Anaheim, California Crime Map (click here) The map at this location can be adjusted to reflect a period of time. There is crime on a regular basis. Does that provide license for police to kill without restraint? Not at all.
ANAHEIM – Two police officers (click title to entry - thank you) have been placed on paid leave after one of them fatally shot an unarmed man as he attempted to flee on foot in a residential alleyway, police Chief John Welter said Sunday.
The shooting victim, 25-year-old Manuel Angel Diaz of Santa Ana, was pronounced dead at a local hospital at 7 p.m. Saturday after being shot in the alley a few blocks northeast of downtown Anaheim.
Police described Diaz as a "documented gang member," and said he was shot after the officers saw three men near a car in the 600 block of Anna Drive, near La Palma Avenue and State College Boulevard. Believing the activity to be suspicious, the officers approached the vehicle, and all three men fled on foot.
The officers chased Diaz and observed him throwing unidentified objects onto rooftops as he ran, Welter said. What led one of the officers to shoot Diaz remained under investigation Sunday, Welter said.
Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait said he would be asking California's attorney general to assist in the investigation....
The community has reasons to be upset, both from having secure neighborhood of which police get called in regularly and the fact when police respond there is sometimes confusion to the outcomes of those calls. I wish all the police that worked in these areas spoke Spanish. Bilingual would be best, but, there is often confusion in neighborhood where English is not the dominant language as Police need help from those that called and possibly others in the neighborhoods to sort out details.
Given the danger it probably is difficult to find police to work in these cities sometimes, but, I am sure the job pays well if there were only more consistency in the way police actions resolved when called.
Yesterday there was one officer on paid leave and today there are two, that is a good thing. If people believe something is being done it will help calm the issues of this community to some extent.
What has everyone up in arms over the death of yet another unarmed citizen is the fact this is the seventh in the past year. This is not the first. The community believes they are in the crossfire without any regard by the police department. If the police department would recognize all seven deaths and begin to deal with the truth, it would help immensely. I don't know if the other deaths involved the same officers either.
The community has reasons to be upset, both from having secure neighborhood of which police get called in regularly and the fact when police respond there is sometimes confusion to the outcomes of those calls. I wish all the police that worked in these areas spoke Spanish. Bilingual would be best, but, there is often confusion in neighborhood where English is not the dominant language as Police need help from those that called and possibly others in the neighborhoods to sort out details.
Given the danger it probably is difficult to find police to work in these cities sometimes, but, I am sure the job pays well if there were only more consistency in the way police actions resolved when called.
Yesterday there was one officer on paid leave and today there are two, that is a good thing. If people believe something is being done it will help calm the issues of this community to some extent.
What has everyone up in arms over the death of yet another unarmed citizen is the fact this is the seventh in the past year. This is not the first. The community believes they are in the crossfire without any regard by the police department. If the police department would recognize all seven deaths and begin to deal with the truth, it would help immensely. I don't know if the other deaths involved the same officers either.
