Sasser v. City of Los Angeles CA2/2
Officer Evan Urias suspected Kenney Watkins had a weapon and ordered him to show his hands and get on the ground. Watkins ran away from him. On his police motorcycle, Urias trailed about 10 feet behind Watkins, keeping pace. Watkins slowed down and began turning towards Urias. Watkins held two guns, one in each hand. Watkins started to point a gun at Urias. Urias shot Watkins to death.
Police investigating the shooting found Watkins’s guns at the scene. Both were loaded, operational, and ready to fire.
Watkins’s mother sued the Los Angeles Police Department and the City of Los Angeles for her son’s wrongful death. The jury returned a defense verdict. On appeal, Watkins’s mother assigns errors and attacks the trial judge as biased. We affirm.
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