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Devin was killed about 4 a.m. at the end of a pursuit. According to police, Officer Steve Garcia and his partner were on routine patrol near Gage and Grand avenues when they saw a maroon Toyota Camry run a red light. The officers followed the car onto the Harbor Freeway and tried to pull the driver over.
A three-minute chase ended when the driver of the Toyota — police said it was Devin — left the freeway, lost control of the car and drove onto the sidewalk. The officers then parked their patrol car behind the Toyota. A 14-year-old passenger fled.
Police said that Devin backed the Camry into the right side of the patrol car and that Garcia fired 10 times, killing the boy. Police say the car was stolen, although the officers who pursued it were unaware of that. http://www.manhunt.com/news/stories/1108565274.html<snip>
On February 6, shortly before 4am, after a five-kilometre police car chase, the pursued (stolen) car skidded onto a kerb. One passenger dropped out, the car began backing up, and police fired 10 rounds into it. Several went straight into 13-year-old Devin Brown, killing him instantly. Brown was an honour student, according to his teachers, he had had trouble dealing with his father’s death a year earlier. The police have announced a new training scheme in response to the shooting. On February 14, a community meeting attended by hundreds demanded the police officers involved be charged.http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/616/616p18e.htm<snip>
The shooting occurred about 4 A.M., after Brown crashed a 1990 Toyota Camry that was reported stolen onto a sidewalk. After a 14-year-old passenger ran from the scene, the vehicle backed into a patrol car.http://www.nbc4.tv/news/4196942/detail.htmlLet's see: 4:00 A.M., driving a car that has ben reported stolen, evadin officers, passenger bails out and flees on foot, driver crashes into police cruiser after it has been parked and officers ar either exiting or have exited the cruiser.
Let's take a look at this scenario for a moment. It appears to be a proper shoot from the information available.
What in the hell is a 13-year-old doing out at 4:00 A.M. driving a stolen car?
That's one red flag for the cops: the stolen car. Here's another: the attempt at flight. Here's another: the passenger runs away after the car hits the sidewalk. Yet another: the driver backs the stolen car into the police cruiser.
It's hard to determine age in the dark when the person in question appears to be doing all he can to avoid a face-to-face anything.
What? They should have been able to see that it was a kid? Not necesarily. There's no mention of his size, but I know a great many kids via my wife, the retired 8thh grade teacher, who were over 6" at that age. I've been this height and shaving since I was 12.
I can't fault the cops from the information available at this time.
I can fault the writer from SF Bayview for leaving out pertinent details.