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News Report š 22 LA County Sheriff's Recruits Struck by Wrong-Way SUV Driver During Training Run in Whittier
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u/CantStopPoppin šSourcerš šæ PopPopšæ Nov 16 '22 edited Nov 16 '22
Nearly two dozen Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department recruits were injured Wednesday morning when they were struck by a wrong-way driver during a training run in a Whittier neighborhood.
Firefighters identified victims as Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department recruits on a training exercise. Witnesses said the recruits often train in the neighborhood and were on a run when they were struck.
Twenty-two recruits were injured, including five in critical condition. Four suffered moderate injuries and 14 people, including the driver, suffered minor injuries, according the the county fire department.
The number of victims and their conditions could change as more information becomes available, the county fire department said. A news conference with the sheriff's department was scheduled for 10 a.m.
The crash was reported at about 6:30 a.m. in the 10600 block of Mills Avenue. Video showed a heavily damaged SUV with a crumpled front end on a nearby sidewalk near a downed light pole that also was struck by the driver.
Green, yellow and red triage mats, indicating severity of injuries, were set up on the street. Several recruits were transported to hospitals in ambulances, but details about their conditions were not immediately available.
Details about what led to the crash and the condition of the driver were not immediately available. The 22-year-old SUV driver was detained at the scene. Local
A department pre-academy training center is located in the 11000 bock of Colima Road in Whittier. The S.T.A.R.S. Center is one of two pre-academy training sites in Los Angeles County.
The programs include physical training and academic sessions. Participation in the program is voluntary and not required to become a sheriff's deputy trainee.
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u/a_grunt_named_Gideon Nov 16 '22
I will not wish them harm on this site, but the LA County Sheriff's department is one of the most brutally corrupt organizations in the U.S.
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Nov 16 '22
These new recruits could be the difference that department needs. I hope they all survive.
Edit: Iām not joking on this one.
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u/ahumanlikeyou Nov 16 '22
the department will ensure that they do not make any changes, even if they want to
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u/a_grunt_named_Gideon Nov 16 '22
I have worked with Sheriff departments every working day for the last 15 years, including time with LA Sheriffs. Thinking that 22 new recruits will somehow be "the difference" to turn things around is like throwing a pebble at a speeding freight train with the hopes that you will stop it in its tracks. The people we think we NEED in these positions are going nowhere near these jobs. Think about what types of people law enforcement attracts these days, given the publicity of their ever-increasing systemic issues? People with strong ethics and morals are not seeking out jobs at the LA county Sheriffs dept.
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u/toptac Nov 16 '22
What are your thoughts on Luna making a change?
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u/a_grunt_named_Gideon Nov 17 '22
It's possible, but not likely. Organizations that large and corrupt need to be stripped down to basically nothing and rebuilt into something that represents the public interest. Today, they are just revenue-generating, violent oppressors of communities.
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u/BeefSquatcher Nov 16 '22
I can appreciate that you seem to be a glass half full type of person, but lets be real here. The LA County sheriffs office employs 18,000 people. There is a deeply embedded culture of corruption in the department. Those 22 people will make no difference. Like most LEO organizations, they self-select for employees that will fall into line and become part of the problem. The ones that don't get forced out one way or another.
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Nov 17 '22
The new recruits could be the saving grace, but it begins at leadership and I they most likely inherited this behavior from cops in the 40s 50s. I hope everyone recovers and those who are responsible are seen through.
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u/ChooglinOnDown Nov 16 '22
These new recruits could be the difference that department needs.
What are the odds that a bunch of decent Human Beings all simultaneously decided to be cops?
They all wanted the job because they know that's a good job for scumbags. They have plenty of support within their own ranks.
ACAB
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u/confusedfork Nov 17 '22
Because these are people our age. Anyone born before 1990 has lead poisoning. That's why old people are so angry all the time.
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u/Char-car92 Nov 17 '22
So, if three of my friends who happen to be black shoot up a school, can I say ABPAB? No. It's a sweeping generalist statement that does so much harm to those trying to do right by their families, communities, and world by offering their lives in service. Some suck. Brutally. Not all.
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u/PauI_MuadDib Nov 17 '22
An occupation isn't comparable to race. One is chosen, the other is not. It's not a good comparison.
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u/Char-car92 Nov 17 '22
Okay. If three of my friends who happen to be construction workers shoot up a school, can I say ACWAB?
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u/el-em-en-o Nov 17 '22
I still canāt believe pointing out ignorant generalization gets so many downvotes.
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u/Char-car92 Nov 17 '22
I gotta say, seeing someone agree with me on a fact is the highlight of my day.
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u/Fantastic-Ad-9705 Nov 16 '22
Absolutely correct!! they gang-stalk and threaten youā¦. My son was taken from me for something I didnāt do
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u/Jazzlike-Principle67 Nov 17 '22
Then fight it. And police carry out orders given to them. They do not have the power to take any one away from families on their own. If a child is removed from a family it is through CPS. Stop blaming the wrong people.
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u/PauI_MuadDib Nov 17 '22
Corrupt cops absolutely do work in tandem with judges and DAs. And dirty cops can destroy an innocent person's life. Look up the Baltimore PD's Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF). They terrorized the citizens of Baltimore for years, robbing them, planting evidence, committing perjury to put people in prison. Over 2k cases are looking into being vacated. One victim of the GTTF wrongfully went to prison and lost his home, his business and his child was placed in foster care.
https://data.baltimoresun.com/news/gun-trace-overview/
And look up April Sponsel. She was a prosecutor that colluded with police to falsely and maliciously prosecute protestors. They fabricated evidence and lied to a grand jury in an attempt to get serious charges of "gang crimes" against 39 innocent defendants.
Not saying this is the case with everyone. But it's a systemic problem. Bad police don't exist in a bubble. They have help. And Villanueva got a judge to signoff on a questionable warrant for a raid on one of the members of the Civilian Oversight Committee. You know, the committee that just so happens to be investigating his agency for criminal activity š¤ Huh. What an odd coincidence and strange he didn't recuse himself with that conflict of interest. And the timing...
https://www.thedailybeast.com/alex-villanueva-los-angeles-sheriff-gets-rebuked-over-latest-crusade
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u/Jazzlike-Principle67 Nov 21 '22 edited Nov 21 '22
Isolated incidents. Not ALL cops. People need to stop grouping every LEO into this of pile of shit.. it's not fair to the Good Cops who have been trying to make changes but have no support. It would really help if they knew they had OUR support.
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u/Fantastic-Ad-9705 Nov 21 '22
All the runners that Iāve ever had with cops thereās only one that I could name that was actually a good cop. Theyāre all dirty they keep the good ones booking people on the station.
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u/Jazzlike-Principle67 Dec 04 '22
Sure, there are crappy people all over but to disrespect an entire career/group over a particular group is senseless. Bad teachers? Bad Doctors? Bad plumber? There is absolutely no logic. Humans are logical beings.
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u/Fantastic-Ad-9705 Nov 24 '22
Bootlicker trust me I wish I was making this shit up but Iām not your in denial
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u/Jazzlike-Principle67 Nov 24 '22
I can only go on what I know & experience directly. My world is not your world.
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u/Fantastic-Ad-9705 Nov 21 '22
Please you donāt know what your talking about he took it upon himself to specifically write the worker that was assigned to my case on purpose when I was set up by Los Angeles County Sheriff, so you donāt know what youāre talking about they might not have the power, but CPS canāt and they talk to CPS theyāre in cahoots with each other just because he was about to be exposed with the pitches motion.. and guess what when it came time to fess up he resigned with no follow up address.. supposedly
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u/akil01 Nov 16 '22
I know they have a bad rep but damn that is brutal.
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u/HenryDorsettCase47 Nov 16 '22
You could also read this as ā22 violent gang recruits struck by SUV.ā
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u/Jazzlike-Principle67 Nov 16 '22 edited Nov 17 '22
"You" could. But I can't see any reason to.
Edited: These runners are people first and foremost. Sisters and brothers, aunts and uncles, moms and dads. They have families. There are families. Just please think before passing judgment on people you don't know. This world needs kindness. It has way too much hate.
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u/HenryDorsettCase47 Nov 16 '22 edited Nov 16 '22
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u/rickypepe Nov 17 '22
Iām pretty sure what they mean is do you know for a fact if any of those injured are apart of any of those gangs listed.
The 1992 Kolts Commission report said these were found āparticularly at stations in areas heavily populated by minorities--the so-called āghetto stations'--and deputies at those stations recruit persons similar in attitude to themselves.ā
Can you confirm if anyone injured is recruited at one of the ghetto stations? None of us know if any of those recruits are apart of a gang or just a regular person trying to earn money and come home to their family. Just because there exist corruption within the ranks does not mean everyone involved is corrupt.
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u/PrinceEzrik Nov 16 '22
yeah you do or you wouldn't have engaged in this thread in the way that you have
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u/Jazzlike-Principle67 Dec 03 '22
Huh? That makes absolutely NO sense. There are still 2 sides no matter how thin you try to smash your pancake.
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Nov 16 '22
Are the red, yellow and green cloths on the ground used because this is a mass casualty incident so they can differentiate between patients who might be slightly injured, severely injured and or deceased?
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u/thejdobs Nov 16 '22
Yes, itās called triaging. Anytime you have a lot of people injured you need to prioritize who is going to get medical attention first and in some severe cases, who is too injured to waste (not the best word but just reality) medical resources on
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u/Jazzlike-Principle67 Nov 16 '22
I can't for the life of me visualize this happening. I mean I can understand a vehicle hitting a person. I cannot fathom a vehicle plowing into 22 individuals so hard the front end of a SUV can become crumpled. My vehicle has been hit by another vehicle & neither car sustained that much damage.
Knowing how much injury can occur from impact inside a car when hit by another one, I truly hope for healing for all. Whether physical or emotional.
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u/Dick_Lazer Nov 16 '22
I'd imagine the light pole the driver ran into did a lot of the damage to the front end.
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u/_Foy Nov 16 '22
r/fuckcars, but also r/ACAB...
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u/Sophiro Nov 17 '22
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u/Jazzlike-Principle67 Nov 17 '22
Really? You know every single Law Enforcement Officer personally that you can state this? And, is this just in your town, or the state or the US?
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u/Asmundr_ Nov 17 '22
We don't need to know them personally.
They are all complicit in a system that actively devalues the lives of people of colour. Bad cops are encouraged in their harm by the silence of the ones who see themselves as āgood.ā
ACAB.
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u/BanjoCasablanca Nov 16 '22
22 LA County Gang Members Struck by Wrong-Way SUV Driver During Training Run in Whittier
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Nov 16 '22 edited Nov 17 '22
Some of the comments here, wow. No matter how bad that department may be, this isn't the way to change it. This hardens their "they vs us" stance even more unless it was one of theirs committing this crime.
Saying "oh well" just means it's OK to run over people you deem bad. That cannot be how we do society.
They are people and they have families. To say they were thugs anyway or just want a thug job so this is OK.. that can't be it because killing people is wrong, plus that attitude just escalates violence.
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u/huskerdev Nov 17 '22
Reddit (this sub is particular) is disgusting and not representative of the real world. I got downvoted to oblivion yesterday for daring to say that there is more nuance in the world than āall cops bad.ā
But that is what you get when you have an echo chamber full of bots, shut-ins, and 14 year olds with no life experience.
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Nov 17 '22
Yes to all that. As much of a longshot as it is, I hope maybe someone reads my comment and takes pause, and doesn't just pile on without giving this a thought. Best I can hope.
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u/Asmundr_ Nov 17 '22
But that is what you get when you have an echo chamber full of bots, shut-ins, and 14 year olds with no life experience.
No, this is what happens when you're just ignorant and unwilling to learn.
ACAB doesnāt mean every single cop is a bad cop, just like saying Black Lives Matter doesnāt mean white lives donāt. ACAB means every single police officer is complicit in a system that actively devalues the lives of people of colour. Bad cops are encouraged in their harm by the silence of the ones who see themselves as āgood.ā
There's no refuting this.
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u/Jazzlike-Principle67 Nov 21 '22
There is a problem here: the "bad cops" make the "good cops AND their families' lives" a living hell by stalking the children & the spouse, threatening verbally, emotionally, mentally and physically (especially the cop with the latter). The "bad cops & the "bad union" if that's involved will do everything in their power to make the "good cop" back off, retract the accusation, quit or if pushed too hard, may die by suicide from the stress, the loss of their job, income, home, family... "Good cops" cannot often find support in others in their direct ranks because the other "Good Cops" know what will happen if they speak out. This IS real. Unfortunately we read too much about the "bad cops" and do not hear/see about the "Good Cops" who try to make a difference. THIS is why we need to STOP mixing ALL cops together as Bad. It is not fair to the ones trying to make a change.
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u/MicrowaveSpace Nov 16 '22
Considering the driver was going the wrong way I think itās safe to assume itās 100% on them. Plus you can just watch the video and see these are regular streets not a highway.
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u/Delicious_Bed_4696 Nov 17 '22
yo what the fuck they cant just go to the local football field and run the track? seems like a huge waste of tax payers money and their time for them to even do that, who approves this shit lmao
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u/el-em-en-o Nov 17 '22
Iām reading a lot of opinions that people deserve to die or be injured based on their potential.
Youāre part of the problem.
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u/LeeroyDagnasty Nov 17 '22
I was going to sort by controversial but it looks like that isn't necessary.
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u/triggersu Nov 16 '22
Funny thing is these new recruits and officers see these social media posts and see how much they are hated for no other reason other than they wear the uniform. Yet we expect them to be understanding and compassionate with people out in every day life.
Crazy upside down world. God speed to those recruits.
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u/PauI_MuadDib Nov 16 '22
You're either ignorant about the LASD, or you're disingenuous. The LASD is reviled because they have criminal gangs in their agency. At least 17 verified deputy gangs. And these deputy gangs not only deal drugs/weapons and assault, maim and rape citizens, but they also attack other officers. Deputies maimed another on duty officer by shooting him in the leg for "offending" them.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/06/06/the-la-county-sheriffs-deputy-gang-crisis.
https://knock-la.com/tradition-of-violence-lasd-gang-history/.
The LASD is hated because they're unlawful, violent criminals that are a danger to the public and other officers, and are a drain on taxpayers.
I don't know about these recruits individually, but the agency itself, the LASD, deserves its reputation. Villanueva is a fucking scumbag and I hope he loses reelection.
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u/ChooglinOnDown Nov 16 '22
they are hated for no other reason other than they wear the uniform.
Uniforms?? They're hated because of their behavior.
we expect them to be understanding and compassionate
Nobody in their right mind expects a cop to act like a decent Human Being.
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u/A_Evergreen Nov 16 '22
Weird how you think gang members known for brutalizing innocents should be respected first before theyāre expected to treat the people theyāre āsupposedā to protect like human beings. But Iām sure youāre bot a bootlicker.
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Nov 16 '22
Glad all the people posting anti cop stuff are getting downvoted. This isnāt about the fact they are cops or not. Running over strangers because you āhateā them is awful and itās not how we should treat other humans.
Apply this to any other culture or demographic you donāt hate and maybe youāll understand it better.
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u/Jazzlike-Principle67 Nov 17 '22
I'm glad I don't live in California. Seems like people there don't care much about other people unless they are just like you. Sad way to exist.
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