacquez, who was unarmed, was shot in the back as he fled officers in a South San Jose cul-de-sac Monday evening, but that police changed their explanation after first saying Jacquez was reaching for his waistband when the officer shot him.
"It leads the public to ask, 'what are we to believe?' It raises more questions than answers," Cordell said Wednesday. "I have never, ever encountered anything like this, when a statement was issued from the department about a shooting then changed abruptly, a 180."...
"In communities of color, this is the concern, that the standard response is that 'he made a furtive movement and went for something in the waist,'" she said. "We've heard it a million times. Now we hear it again in this one. I can tell you, I'm getting emails from people in San Jose saying 'How are we going to trust the police department?' You don't build trust in this fashion."
Not only was she concerned that Richard Jacquez, who was unarmed, was shot in the back as he fled officers in a South San Jose cul-de-sac Monday evening, but that police changed their explanation after first saying Jacquez was reaching for his waistband when the officer shot him.
"It leads the public to ask, 'what are we to believe?' It raises more questions than answers," Cordell said Wednesday. "I have never, ever encountered anything like this, when a statement was issued from the department about a shooting then changed abruptly, a 180."...
"In communities of color, this is the concern, that the standard response is that 'he made a furtive movement and went for something in the waist,'" she said. "We've heard it a million times. Now we hear it again in this one. I can tell you, I'm getting emails from people in San Jose saying 'How are we going to trust the police department?' You don't build trust in this fashion."
