The short version:
On Saturday July 19th, two officers from the San Diego Harbor Police were involved in a fight that became an officer involved shooting.
A man had fallen (or jumped) from a chartered boat into the San Diego harbor. The Harbor Police pulled the man from the water onto their boat only to have him immediately begin fighting. The subject knocked one officer to the deck and was able to gain control of his taser. He hit the down officer in the face with the taser then tried to take the officer's firearm. At that point the second officer on the patrol boat fired at the subject hitting him in the upper body. The subject died from his wound and the injured officer was taken to the hospital. The officer was released from the hospital the next morning.
Now the kicker (and probably not so surprisingly), the family of the subject is planning on filing a lawsuit against the department and the officer that shot the subject.
Obviously I/we don't know the whole story but to me (someone going through the hiring process) it seems pretty cut and dry, a good shoot. It's my understanding that if someone tries to (or does) gain control over one of my tools from my belt than the level of force used to stop them gets elevated quite quickly.
Story of the shooting: http://www.portofsandiego.org/harbor...-shooting.html
Story of the lawsuit: http://www.10news.com/news/16977925/detail.html
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On Saturday July 19th, two officers from the San Diego Harbor Police were involved in a fight that became an officer involved shooting.
A man had fallen (or jumped) from a chartered boat into the San Diego harbor. The Harbor Police pulled the man from the water onto their boat only to have him immediately begin fighting. The subject knocked one officer to the deck and was able to gain control of his taser. He hit the down officer in the face with the taser then tried to take the officer's firearm. At that point the second officer on the patrol boat fired at the subject hitting him in the upper body. The subject died from his wound and the injured officer was taken to the hospital. The officer was released from the hospital the next morning.
Now the kicker (and probably not so surprisingly), the family of the subject is planning on filing a lawsuit against the department and the officer that shot the subject.
"It is our belief based on a witness account and information learned through the autopsy performed by the San Diego County coroner that Mr. Hirschfield was not the aggressor and was not involved in a brawl with police officers prior to being executed by this police officer," the attorney said.
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In addition to the federal civil rights lawsuit, Hirschfield's parents plan to file state court claims against the department and Williams for battery, negligence and negligent training and supervision, he said.
"In particular, his 4th Amendment right against unlawful search and seizure was violated by the police officer who shot and killed him," the attorney said.
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In addition to the federal civil rights lawsuit, Hirschfield's parents plan to file state court claims against the department and Williams for battery, negligence and negligent training and supervision, he said.
"In particular, his 4th Amendment right against unlawful search and seizure was violated by the police officer who shot and killed him," the attorney said.
Story of the shooting: http://www.portofsandiego.org/harbor...-shooting.html
Story of the lawsuit: http://www.10news.com/news/16977925/detail.html
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