El Monte PD

[biglou]

They keep showing the news video of the El Monte Officer booting a gangbanger in the head. These news clips never tell the whole story. I know you can't just turn off the adreniline like a switch. Like I said we don't know the details, but there are news copters/cameras everywhere. Or is it a combo of adrenaline/tunnel vision ?

[stormy_clothing]

from the urban dictionary

gangbanger 313 up, 129 down
a person belonging to a gang. usually not able to "man up" and stand on his own, therefore has to rely on others for support. sometimes referred to as a *****.

[BONECUTTER]

I would guess he was telling the guy to look away concerned he could still be planning something. The guy didn't and got booted. Not the best choice of moves.....the high five didn't help either. Though I'm sure the high 5 was move of a "yes, we caught him" it will be portrayed as "Hey, nice kick".

I think anyone who runs should get tazered on nation TV after the news crews show up. It would cut down on runners because no one wants to scream like a little girl and wet themselves on TV for their homies to see.

[Ron-Solo]

Just watched the video. I can't see how the 1st officer is going to be able to say anything that could justify the boot to the face other than just being stupid. By the time the 2nd office got there, the guy pulled his arm under his body, which might justify his blows with fists/baton.

The high fives with the K9 handler are just plain idiotic.

There is no way to chase someone in the LA area for more than a couple of minutes without getting a squadron of news choppers overhead, adn every cop knows (or should know) that fact. You're gonna be live on multiple channels, it's part of the LA media culture. They drop all programming to show a pursuit, just praying to catch us doing something stupid.

At least El Monte's chief isn't blindly throwing them to the wolves. He's already opened an internal investigation. They've got a pretty good department in my opinion. I worked with them a lot when I worked a neighboring station years back.

Rough road ahead for them.......

Meanwhile, Johnny No-Good the banger just hit the lotto. He got jumped a lot harder when he got into EMF. One kick to the face will probably get him some $$$. The lawyers are already lining up.

[gotgunz]

Link to video?

[ke6guj]

Link to video?

[glockman19]

What I saw was a guy who gave up. Laying prone. palms down.
IMHO, no reason to kick the guy in the face, he was submitting.

Lucky for him he wasn't holding a cell phone.

[Erik S. Klein]

What I saw was a guy who gave up. Laying prone. palms down.
IMHO, no reason to kick the guy in the face, he was submitting.

Agreed.

The cop was 100% unjustified and was just being a prick.

Hopefully he'll soon be an unemployed prick.

Sadly, since he's a cop, he won't be a felony assault convicted prick, even though that's what he deserves (the rest of the cops there should be charged with accessory to felony assault and failure to do their duty in arresting a felon.)

[yzErnie]

Agreed.

The cop was 100% unjustified and was just being a prick.

Hopefully he'll soon be an unemployed prick.

Sadly, since he's a cop, he won't be a felony assault convicted prick, even though that's what he deserves (the rest of the cops there should be charged with accessory to felony assault and failure to do their duty in arresting a felon.)

Opinion are like buttholes...everyone has one. I'll side with the Chief on this one and reserve judgement until all of the facts are known. Unfortunately, the only folks who will know ALL of the facts is the Internal Affairs Division of the police dept.

[DLaw]

Although it was dumb to boot the guy in the face, I have no sympathy for gangbangers...

[bluestaterebel]

Opinion are like buttholes...everyone has one. I'll side with the Chief on this one and reserve judgement until all of the facts are known. Unfortunately, the only folks who will know ALL of the facts is the Internal Affairs Division of the police dept.

+1

[kalguns]

I think if you run from the cops (like a coward) they should have the right to kick your *****. It should be a law.
If you get away great. More powere to you.
But if you run you should know if I get caught you are getting a beating.
I think less people would run.
Less people would be put in danger also.

[bluestaterebel]

I think if you run from the cops (like a coward) they should have the right to kick your *****. It should be a law.
If you get away great. More powere to you.
But if you run you should know if I get caught you are getting a beating.
I think less people would run.
Less people would be put in danger also.

The public couldnt handle it, obviously

[RANDO]

**** the guy hes a gangbanger its karma.

[Jonathan Doe]

Yes, the news media shows what they want to show. They create a public outrage or form the opinion for them. They should let the department conduct an investigation and go from there. There are too many cases where public doesn't know the details of a case and try the officers and find them guilty already.