Corndog
Aurora,#2UPDATE EX-employee responds
Sun, January 11, 2009
I am a former Deputy of Los Angeles Sheriffs Department and now one with another and I saw your video on you tube. Yes there were mistakes with the how it was handled, however Deandre is 100% at fault for this shooting. Basically what you have is someone for an unknown reason kneeling on a porch, partially obscuring his body around a pillar on the porch taunting the Sheriff Deputies to release one of the K-9's there at the scene, telling the Deputies that he will shoot the dog and anyone who tries to take him. He then goes on threatening to have a gun, which yes as it turned out to be a "black shoe." Bottom line is that Deandre in his perverse manner attempted to convince Law Enforcement officers that he had a gun all along, that he was willing to use it. When the second k-9 was released to go and subdue the suspect "Deandre," Deandre pulled his hand out with the Dark Black object towards the dog. Keep in mind this is all in split seconds. The Deputies reacted thinking it was a gun (After all, for over 10 minutes he kept telling the Deputies he had a Gun) opened fire killing Deandre and unfortunately the dog that was doing his role. Mistakes were definitely made, however if you convince Law Enforcement Officers you have a gun, and then take reckless action that any reasobable person would feel threatened regardless of what the object is and you find yourself fired upon in defense of the person you have threatened repeatedly, this will be the outcome. No crimes committed by Deputies. However one of their dogs was killed, there in lies the screw ups. Its basically whats called "Suicide by Cop."