Thread: L.A. POLICE FIRE ON ILLEGAL ALIEN PROTESTERS - UPDATED

Villaraigosa defends police action in Westlake, says officers 'acted with bravery'

September 9, 2010 | 12:07 pm

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Thursday offered a vigorous defense of the officers who were involved in Sunday’s fatal police shooting of a man holding a knife, saying they were heroes who "acted with bravery."

One day after protesters shouted such words as "killer" and "assassin" at his police chief, Villaraigosa spoke at length about the circumstances surrounding the death of Manuel Jamines, a Guatemalan day laborer who was shot by a police officer on a busy Westlake street.

“Let’s be clear, and I will be, about what happened in the Westlake area,â€

is this the same mayor who marched with the illegal aliens and refused to back up the officers in the McArthur Park Melee some three years ago????

Originally Posted by jamesw62

is this the same mayor who marched with the illegal aliens and refused to back up the officers in the McArthur Park Melee some three years ago????

The same one alright. Give all the illegals amnesty and make them voters?

Can you spell anarchy?

If these people don't want the police in their neighborhood
the cops should just pack up and go to other areas of the city and let them defend themselves.

If you don't like cops

the next time you need help in a life or death situation

call a criminal.

Let us know how that works out for you.

Originally Posted by JohnDoe2

If these people don't want the police in their neighborhood
the cops should just pack up and go to other areas of the city and let them defend themselves.

If you don't like cops

the next time you need help in a life or death situation

call a criminal.

Let us know how that works out for you.

Next thing you know these illegals will demand reservations as indigenous natives.

haha really wouldnt doubt they'd try. I've been calling l.a. new TJ for a few years now. You can tell who's new to the states by how they drive. Their crazy and pay no attiention to any signs or lights

Victim of LAPD’s fatal shooting in Westlake was unarmed, witness says

September 9, 2010 | 2:03 pm

A Westlake resident who said she witnessed the LAPD's fatal shooting of a Guatemalan day laborer said Thursday she saw no knife in the man's hands, contradicting the Police Department's account.

"He had nothing in his hands," said Ana, who did not give her last name and asked that her face be obscured on photos and on television because she feared being harassed by the police. "At the moment when the police were shooting, he had nothing."

Ana said she was across the street Sunday afternoon when the bicycle officers with LAPD's Rampart Division shot and killed 37-year-old Manuel Jamines, who police said was wielding a knife and threatening people in the crowded shopping district. Jamines' death has sparked protests and violent skirmishes night after night in the area near Sixth Street and Union Avenue, leading to clashes with the police and arrests.

Ana, who said she was interviewed by police on the day of the shooting, gave her account Thursday morning in front of a phalanx of television cameras and reporters during a press conference called by community activists. The activists said she contacted them after seeing a flier they passed out in the area.

She said she had just come out of a travel agency and was walking down the street when she heard the officers yell "drop the weapon" in Spanish. She said the man appeared drunk, and was having trouble keeping his balance. He stepped toward the officers, but it appeared to be an attempt to keep from falling forward, she said. Ana said she gestured to the man from across the street, trying to get him to turn around and let police arrest him.

But less than a minute after she first heard the officers' warning, an officer fired two shots into the man's head, Ana recalled. She said the impact from the shots, which she said were fired from about five to six feet away from Jamines, were such that blood splattered to the other side of the street where she stood.

Ana, who works in a school cafeteria, said she has lived in the neighborhood for 30 years and believes that police have been over-aggressively cracking down on street vendors and seizing their products.

After the press conference Thursday, she met with state Assemblyman Kevin De Léon, (D-Los Angeles), who was on his way to a meeting with LAPD Chief Charlie Beck.

De Léon plans to ask the chief for a thorough and complete investigation into whether the shooting was justified, but believes opportunists are seizing on heightened emotion in the neighborhood to push their anti-police agenda.

"There are individuals exploiting the death and being opportunistic," he said. "They're not helping the situation."

Beck, who was heckled while trying to calm residents at a community meeting Thursday evening, has promised a fair investigation.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2 ... -says.html

Its just disgusting! Our country is literally being taken over by dangerous Islamists and illegal aliens. Why can we fight wars for other nations but cant keep destructive invaders out of our country? Call in the army, lock down L.A., round up illegal aliens, and deport them!

I dont see what the police cracking down on vendors in the area has anything to do with all this but the people in the comunity seem to belive that the police in the area have to go shooting inniocent people because some guy walks up and down the streets with an ice cream cart. All I really can say about this one is if you dont like it and this country's unfair to you GO BACK TO WHERE YOU CAME FROM!!!!!!! At least you have some where to go because I have to sit here and watch you ruin my country

Originally Posted by moptop

I dont see what the police cracking down on vendors in the area has anything to do with all this but the people in the comunity seem to belive that the police in the area have to go shooting inniocent people because some guy walks up and down the streets with an ice cream cart. All I really can say about this one is if you dont like it and this country's unfair to you GO BACK TO WHERE YOU CAME FROM!!!!!!! At least you have some where to go because I have to sit here and watch you ruin my country

The general public in Mexico has defeated all aspects of respect for policing and are moving here to create their culture.

Here, the federal government and some local cities govern like the old record companies.