Los Angeles Police officer Andrew Taylor was shot four times Monday in an apartment near beautiful MacArthur Park. Taylor is in stable condition and good spirits thanks to his bullet proof vest. The suspect, not as lucky, was shot dead by police. At the time of the shooting, the suspect was handcuffed. He had been searched, but not thoroughly enough at that point because he had a gun in his back pocket.
Here is a suspect who is in cuffs and in custody who still manages to shoot a police officer. It brings to mind “police brutality” cases, such as the one in the famous video below.
People criticized LAPD for beating William Cardenas when he was “already in custody”. Clearly, Cardenas was not in custody when the cops were beating him as they were wrestling with him to try to get him into handcuffs. Today’s shooting perfectly examplifies the danger police officers expose themselves to even when they think they have the situation under control let alone when they are dealing with a suspect who is resisting arrest.
As a public service, I direct your attention to this educational video on how not to get beaten by the cops:
