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.
Never 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.
How is the whole US rioting at this point? Curious Frenchy here
What 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.
It’s a wonder we ever get the cops involved. From my experience its a real crapshoot.
It’s fine to call the cops if you’re white
I fucking hate American police. ACAB
No 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
Yeah 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
You’re right, police have wrongly killed people of all races.
However, it’s important to note that recent studies have found that “Black Americans are 3.23 times more likely than white Americans to be killed by police, according to a new study by researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.”
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/blacks-whites-police-deaths-disparity/
At this point it’s generally safer to dial 811 in emergencies.
