Deputies were ordered to delete Kobe Bryant crash photos to avoid discipline, sources say

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In an attempt to keep the matter under wraps, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department quietly ordered deputies to delete any photos of the Kobe Bryant helicopter crash scene after a citizen complained that a deputy was showing the gruesome images at a Norwalk bar, two public safety sources with…

Firefighters work the scene of a helicopter crash where former NBA star Kobe Bryant died Sunday in Calabasas. Firefighters work the scene of a helicopter crash where former NBA star Kobe Bryant died Sunday in Calabasas. He did say: “Every police department struggles with the same thing, where people take photos and they’re not evidence.

The citizen’s complaint was sent to the sheriff’s information bureau. In an interview Wednesday, Capt. Jorge Valdez, the head of the bureau, said he was “unaware of any complaint” and “there was no order given to delete any photographs.”Neither Villanueva nor Valdez responded to follow-up questions on Thursday and Friday.

The department issued a statement Friday saying that Villanueva is “deeply disturbed at the thought deputies could allegedly engage in such an insensitive act.” “A thorough investigation will be conducted by the department, with the No. 1 priority of protecting the dignity and privacy of the victims and their families,” the department said.

 

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Sorry but why does this celebrity wife get to request/insist on a no-fly zone? It's public airspace. LASCHQ spj_tweets ACLU entitlement KobeBryant

They should not be posting pictures of every single thing it’s like disrespectful an it’s no peace for any of the families not just Kobe an baby girl it’s a lot to see other parents an mother daughter an wife’s that also had kids left behind let them Rest In Peace !! 🙏😪 ❤️

anyone showing images of people in a wreck should go straight to hell. have some damn respect for people.

A NYFD dude showed me and everyone around him pics of 911 in vegas a month after it happened. I see nothing wrong with that. They had to see it in person, they can share it if they want!

That 🤡 of a “trainee” immolates his own career over BS. You can’t make this mess up. 😒🙄

How bad is the LA County Sheriff? Who will reign it in? Who will fix it? Oh wait lets all yell about trump. Not the sheriff’s department that on a daily basis is a bother to us on a local level than trump!

I hope Vanessa Bryant files a law suit against the LAPD

There is no public value for these pictures. None. They are only valuable to appropriate authorities investigating the crash itself.

I hope the families of the victims sue the sheriff dept & the deputies who was involved in leaking pictures.

notice they don’t have “to protect and to serve” as a motto

That’s all I have to say about it.

神戸のヘリコプター事故の写真隠蔽?

That's vile.

Lol these “slow” people in the comments. So dramatic.

The lawyers are going to love this

Just awful!

Someone will still unfortunately leak them eventually.

Why is this relevant news? Kobe is gone.. his daughter as well as the other crash victims. The media thinks everything is news and everybody cares. Sounds like an Internal Affairs issue.... You're suckin' blood out of turnip on this one. ..

I have questions?

Death is the part of life ... What's there to complain and it's gruesomeness? Silly people ..

Jasmyne campaign ad for Measure R right here.

I think this is typical of the way Villanueva and his people do business. A big reason to approve the oversight ballot initiative.

Good, the world doesn't need to see the horror.

Cops cover for cops. Always have always will but they still get the benefit of the doubt from the brain dead public and newspapers/judges/juries. Wake up

Props to the citizen who reported the scumbags.

Trash gonna do what trash do. Glad they got caught. I hope the higher ups fire them. Blech.

One of them im sure does this a lot. He’s been reported before. No action ever.

Let’s report about “showing...images” while (wait for it) — showing images. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Ok now I’ve read more. And that deputy/ sheriff/law enforcement officer was TOTALLY wrong for showing those pictures for pure morbid curiosity. He needs to be disciplined. He crossed the line.

This is heart breaking. Just don’t show any of the pictures. If I was one of the family members who lost a loved one in this fatality. I would be so angry to have come across this photo, less alone any of the other photos the deputies took.

he was probably jus tryna flex for some coochie

Aren't you showing the scene now?

These deputies need to be fired.

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