California won't prosecute LAPD officer who shot teenage girl in store's dressing room
calmatters.org
The California Justice Department announced today that it has found no cause to file chargesagainst a Los Angeles police officer who, while aiming at a suspect, shot and killed a 14-year-old girl hiding in a department store fitting room.
Fourteen-year-old Valentina Orellana Peralta was picking out a quinceanera dress with her mother just before Christmas in 2021. She was shot and killed by a bullet that ricocheted off the floor.
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He was there after an active bike lock swinger. Get the facts straight before you get to licking boots.
I mean, there was an active shooter.
That was just shooting at all the things (like the floor), not even aiming. I wonder how many shots it took the active shooter to realise he was the only active shooter. Or was that completely besides the point of wanting desperately to use that gun?
Three shots, one of which ricocheted off the ground, penetrated a wall, and killed the 14 year old hiding in the changing room behind where the shooting took place
He thought it was an active shooter so the courage it takes to go in is the same even if it turns out later that it wasn't. Calling me a bootlicker is a completely unecessary ad-hominem.
Do you think maybe the cop was lying about mistaking the bicycle lock for a gun considering bicycle locks do not look remotely like guns and lying about it would give him cover?
Just astounding what people will accept as truth from cops. If I said "I saw someone swinging a bicycle lock around and I thought they had a gun instead so I shot them," no one would buy that excuse. But if a cop says it?
Maybe their bootshine taste delicious? Can't see any other reasons
He thought it was time to play commando and ignored the more sensible and responsible officers around him. But you'll believe his lies and consider him a hero despite his absolute incompetence causing the death of an innocent young woman. I hope the boot polish gives you cancer.
These MFS think acorns are gunshots. We cannot trust them to tell the truth about what the felt in the moment. It's a problem whether or not you can sympathize with the officer.
Yes, every other cop there knew and tried to get him not to shoot but he was the special snowflake that day so his idiocy must be respected.