Shaken Man Sues Trigger-Happy Torrance Cops
Shaken Man Sues Trigger-Happy Torrance Cops
LOS ANGELES (CN) - Torrance police smashed into and shot up the truck of a slim, short white man while looking for rogue policeman Christopher Dorner, who was black, 270 lbs., 6 foot 2, and driving a different make of pickup, the white man claims in court.
David Perdue, a father of two, sued Torrance, its Police Department, and two Doe officers for excessive force, false arrest, battery and other counts, in Federal Court.
Perdue claims Torrance officials ridiculously passed off the officers' actions as "reasonable," and "appropriate," even though the "defendants later claimed they could not actually see who they were shooting at."
Perdue was driving a Honda Ridgeline and the police were looking for a Nissan Titan when they fired at least three shots into his driver's side window, Perdue says in the complaint. The officers escaped without punishment and are still patrolling the streets, Perdue says.
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In any event, the complaint states: "Without any warning, the second Torrance police car accelerated to 25-30 miles per hour, suddenly turned and crashed broadside into David's black Honda Ridgeline, spinning him around and tearing off the rear axle. The airbags and side curtain airbags in David's vehicle deployed. David's upper body was thrown over the console, toward the passenger seat."
Perdue says the officers "opened fire from inside their car," firing "at least three bullets into the open driver's side window of David's vehicle."
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