LA settles with women fired on in Dorner manhunt

[jberryhill]

Source: Seattle PI

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The city of Los Angeles reached a $4.2 million settlement on injury claims by two women who were hurt when police mistakenly opened fire on them during the manhunt for disgruntled ex-cop Christopher Dorner, an official said Tuesday.



Read more: http://www.seattlepi.com/news/us/article/LA-settles-with-women-fired-on-in-Dorner-manhunt-4457048.php

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$4.2M... nice.

[AtheistCrusader]

1. I hope the officers that did it are no longer officers.

I don't recall any follow-up on that.

What a horrifying, painful thing to go through.

[Scairp]

2. Ha, hope away

I can almost guarantee they are certainly still in uniform and probably out on the streets, just like nothing happened. And let me tell you, the coverage of this incident was almost perfunctory. It's like the old days here again, with cops getting away with literal murder and the media barely mentioning it. Note that this is a link to a paper in Seattle, not The Times, where it should have gotten the most coverage. I've barely seen anything about it.

[onenote]

4. Here you go:

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-dorner-manhunt-settlement-women20130423,0,6008708.story

[AnotherMcIntosh]

16. x2

If they even suspended the cops, they undoubtedly suspended them with pay. It's just standard operating procedure.

After the Rodney King episode, they even gave promotions to some of the cops who were involved with it.

[Mr.Bill]

12. If it's like most of these cases in California,

they will be placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation, and will be found to have acted "within departmental policy" and will get their jobs back.

I've lived in California for over 50 years, and I don't remember any cop being found guilty of any wrong doing when shooting a citizen, except for the BART cop that shot and killed that unarmed kid they had on the ground. And trust me, he would not have been found guilty of anything if someone didn't take a video of the incident. He's already out of jail. He did less than one year, I think, for a low level manslaughter charge.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

27. Remember Richard Prior talking about "the LAPD choke hold" in his act?

"Oh shit! He broke!"

[Mr.Bill]

28. Yep, sure do.

"Yeah, it's okay, says right here in the manual..."

[Downwinder]

3. Generous with tax payers money.

Going to come out of the LAPD budget?

[jberryhill]

5. Depends

I would imagine that liability insurance for a police department is a thing of wonder.

[FreeBC]

19. Bad cops cost taxpayers money

Stress that with your conservative acquaintances when discussing police abuse issues since it's the only thing they care about.

[Poll_Blind]

6. They were almost gunned down delivering newspapers early in the morning.

I sincerely hope that money will help them put their lives back together and that it opens opportunities for continued well-being from here on out. I believe both of them were shot and the back of the truck was absolutely riddled with bullets.

PB

[rocktivity]

7. They also got $40K for the damage to the truck.

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And I hope the money is over and above their lost wages, medical bills and legal fees.

But the cops settled because they knew they didn't have a chance of winning -- not when all the plaintiffs would have had to do is present these exhibits:



The back is bullet-riddled...





...and here, you can see that the truck is in the middle of the street -- there wasn't even an attempt to pull them over.


rocktivity

[xocet]

8. One should recall that during that search a surfer was fired upon as well...

It is to be hoped that he too will get a large settlement.

Police seeking Dorner opened fire in a second case of mistaken identity
Torrance police say the man was driving a pickup resembling the fugitive's. The incident happened just after the LAPD fired on women delivering newspapers nearby.

February 09, 2013|By Robert Faturechi and Matt Stevens, Los Angeles Times

David Perdue was on his way to sneak in some surfing before work Thursday morning when police flagged him down. They asked who he was and where he was headed, then sent him on his way.

Seconds later, Perdue's attorney said, a Torrance police cruiser slammed into his pickup and officers opened fire; none of the bullets struck Perdue.

His pickup, police later explained, matched the description of the one belonging to Christopher Jordan Dorner — the ex-cop who has evaded authorities after allegedly killing three and wounding two more. But the pickups were different makes and colors. And Perdue looks nothing like Dorner: He's several inches shorter and about a hundred pounds lighter. And Perdue is white; Dorner is black.

"I don't want to use the word buffoonery but it really is unbridled police lawlessness," said Robert Sheahen, Perdue's attorney. "These people need training and they need restraint."

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http://articles.latimes.com/2013/feb/09/local/la-me-torrance-shooting-20130210

[AtheistCrusader]

9. That was the guy driving the Honda Ridgeline.

That's not even a truck. No moreso than a Subaru Brat or a Volkswagen Rabbit 'Pickup'.

[jberryhill]

10. "said Robert Sheahen, Perdue's attorney"

We can assume this is going to end well for Mr. Perdue.

[jberryhill]

14. WTF?

I was simply pointing out that the posted article states he has an attorney, and I assume he is well represented, in response to a query as to whether he will be appropriately compensated.

Typical contingent fee arrangements run as high as 45%.

Where do you get anything out of what I wrote that suggests he is not being treated fairly, etc.? I suggested it will likely end well for Mr. Perdue - the victim.

[onenote]

15. Sorry. I misread. Am deleting.

[Enrique]

13. it was cute how they initially offered to buy them a new truck

[Smilo]

18. On the proviso the women paid the taxes on it

grrrrrrrrr.

[olddots]

17. Do they see a quarter of that figure between the two of them ?

The police were very amped up , Dorner was ex police and military with inside info .

They are lucky look at that truck ( wrong model and wrong color) .

[CreekDog]

20. You said "nice" but I don't think it was "nice" to get shot

just saying.

[jberryhill]

22. Some people do it for free

People get shot at every day.

My "nice" was directed to the size of the settlement. I would not have predicted a number that high. You normally think of some multiple of actual damages - lost wages, medical, ongoing incapacity (psychological or otherwise)... etc. But this seems to indicate the defense was genuinely worried about how high punitive or exemplary could go.

[liberalmuse]

21. Shoot at me...please!

(Kidding) I'm glad for them, actually. Never thought I'd say this, but, good job, LAPD.

[jberryhill]

23. There is a theory of testing damage awards

I once heard a lawyer propose that the test for damages should be to run an ad in the paper offering to do to someone whatever was done to the plaintiff, and then to pay them the proposed damage amount.

"If a line forms that's more than a block long, then the award is too high."

[heaven05]

24. well

[Sunlei]

25. Those poor woman, I'm glad they settled fast. Those police should have their pay docked for life.

[TinkerTot55]

26. "...mistakenly opened fire.." ...

....my arse.

[Ash_F]

29. How about jail time for the cops too?

Only the taxpayers should pay for their crimes? Not that the taxpayers shouldn't pay anything, they have some responsibility for electing a chief that doesn't know how to run a department.

[harmonicon]

30. Not as nice as not getting shot by the police for no reason. (nt)