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ghostsinthemachine

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Wed Jul 15, 2015, 01:49 PM Jul 2015

The Gardena police shooting video that city officials didn't want you to see

Ricardo Diaz Zeferino fidgeted but appeared to keep his hands up for most of the tense encounter as multiple Gardena, California, police officers aimed their guns at him on June 2, 2013. But when he took off his baseball cap and briefly held down his hands, police opened a hail of gunfire — killing the unarmed man and wounding Eutiquio Acevedo Mendez, who was standing near Zeferino.

A new video obtained by the Los Angeles Times shows the grisly dashboard camera footage, which the city of Gardena fought to keep secret in court. The shooting had resulted in a $4.7 million settlement for the relatives and family of Zeferino and Mendez, but media argued the footage was in the public interest.

Warning: graphic footage of the shooting: http://www.vox.com/2015/7/15/8970407/gardena-police-shooting-video

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The Gardena police shooting video that city officials didn't want you to see (Original Post) ghostsinthemachine Jul 2015 OP
Holy crap! Here's a youtube link, couldn't get the one at your link to work uppityperson Jul 2015 #1

uppityperson

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1. Holy crap! Here's a youtube link, couldn't get the one at your link to work
Wed Jul 15, 2015, 02:23 PM
Jul 2015

Yes, caps are soooooooo dangerous. W.t.f.

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