Just an update on the shooting: Los Angeles news media reported the officers involved in the shooting have been allowed to view the body cam footage prior to making their initial statements to investigators regarding their version of the incident. This has raised a lot of questions here locally about the process of investigations when body cam footage is available; many in the community believe the officers should first give their accounts of the incident without reviewing the footage, and then the footage should be reviewed to see if it fits with the officers' accounts. It is already SOP that officers involved in shootings are to be separated from each other as soon as possible after any OIS and interrogated separately in order to prevent collusion. Allowing the officers to view the footage is seen as an opportunity for them to engage in CYA. As far as additional information on the investigation, it is still ongoing...
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