National Police Association Podcast #8: Shootings, Car Chases, and Battery on Officers


National Police Association Podcast #8: Shootings, Car Chases, and Battery on Officers


QUOTES

02:26 "Officers went to Fenn's residence to locate her. When Fenn answered the door, an officer told her why he was there and attempted to detain her. Fenn refused to comply and fought with the officer, repeatedly kicking the officer until she was successfully placed in handcuffs. Fenn was placed in a patrol vehicle for transport where she repeatedly kicked the windows of the patrol vehicle."

03:54 "A man shot and killed by a San Jose police sergeant on Nov. 9 has been identified by the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner's Office as Andrew Joseph Roberts, 29, of Aptos. Sgt. Lee Tassio opened fire when Roberts lunged for his service weapon, according to Chief Eddie Garcia." 
08:58 "Two days after the incident, forensic pathologist Manuel Montez conducted an autopsy. Dr. Montez observed a total of 19 gunshot wounds, to Mr. Valdez's head, torso, neck and extremities with perforations of the brain, lungs, diaphragm, liver, intestines, stomach and pancreas. He also noted four graze wounds located on the jaw, chest and abdomen."
10:28 "Witness Dedrick Gamble said at least one person in the crowd fired a gun, causing police to approach, and then at least one officer fired.'When he hit the guy, the police came up behind them and the next thing you know, they was on the ground. ... Crazy. It's madness down here,' Gamble said."


SUMMARY
In this episode of the National Police Association Podcast, police-involved shooting cases  get updates, and a disturbance in a Jack in the Box ends in the arrest of an intoxicated mom who had a baby with her. 
A 2-year old police-involved shooting case gets closure in Santa Barbara when the DA ruled a man shot 19 times by responding officers was justifiable homicide. And, more recently, a man killed in a San Jose highway has been identified as Andrew Joseph Roberts, 29-years old from Aptos.

HIGHLIGHTS

00:16 Mom makes scene at Jack in the Box, kicks officers
03:51 San Jose man fatally shot by police sergeant in Highway 85 identified
06:18 2 years in the making: DA rules officer-involved shooting justifiable homicide

09:40 Chaos in Charlotte: Cops shoot bar brawlers with 1 dead 



REFERENCES
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