Car-theft suspect arrested after pursuit
Los Angeles police used a bean-bag round and batons Tuesday to break out the windows of a car and arrest a suspected vehicle thief after a pursuit in Boyle Heights and the San Gabriel Valley.
Officers initially tried to stop the white sedan and later learned it was a stolen car. With helicopter support, they pursued the man through Boyle Heights, Alhambra, San Gabriel, San Marino and Pasadena.
The chase ended in a suburban driveway when officers hemmed in the suspect. They fired a bean-bag round through the driver's window, and an officer broke out the rear passenger-side window.
Officers then opened the doors and dragged the man from the car.
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Photo: A car-theft suspect is held by LAPD officers after a pursuit that stretched through Boyle Heights, Alhambra, San Gabriel, San Marino and Pasadena. Credit: Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times
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another pothead busted.
Posted by: Macca Doo | May 03, 2011 at 10:40 AM
this is excessive use of force..... and the man shouldnt have been heavily bleeding like he was!
Posted by: yami garcia | May 03, 2011 at 01:05 PM
yami! how would you like to see you mother run over by this nice man? when you drive like a maniac, it could happen. he got less than he deserved.
Posted by: kuruc | May 03, 2011 at 02:06 PM
Yami, you seem to possess above-average tactical knowledge, being able to determine the propriety of force used by looking at a newspaper article. When are you going to join the LAPD and show 'em how it's done? Or does the possibility of accountability for your actions and the potential of physical harm turn you off to that?
Posted by: Mufon | May 03, 2011 at 03:12 PM
Oh Please! Heavily bleeding my foot! All he had to do was stop when the police first spotted him. Perhaps they should have shot him dead instead. Than no more force would have been needed!
That was not excessive use of force!
Posted by: Astonished | May 03, 2011 at 03:26 PM
"this is excessive use of force..... and the man shouldnt have been heavily bleeding like he was! "
The man SHOULD have stopped when the police told him to stop.
This is NOT excessive use of force. Many innocent ppl could die because of this brainless. Police should blow off his car from the freeway during the chase.
However, in many countries in Europe police doesnt carry firearms because they dont need it, citizens there obey the law.
Posted by: john | May 03, 2011 at 10:15 PM
Deport him, back to Germany.
Posted by: Montana Gold- | May 04, 2011 at 05:35 PM
when the police dont follow the LAW YOU HAVE NO LAW.you all must watch to much TV ,the police are out of control have no respect for anyone or anything KURUC your mother has a far better chance of being killed by the police,weather being shot,hit by a car,or maybe beaten.when are the people of this state going to wake up.bean bags to break windows,are they nuts.some day you will come out of the ether and see what the police have done to your cities.
Posted by: frankie4 | May 04, 2011 at 10:50 PM
Frankie, if your post was serious, it's hilarious. Kuruc's mom has a far better chance of being killed by the police...as compared to what? You never said. Being elected president? Quarterbacking an NFL team? If that was the comparison, then I guess, by golly, you're right.
You seem to be one of those "if the police do it, it's wrong" crowd. What rules were violated in this incident? Any specifics? And if your post was a spoof, it's even funnier and I laud you for it.
Posted by: Mufon | May 05, 2011 at 08:37 AM