On Friday, U.S. Rep. Ted Lieu wrote a letter to Decker calling for the civilian commission to investigate how the department responded to demonstrations in the Fairfax district Saturday.While the area saw significant looting and police cars being set on fire, footage has also emerged showing officers striking unarmed protesters with batons. A reporter for L.A. Taco also said he was attacked with a baton without provocation, despite declaring himself a member of the press.
“Folks who loot or commit arson or assault police officers are committing crimes and that cannot be condoned or tolerated. At the same time, you can’t attribute what some folks did on one day, and then deal with peaceful protesters on a different day and hit them with batons,” Lieu said Friday. “They are a different set of people, so it’s not a justification to say just because some people did some looting, therefore we’re going to treat all protesters the same.
Asked about the use of batons or foam rounds to break up demonstrations, Moore said officers could be justified in using such force if an unlawful assembly is declared because of violence, attacks on officers or destruction of property. But he said the key was the “proportionality” of force used and acknowledged at least one incident from last weekend required his involvement to stop officers from being violent.
“Officers were taking rocks, bottles, other projectiles [and] sustaining injuries from members within a very large crowd. And that crowd, it was the determination of on-scene commanders that it was an unlawful assembly, and that that crowd needed to disperse,” he said. “And what I witnessed was officers resorting to force, including baton strikes to achieve that, and I went personally to the scene and took actions to stop that action.
Just think if Mr. Floyd didn’t attempt to pass a $20 counterfeit bill. This all could have been avoided.
What about officers that flash the white power symbol after kneeling with protesters?
this guy puts me to sleep when he talks
Is anyone responsible for anything anymore?
no confidence.
This thief was dipshit Garcetti's hand picked goon. It's time to cut him lose and vote Garcetti to the curb.
I suppose the first step is admitting you have a problem.
Too bad I reached my free monthly limit.
'LAPD'.. 😁
Take responsibility for your officers like you are suppose to and grow a pair.
This pussy has to go. End his 1/3 of a million salary
Add him to the concernetbut do nothing list with Collins and Murkowski and Romney
Concerned cuz we bout to fire yo ass
Same ol song...we need to rewrite this our self
All the ball-bat-wielding, Molotov-cocktail-throwing looters in New York and San Francisco and Los Angeles ruined whatever heartfelt message the thousands of 'peaceful protesters' were hoping to send. That's a shame.
THIS SLIMEBALL DOESN'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT POLICE VIOLENCE - OVER 601 POLICE MURDERS WITH NO REPERCUSSIONS ARE ALL ON HIS WATCH, AND THE BLOOD ON HIS HANDS - MOORE MUST BE FIRED!
Yeah, LAPDHQ has got to be sweating bullets right now. The charges and lawsuits from this are gonna destroy his department & the city's budgets for decades.
LAPDHQ LAPDChiefMoore lapdcommission Get in front of the violence and start de-escalating it. Your motto is 'To Protect and To Serve', isn't it about time you started doing that? nytimes washingtonpost ladailynews KTLA KTLAMorningNews FOXLA NBCLA CNN foxnews NPR ABC
US police killed 1,042 last year. Japanese police 0. British police 3. Source Politico. PoliceViolence PoliceReformNow PoliceReform
Guess what? The first thing to do to address that concern is to FireMoore
all of California can burn to the ground
well do something about it then ffs
I’m tired of the military stuff. This guy is wearing 4 stars on his shirt like he’s a full General in the military.
Until the philosophy Which hold one race superior and another Inferior Is finally And permanently Discredited And abandoned Everywhere is war. blm BLMLA TrumpOut2020 BlackLivesMatter DefundThePolice
If you support defunding the police - you should sign a waver saying you'll never call the police, for any reason, for the rest of your life.
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“Expresses concern” what happened to “is outraged and shocked” ? You express concern when the sky turns dark while you’re on a picnic in the park, not when tax paying citizens are assaulted by the police.
If you care for America, Freedom, Democracy & The American Constitution then you will do your job & there will be justice. If you're a 2-bit lackey in the pocket of the Ginger Buffoon and/or an enabler of institutionalised racism then nothing will happen. TrumpNeoFascist
Jared Yuen -an adult male, who's chief calls him a 'kid'- is still a cop. He should never be one.
People that matter are evidence the chosen are dangerously, mentally, ill.
Time to endpoliceunions. They are the root of the problem, shielding cops from repercussions.
LA hasn’t learned one 🤬🤬🤬 thing in nearly 30 years
We need to RAISE police funding!!!! More pay to hire better cops and more training for the current cops!!!!!!!!!!
Liar-
I see he’s Collinsing now
LAPDChiefMoore You need to get you officers under control. Don’t let the bad apples ruin the bunch.
has MayorOfLA tried firing him yet, that might help
He the Susan Collins of police chiefs? Investigate them and root them out.
Moore hasn't been fired yet?
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