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Police Cop Cruiser Smokes Skater

Victim was described on the gofundme page to raise money for his funeral as a "kind-hearted soul who was always willing to help anyone." Nowhere did it say that he was situationally aware or a good listener with common sense. Maybe that would have made a difference.
 
Back story - Los Angeles


Full quote:

"Los Angeles police have released video of a disturbing incident in which one of their officers fatally struck a skateboarder riding in the middle of the road in Highland Park.

Gerardo “Jerry” Estrada was killed in the Sept. 19 crash, which remains under investigation.

The officer driving was responding to a call in the 6100 block of Piedmont Avenue at 7:15 p.m. and headed north on Figueroa Street to help establish a perimeter while police searched for a felony warrant suspect, said Capt. Mike Bland, a department spokesperson.


The officer, Bland said, was driving with their siren on and emergency lights flashing when they hit Estrada.

In the video, captured by the vehicle’s dashcam, the police cruiser is seen weaving across lanes on Figueroa Street, at times driving on the wrong side of the street to get around vehicles stacked up and blocking lanes at a red light near intersections. Sirens can be heard in the background.

The vehicle is seen steering left toward the center median as it approaches another red light in the distance.

Two officers can be heard talking to each other as the car drives down the street, until one of the officers is heard saying, “Watch out, watch out, watch out!”

In the video, Estrada is seen on a skateboard in the center median. Estrada jumps off the skateboard, and briefly puts up both of his hands before he is struck by the car.


“Oh s—, dude!” one of the officers is heard saying as the patrol car pulls to the far left lane of the street.

“Oh f—!” the other officer says. “F—, man!”

Officers quickly jumped out of the vehicle and found Estrada wedged underneath a parked vehicle nearby, Bland said in a video statement released by the department.
Body camera from one of the officers, also released Tuesday by the department, shows the crash occurred just outside a carnival, where witnesses began to yell and urge officers to do something.

“Do something, there’s somebody f— dying!” one person is heard yelling.

The officers removed Estrada from under the car, and attempted to render first aid.

Firefighters who responded to the scene declared Estrada dead at the scene.

According to Bland, the crash is still under investigation, which could take months to complete.

LAPD officials did not immediately respond to questions on the identities of the two officers who were in the vehicle at the time of the crash.

The day following the crash, Estrada’s mother, Rosa Casares, told KTLA her son was headed home from work that night.

“He was a wonderful kid,” she told KTLA."
 
He thought he was safe in the middle. The cops had no business driving the way he did like he owned the entire road.
We have a busy 30mph road nearby and its hard to cross when it's busy unless you run full tilt. Motherfuckers in cars wont slow down and are often exceeding the speed limit by a lot
 
He thought he was safe in the middle. The cops had no business driving the way he did like he owned the entire road.
We have a busy 30mph road nearby and its hard to cross when it's busy unless you run full tilt. Motherfuckers in cars wont slow down and are often exceeding the speed limit by a lot
Kinda sorta maybe agree, but because it was night time the smart thing to do would've been to hold his board and use a crosswalk no?
 
Niggers and skaters, two sub groups that deserve to be taken out
I disagree. Niggers only destroy things and nigger things up. Every time Skaters do everything they clean, wax, and fix the area with clinical precision so a pebble doesn't brain them when they do something retarded.

If you want your property to be absolutely spotless and cleaner than it's ever been, let some teenagers and skateboards chill out there for at least an hour before kicking them out.
 
Kinda sorta maybe agree, but because it was night time the smart thing to do would've been to hold his board and use a crosswalk no?
Maybe he was wearing headphones or ear buds or maybe he was hard of hearing who knows. Basically if you watch the way the cop was using the entire road was pretty shocking. I dont think he needed to drive that way to respond to the call. Its not like he was following a vehicle that failed to stop and involved in a high speed pursuit.
If blame is laid I woukd say it's minimum 50/50 but possibly 60/40 the cops fault
 
He thought he was safe in the middle. The cops had no business driving the way he did like he owned the entire road.
We have a busy 30mph road nearby and its hard to cross when it's busy unless you run full tilt. Motherfuckers in cars wont slow down and are often exceeding the speed limit by a lot
The kid probably did that lots of times never expecting that somebody might come flying around that turn. The cop was definitely stupid for speeding up to a carnival like that.

This is one of those situations where two people had to fuck up for it to happen.
 
This is a case where the officers should be held accountable for their actions. This was 100% avoidable and is backed up by the video evidence itself. That red flashing light appears to be a crosswalk light and not an intersection so there are no cars waiting or blocking the path of this officer. Could the skater have been smarter to use the crosswalk, sure, but at the speed that cop was driving, the skater likely was already in the road and had no where else to go. The officer driving all over the road like that is extremely reckless and unnecessary. Doubtful that it will result in actual punishment for the officer but the victim's family will easily win a wrongful death lawsuit against the city.
 
Victim was described on the gofundme page to raise money for his funeral as a "kind-hearted soul who was always willing to help anyone." Nowhere did it say that he was situationally aware or a good listener with common sense. Maybe that would have made a difference.
in LA you can get fined for skating on the sidewalks, they legally encourage you to do it in the street, these cops are just retarded faggots who killed some kid doing what the law told him was right.
 
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