It's Still Shoot First-Ask Questions Later!

There are still parts of Cali where the law enforcement
shoot first then ask questions later. How is it that armed
police officers fear for their lives when dealing with two
unarmed black men? Read on and let me know your
take.


A prominent Los Angeles-based civil rights attorney filed two wrongful-death lawsuits against the city of Riverside on Monday in the shooting deaths of two unarmed men. Brian Dunn, an attorney with the law firm founded by the late Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., filed the lawsuit in District Court, alleging that the civil rights of Lee Deante Brown and Douglas Steven Cloud
were violated when they were shot last year by Riverside police officers.

"We believe that both of these deaths were unnecessary," said Dunn, who also represented the family of 13-year-old Devin Brown in a highly publicized wrongful-death suit against the city of Los Angeles."They're indicative of a pattern of excessive force," he said. "In both of these situations, they did not pose a threat to the officers that justified a use of deadly force."

The lawsuits were filed in Riverside on behalf of the families of Brown and Cloud, and did not specify monetary damages. The police officers involved in the shootings are named in the lawsuits. Steven Frasher, a Riverside police spokesman, referred all inquiries to the city attorney. Phone calls to City Atty. Gregory Priamos were not returned. Riverside police officials said that in both fatal incidents, the officers said they fired because they feared for their lives.


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