Anaheim Cops Open Fire into Crowd of Women and Children

[marmar]

Anaheim Cops Open Fire into Crowd of Women and Children


To serve and protect, eh? In Anaheim, California, residents were protesting the police killing of a fleeing suspect—and the feeling that there is a general culture of excessive force and police brutality—when cops decided to prove a point. At a near-riot populated by women and children, local police opened fire with rubber bullets, threw tear gas canisters, and sicked K-9 dogs on the crowd, including setting a dog after a woman holding a baby.

ABC 7 reports that the trouble began after Anaheim police shot and killed a pursuit suspect while chasing three men down an alley around 4:00 p.m. An officer shot one of the suspects, 24-year-ild Manuel Diaz, in the buttocks. Diaz fell to his knees and was then struck in the head by another police bullet.

CBS Los Angeles reports that another officer then handcuffed Diaz, who was not moving, and searched his pockets before handcuffing his motionless body and rushing him to a local hospital. The Raw Story reports that he died three hours later.

Residents, who have long complained about police violence, were enraged by the Diaz shooting. They set fire to a dumpster and blocked off a street, and as police attempted to investigate the shooting, some people threw bottles at them.

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The complete piece is at: http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/1045903/anaheim_cops_open_fire_into_crowd_of_women_and_children/

[Selatius]

1. When did officers go from protecting the public to treating the public like insurgents in war?

They're starting to look like nothing more than the enforcement arm of the corporate oligarchy.

[Vattel]

2. Fucking ridiculous

The Anaheim pd was a shit department when I grew up there and i guess they havent improved much.