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RandySF

(57,659 posts)
Thu Sep 30, 2021, 10:24 PM Sep 2021

Teen Mom Brain Dead After Being Shot in Back of Head by School Safety Officer

An 18-year-old mother has been left brain dead after a school safety officer shot her in the back of the head, her family says.

Mona Rodriguez, who has a 5-month-old son, was reportedly driving away after a fight with a 15-year-old girl, when the officer opened fire. Rodriguez was in the passenger seat; the 20-year-old father of her child, Rafeul Chowdhury, and his 16-year-old brother were also in the car at the time. Neither male was hurt.

The shooting, which occurred near Millikan High School in Long Beach on Monday afternoon — and not on school grounds — was captured by a witness on cellphone camera, and obtained by KTLA; it appears to show the officer approach the stopped car's passenger-side window.

The car suddenly turns right and speeds off past him, when at least two shots are fired at the departing vehicle.

"He has his gun!" the witness can be heard exclaiming. "No! Get down!" she screams as the shots ring out.



https://toofab.com/2021/09/30/cali-teen-mom-brain-dead-after-being-shot-in-back-of-head-by-school-safety-officer-while-driving-away-from-fight/

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Teen Mom Brain Dead After Being Shot in Back of Head by School Safety Officer (Original Post) RandySF Sep 2021 OP
How do "school safety" and "gun" go together? nt Binkie The Clown Sep 2021 #1
Good damn question. DURHAM D Sep 2021 #2
Murca! Crunchy Frog Sep 2021 #6
She was driving away and he shot her? He needs to lose his job and firearm permit. LiberalFighter Sep 2021 #3
That would be a start!. The officer knew who was in car and could get the license. These riversedge Sep 2021 #4
Especially over a fight that didn't involve weapons exboyfil Sep 2021 #15
He needs to lose more than that. calimary Sep 2021 #5
He needs to go to jail and probably will. This reminds me... brush Sep 2021 #7
+1 MustLoveBeagles Sep 2021 #12
Protecting and serving!!!!!!! WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2021 #8
Charge that cop with murder one Jilly_in_VA Sep 2021 #9
Not Even On School Grounds SoCalDavidS Sep 2021 #10
Doubt shooting was remotely necessary. But, the article indicates the 18 Hoyt Sep 2021 #11
Looking the vid and putting what the kids said together the LEO either wasn't heard IDing himself uponit7771 Sep 2021 #14
That's possible. I'm sure they'll investigate. Agree they could have picked up Hoyt Sep 2021 #16
The security cop didn't ask them to stop and nowhere did it indicate that the city cops were ... marble falls Oct 2021 #18
Yep another case where the cop can ... uponit7771 Oct 2021 #19
Look at the vid, looks like ANOTHER instance of "let them go now and catch them later" vs shoot at uponit7771 Sep 2021 #13
She was in the passenger seat. RandySF Oct 2021 #17

riversedge

(69,727 posts)
4. That would be a start!. The officer knew who was in car and could get the license. These
Thu Sep 30, 2021, 10:47 PM
Sep 2021

kids were not going to Mexico. No excuse to start shooting!

exboyfil

(17,857 posts)
15. Especially over a fight that didn't involve weapons
Thu Sep 30, 2021, 11:38 PM
Sep 2021

Even with weapons he has no business firing at a car moving away from him. He shouldn't even have had his gun out. He has no business following a suspect off school grounds as well.

This is wrong in so many ways.

calimary

(80,699 posts)
5. He needs to lose more than that.
Thu Sep 30, 2021, 10:50 PM
Sep 2021

How about his freedumb for about 20 years? A nice room in the nearest state prison would be appropriate.

brush

(53,475 posts)
7. He needs to go to jail and probably will. This reminds me...
Thu Sep 30, 2021, 10:55 PM
Sep 2021

of the case of the white guy shooting into the car of several unarmed Black teenagers at a convenience store because he thought their music was too loud.

He's in jail now.

All that trigger-happy, bozo cop should've done was get the car's license plate number to follow up later on whatever happen at the school. Now he's ruin his life, his family's life and the life's of woman shot and her family's.

Just dumb. Every tom dick and harry shouldn't be entrusted with gun.

Jilly_in_VA

(9,854 posts)
9. Charge that cop with murder one
Thu Sep 30, 2021, 10:57 PM
Sep 2021

He could not possibly have "feared for his life". This is malice aforethought.

SoCalDavidS

(9,998 posts)
10. Not Even On School Grounds
Thu Sep 30, 2021, 10:58 PM
Sep 2021

Whatever authority he even had, did not exist, since he wasn't even at the school when the shooting occurred. He just had a gun, and was determined to use it, and figured he could hide behind his so-called "badge."

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
11. Doubt shooting was remotely necessary. But, the article indicates the 18
Thu Sep 30, 2021, 10:59 PM
Sep 2021

year old girl, and possibly the two men, may have assaulted the 15 year-old.

That’s serious and they may have sped away from school police. Again, highly unlikely shooting was justified, but that’s serious enough to make some effort toward detaining them.

uponit7771

(90,225 posts)
14. Looking the vid and putting what the kids said together the LEO either wasn't heard IDing himself
Thu Sep 30, 2021, 11:23 PM
Sep 2021

... or didn't ID himself and the kids just saw a gun and the driver stepped on the gas.

Unfortunately the driver turned towards the LEO which ... well of course shot at anything moving.

This is another case where they didn't have to detain with use of deadly force seeing it was a school fight.

The kids who were fighting were known, they had tags etc etc ...

You'd think LEOs would be more scared of CV than teenagers seeing CV has killed more of them than anything1

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
16. That's possible. I'm sure they'll investigate. Agree they could have picked up
Thu Sep 30, 2021, 11:41 PM
Sep 2021

those in car later if they found 15 year-old was assaulted by the 3 people.

marble falls

(56,359 posts)
18. The security cop didn't ask them to stop and nowhere did it indicate that the city cops were ...
Fri Oct 1, 2021, 12:56 AM
Oct 2021

... called until after after the woman was murdered. None of the entire event happened on school property. He had walked up to the side of the car after they drove from the scene, and stopped at a stop sign. As the car made the right turn, the cop pulled his piece and shot the woman who was in the passenger side back seat.

Driving slow enough to have a person walk up to the car and stopping at stop signs are not the hallmarks of a wild escape.

uponit7771

(90,225 posts)
19. Yep another case where the cop can ...
Fri Oct 1, 2021, 08:07 AM
Oct 2021

... let people go versus shoot at everyone and endanger everything.

I wonder if other countries cops get paid vacation after they shoot someone.

uponit7771

(90,225 posts)
13. Look at the vid, looks like ANOTHER instance of "let them go now and catch them later" vs shoot at
Thu Sep 30, 2021, 11:18 PM
Sep 2021

... everything moving.

She DID turn into were the cop was standing but it was the cop who pulled the gun and spooked everyone in the car.

This will be another one of those "justified" shootings because the reaction of the driver but another instance where shoot everything moving isn't the best way to serve the public.

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