Per usual, subjects (black kids) we’re stopped for a minor traffic infraction, then removed from car, lined-up against wall/fence, they were searched, vehicle searched (even under the hood) without probable cause of a crime being committed. It gets worse.... #LAPD
When asked what the probable cause was for the search, no officers had answers.
But I’m not the least bit surprised, as I’ve witnessed this officer conduct similar stops in the past — in which I’ve personally filed 3rd party complaints with the @OIGLABOPC: see here:
Another angle of the kids lined-up as the @LAPDHollywood search under the car’s hood. All because they were pulled-over for blocking traffic. #LAPD#Hollywood
The wildest part about this racial profiling traffic stop that leads to an unconstitutional search, is the fact that THE EXACT SAME THING was happening 200 ft away in a separate simultaneous bad stop and illegal search. #LAPD#Hollywood
Full video here:
BUT IT GETS WORSE: yes I’ve filed complaints against officer in 1st stop for illegal stops & search in past, & I ALSO have a complaint pending against the officer from the *2nd Stop* for bad stop and illegal search of black kids.
He voted to increase the LAPD budget by $100M (and add 950 cops) and then — just three days later — filmed a video at the “Radical Walking Tour” event in memory of Mike Davis.
I wonder what Mike Davis would have thought about the LAPD’s attempt to censor *jouranlists* and *community groups* like they tried against Ben Camacho and Stop LAPD Coalition.
Innocent guy being arrested for stolen truck. It was NOT stolen.
Once again, the WeHo LASD are in Hollywood targeting homeless people to pad their arrest stats. The taxpayers in WeHo pay $300,000 per deputy to the LASD to patrol WeHo but they’re never in WeHo. They’re in Hollywood.