Noted: The Zac Champommier Memorial Facebook group has reached the 800 1000 member level. 1000 2000 is just around the corner!
If you haven't joined the Facebook group, now is a great time; click the link above and while you're at it, check out the Official T-Shirt of Team Zac.
If you're already a member, why not invite your friends to join Zac's page, too? Let's see how long it takes to get to 1000 2000!
4 comments:
Christian Portillo was sitting in his driveway when two sheriff's deputies approached him and killed him. They thought he was a drug dealer and claimed that he was startled by the sight of the officers and reached under his seat. So, (altogether now) 'fearing for their lives' the deputies shot Portillo in his torso, shredding his vital organs.
There was nothing found under Portillo's seat. No drugs. No weapons. They say a man's home is his castle. If you've got sheriffs around, however, you better have a moat.
As to "speculation", the question is at what point is one able to take the known facts and draw reasonable inferences? Here, Zac's entry wound was to the left arm/armpit. Since he was driving a car, it's reasonable to conclude that the shooter stood at Zac's 9:00 o'clock. Since that appears to be a reasonable inference, one has to ask the following: How could Zac's conduct or car have presented an imminent threat of delivering serious bodily injury or death to the officer standing at his 9:00 o'clock position?
I challenge Sheriff Baca to demo that for Zac's family and friends. I'll assume the position of the officer and I'll let Baca have any car short of a Transformer. Demonstrating how Zac's car and conduct presented a threat for Zac's mother might take a little more courage than the Sheriff has in the tank, if you will.
Moreover, Zac's last act on this earth was to slam on his brakes. That tells a story not only of who Zac was as a person, but it also rendered notice both auditorily and visually to the officers that he did not want to injure anyone (Why else does one slam on one's brakes?). Since Zac slammed on his brakes prior to being shot, one may reasonably ask the following: Why was this auditory and visual information ignored by officers?
One might also, then, question the version presented by the officers for its veracity if forensic evidence suggests that Zac's car was either stopped or nearly stopped.
One might also question, how is it that an officer who was allegedly rammed, thrown in the air, landing on the hood, hitting the windshield, and thrown on the ground able to get up and, apparently, fire the fatal shot? A reasonable conclusion might be that if the car wasn't moving, the officer had time to collect himself and deliberate about his intended actions. Does that sound like justifiable homicide to you??????????????????????????????
Unlawful shooting has gotten to be too much of a problem- now it's our job to call attention to the problem. When Oscar Grant was shot in Oakland, the police claimed it was in self defense. When Zac Champommier was shot in Studio City, they said the same. If Oscar Grant can get a huge group of supporters in the Bay Area, then we must all mobilize, and quickly, to ensure Zac's case gets as much media attention as Mr. Grant.
Response to comment #2(9/29/2010 3:56pm): You will do no good and possibly significant damage if you continue to post blatantly erroneous information.
There is no comparison or similarity between what happened to Zac in Studio City and Oscar Gant at the Bay Area Rapid Transit Station in Oakland.
There was no claim of self defense.
Mr. Gant was shot and killed by a Transit police officer. The claim was that the officer intended to and believed that he had drawn and was using his Taser in order to subdue Mr. Gant. The claim is that the officer accidently drew and fired his service revolver.
The incident was recorded by one or more cell phone cameras by citizens who were on the train platform as the events unfolded.
The video recording of the event made possible widespread awareness and triggered the extreme emotionalized protests and demonstrations.
For there to be any chance of progress towards justice in the shooting of Zac at the hands of undercover L.A. County Sheriff deputy then it is crucial that
all facts must be precise and properly supported.
There must be clear labeling of terms as either fact or theory or assumption or possibility.
Nothing which is known can be embellished, nor can it be omitted.
That is the trade practiced by the other side.
Justice for Zac must be impeccable in all conduct and communication to establish and maintain credibility.
Even if that is done, history shows that found ahead is a task nearly insurmountable.
I GRADAUTED GRANADA AND MY KIDS GO THERE THIS THE FIRST TIME I HEAR OF THIS!! IM SO SICK TO MY STOMACH IM TEars COPS ARE GANG MEMBERS WITH A BADGE !! IM SICK OF THIS INCIDENTS!!
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