Police fatally shoot Black woman who called 911 for domestic violence
Police fatally shoot Black woman who called 911 for domestic violence
Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy who killed Niani Finlayson, 27, previously had killed another civilian under similar circumstances
A Los Angeles county sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a 27-year-old woman who had called 911 to report that she was under attack by a former boyfriend, police officials and lawyers for the victim’s family said on Thursday. Records show the deputy had killed another person in similar circumstances three years ago.
On 4 December, Niani Finlayson called police and “reported that her boyfriend would not leave her alone and then screaming and sounds of a struggle could be heard”, the LA sheriff’s department (LASD) said in a statement. When deputies arrived at the apartment in Lancaster, a city in the northern region of LA county, they could hear screaming, LASD said.
Finlayson was inside with her nine-year-old daughter and had been injured by her ex-boyfriend and wanted him removed, her family’s attorneys said. The exact circumstances that led to the fatal shooting are unclear and LASD has so far declined to release body-camera footage.
fatally shoot
Uh, murder is the word you're looking for
149They “egregiously passed a bullet through the vital matter of a person who probably was the perpetrator they were calling about because they were black.” It’s not murder, it’s just American cops daily quota.
Fuck American cops.
20The firearm flew out of the officer's holster and bullets were fired. Also, a woman died of acute lead poisoning.
6You need clarity when it comes to cops, they could also have kneeled on her neck or beaten her to death.
1There's footage to be released next week. I'll wait until then to raise my pitchfork.
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The fact that this is the second person this cop has murdered in similar circumstances is fucking appalling. They should have been fired after the first murder.
Honestly, if cops want to keep abusing taxpayer funds, I want monthly "shareholder" meetings where citizens can review the month's performance, and demand changes. Clearly, police administrations are not capable of doing that job and have no accountability.
79They should have been fired after the first murder.
They should be in prison right now and thus not have the chance to murder this poor woman.
22You could go to city council meetings. But expect to be harassed for it.
13Yeah, I've found those to get really hostile, really fast.
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Imprisoned, not fired.
Cops need to face penalties for abusing their power that are much harsher than what an average person would face, not more lenient.
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All body cam footage needs to be monitored by a third party. Police departments shouldn't have the option of withholding body cam footage. It should be a made available public and made available immediately after the incident.
66Simply turning off the body camera for any reason other than bathroom use should be a felony. Stripped of all credentials and banned from participating in any govt agency there is.
23Record continuously, with the feed streaming through BT/Wi-Fi connections in the car (the. From the car, streaming in real time, along with every other camera they have,)
The feeds are all monitored in real time by dispatchers. (This would help in crisis response, too, coordinating responding officers better in, for example, an active shooter,)
Cops don’t have access to the main storage, but they get copies for things, so they can’t tamper with it…. And it doesn’t get to be deleted until reviews of the tapes happen.
18In the absence of footage or any other direct evidence, anything that cops say in court should be considered a lie. That's the only way to level the playing field in the justice system and to stop effectively rewarding bad/criminal behavior on the part of law enforcement.
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It's a wonder we ever get the cops involved. From my experience its a real crapshoot.
38It’s fine to call the cops if you’re white
I fucking hate American police. ACAB
15No its not, I was down in Florida on the gulf side, my hotel was right beside a 3 mile bridge cops cut off access to my hotel because of Cynco de mayo (sorry for my butchering) my GF at the time drove around a cop car to get into the hotel, had our room key in my hands to show the officer, told us to keep driving or he was going to arrest for pulling an illegal manuver. Went about 100 yards past em back towards town I got out and walked over to explain we were just getting back from dinner. Cop instantly grabbed his cuffs and had his hand on the gun. Luckily others had complained and hotel staff came out to calm down the cops.
Fuck American cops
24Yeah no white people have ever been murdered by cops
Here's a fun one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Justine_Damond?wprov=sfla1
Yes acab for all of us. They are an enemy of the people
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Against Carceral Feminism: Relying on state violence to curb domestic violence only ends up harming the most marginalized women.
33I just don't understand the logic here. Don't get me wrong, I'm all in favor of abolishing the Duluth Model and the requirement to incarcerate someone on a domestic violence call.
But neither this situation, nor the story you linked to seems to have much to do with that policy.
In both situations, the police acted completely out of bounds. It is a completely different problem.
The story on the website was written in 2014 about an incident that happened in 1999, that's almost 25 years ago. It can't be considered relevant today. If there's a real systemic problem of this kind, you should have at least a dozen cases like this every single year.
Hopefully, in this most recent case we'll get some body cam footage released so we find out what really happened.
And also hopefully, the body cams is what will put this guy off the force forever. It's the second time he seems to have done something like this, but I'd bet that the first time, body cams were not standard practice yet.
Seems to me that the solution to stop this kind of thing from being a common problem is body cams, and that's what we have.
7History is relevant, especially when there hasn't been any significant deviation from the historical status quo.
3And also hopefully, the body cams is what will put this guy off the force forever.
It turns out that doesn't work when the DA's office and/or the courts are just as corrupt as the cops, which is a majority of the time.
Also while we're wishing for things, wish for him to be in prison forever. There is absolutely no reason cops shouldn't face penalties that are at least as harsh as what ordinary people face when they blatantly commit crimes.
2What do you mean something that happened 25 years ago has no relevance today? Do you think just cause something happened in the past, it automatically means that it no longer happens now and that it is causally disconnected from similar events that happen today? What is your logic in this? Are you under the impression the fundamentals of policing, white supremacy, systemic sexism and the institution of misogyny have all fundamentally changed so much in the last 25 years that something that happened then has no relevance whatsoever to what is happening now?
I'm biased. A 25 year old native American woman was shot 5 times in the chest on a welfare check in the apartment above mine in a very tiny, very tightly knit community. I heard the gunshots that killed her. I had to wash blood off my front porch. The police officer that did it never faced any consequences whatsoever. Body footage would never have changed that. They control the cameras. Know what would have changed that? Sending a mental health professional. Not a fucking coked up white nutjob with a gun and a gigantic fucking superiority complex and a penchant for violence against women and racial minorities. That's literally what the point of his job is though. He did what he was trained to do. He saw a native woman in distress, and instead of diffusing the situation instead of de-escalation, he shot her. It happens all the time around here. Rarely even makes the news. Happens all across North America every single day.
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Only call the cops if you're 100% OK with anyone involved and around being killed. I.e. you're already under threat of death.
19I mean without knowing more information than "she was being attacked by an ex boyfriend in a domestic violence situation" she very well could have been. I don't fault her at all for wanting to call the cops. 100% of the fault lies with the responding officers and the system that allows them to operate with the training and mindset that they have.
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How is the whole US rioting at this point? Curious Frenchy here
14I believe you dropped this: "not"
10Ah there it is thank you my young man !
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Man, those poor kids. I feel incredibly sad for them.
9At this point it's generally safer to dial 811 in emergencies.
7Never call the police regardless of your ethnicity. Period. They're not going to help. If you don't get shot, they'll look for some pretext to arrest you - even if you're the victim or witness of a crime.
4What does it take to get liberals off their asses and get armed?! FFS, calling the cops to defend you is a bad idea at best, your death at worst. We all know this. Defend yourself first, call the cops second. And think on this, how fast you think they'll be there to save you when seconds count?
There are plenty of resources to teach you safety, law and how to shoot. POC, women and LGBT folks have been the largest gun buying demographic for a couple of years now. Think they might know something you do not?
CAVEAT EMPTOR: For the love of god, do not just run out and buy a pistol, call it all good. You must learn and practice safety. You must know the laws in your area. You must know what your weapon is capable of and practice, practice, practice. 1,000 rounds is the minimum to get comfortable and assure the machine's reliability.
If you do not wish to take on this learning curve? We all good, but don't do it.
-22This kind of retarded comment is why I lose faith in humanity
6Kinda irrelevant to this story. There should be no firearm in the same household as an abuser.
3Being liberal and getting armed it's an ideological contradiction and most liberals are not hypocrites as 99% of reich-wingers are.
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