Surveillance video shows deputy shooting of Lynwood man

Forum Gawd Tue Sep 25, 2012 1:26 pm

The family of a 20-year old man a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy shot and killed two years ago says surveillance video released a few weeks ago but made public Friday shows a different story of what happened.

Jonathan Cuevas was out late in Lynwood on October 10, 2010 with two friends walking to a house party. They stopped at a liquor store on Long Beach Boulevard to buy beer and snacks. The group of men jaywalked across the street around 1:45 a.m. when a deputy patrol car pulled up to cite them for an alleged pedestrian violation.

The video, which has no sound, shows the deputy getting out of his car as Cuevas takes off running. The deputy shoots at Cuevas, who falls a few steps later at the corner of Josephine Street and Long Beach Boulevard.

“One, two, three four, five…he stands…six, he stands over them…seventh shot,” said the family’s attorney James Segall Gutierrez as he counted the deputy’s shots in the surveillance video he played for reporters Friday.

Four bullets hit Cuevas. He died later at a hospital.

“There were no reports at all that night that they were looking for somebody with Jonathan’s description. There were no reports that Jonathan was being violent in any matter,” Gutierrez said.

A Sheriff’s department incident report says the deputy involved, Julio Jove, says he saw Cuevas pull a handgun from his waistband and point it at him. But Cuevas' relatives maintain that the surveillance video doesn’t show that.

“It doesn’t show that he makes a threat to the officer. He’s running. He gets shot in the back and he falls
down and the officer stands over him and continues to shoot him,” said Mayra Murrillo, Cuevas’s fiancé and mother of their four-year-old son.

Cuevas’ mother Alicia Alvarez said she began asking neighbors and business workers who witnessed the shooting after it happened.

“Something told me in my heart that something was very wrong because it was totally opposite of what the Sheriff’s homicide [detectives] told us,” Alvarez said.

Steve Whitmore, spokesperson for the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department, called the shooting tragic. But said that internal investigators, with oversight from the Office of Independent Review, declared the shooting justifiable.

“This video that was shown today is partial, small part of this story. It is by no means telling the whole story,” he said.

Whitmore said because of the civil lawsuit, he was not able to fully comment or divulge more details of the case but said the department looks forward to telling their side of the story in court.

The family is suing the department, the county, and the deputy involved for wrongful death.

Alvarez said she wants a public apology from the deputy and department, for the deputy to be held accountable, and for the Sheriff’s department to review its policy and training on when deputies should use deadly force.

Below is the released surveillance video of the incident, which occurs at approximately two minutes into the clip.

Elvo Tue Sep 25, 2012 1:45 pm

Hes wrong even if someone has a gun but with their back turned to you you cant not shoot them that is the law. It is self defense when he faces you so how is that justifiable? The rule of thing is never shoot the person whether your a citizen or cop to shoot them in the back because if you do its not life endangerment and not considered self defense. What makes cops feel they have the right to shoot in the back and we cant? They are succumbed to the laws that we citizens are under they shouldn't get or think they are entitled to special treatment because of the uniform. The video is REAL PROOF the cop is wrong hope he gets what he deserves for not upholding the law. Mad

yak.yak Tue Sep 25, 2012 6:51 pm

elvo wrote:Hes wrong even if someone has a gun but with their back turned to you you cant not shoot them that is the law. It is self defense when he faces you so how is that justifiable? The rule of thing is never shoot the person whether your a citizen or cop to shoot them in the back because if you do its not life endangerment and not considered self defense. What makes cops feel they have the right to shoot in the back and we cant? They are succumbed to the laws that we citizens are under they shouldn't get or think they are entitled to special treatment because of the uniform. The video is REAL PROOF the cop is wrong hope he gets what he deserves for not upholding the law.

u can shoot someone in the back if they have a gun because u panic and u havent been trained for that it takes a split sec for someone to whip the gun around and shoot u. cops have been trained for those situations so they should know better. cops shoot ppl all the time and get away with it a cop will never get time for it the most that will b done is being fired. after what happened in anaheim some police deparments need to be chekd.

Guest Tue Sep 25, 2012 9:34 pm

i'm having trouble can you post the vid w/o the code?

Forum Gawd Tue Sep 25, 2012 9:38 pm

niners wrote:i'm having trouble can you post the vid w/o the code?

It depends On What Site The Video Is From. What Site Is It? Shoot The Link.

Guest Tue Sep 25, 2012 9:54 pm

Guest Tue Sep 25, 2012 9:57 pm

lol the one you posted man! I want to see how the cops did him

Forum Gawd Tue Sep 25, 2012 10:13 pm

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Elvo Tue Sep 25, 2012 10:19 pm

yak.yak wrote:
elvo wrote:Hes wrong even if someone has a gun but with their back turned to you you cant not shoot them that is the law. It is self defense when he faces you so how is that justifiable? The rule of thing is never shoot the person whether your a citizen or cop to shoot them in the back because if you do its not life endangerment and not considered self defense. What makes cops feel they have the right to shoot in the back and we cant? They are succumbed to the laws that we citizens are under they shouldn't get or think they are entitled to special treatment because of the uniform. The video is REAL PROOF the cop is wrong hope he gets what he deserves for not upholding the law.
u can shoot someone in the back if they have a gun because u panic and u havent been trained for that it takes a split sec for someone to whip the gun around and shoot u. cops have been trained for those situations so they should know better. cops shoot ppl all the time and get away with it a cop will never get time for it the most that will b done is being fired. after what happened in anaheim some police deparments need to be chekd.

Thats not what I was told and it was from a reliable source, plus like the cop shoots him while hes already on the floor which is even worse so my previous statement still stands. Look at 2:10 you can see a discharge.

Forum Gawd Tue Sep 25, 2012 10:31 pm

Cops are Scum Bags For Shit Like This Holder Of Peace My Ass... It Suprises Me How There aint More Riots Or Rallys Besides The One In Anaheim But That Actually Change Something Violence Is The Key..