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One Officer’s Camera Off During Shooting, Other Officer’s Footage to be Released Today; Demonstrations Continue

Demonstrators gather at the shooting site, protest outside Councilmember’s home and police headquarters, and march in Old Pasadena in response to the police shooting of Anthony McClain

Published on Wednesday, August 19, 2020 | 8:13 pm
 

Police confirmed one officer’s camera was not recording during the fatal shooting of Anthony McClain last Saturday.

Failure to turn on a body worn camera is a policy violation. So far the officer’s names have not been revealed, but according to Police Chief John Perez that information will be revealed at some point.

Meanwhile, video footage of the incident from another officer’s camera is scheduled to be released today, after another night of protests.

Between 75 to 100 protestors gathered Wednesday in La Pintoresca Park near the scene of Saturday night’s fatal shooting by Pasadena police to demand justice in a third night of demonstrations.

A small group of demonstrators marched Monday from Pasadena Police headquarters to Colorado Boulevard and back to police headquarters.

Demonstrators also gathered at the Raymond Avenue home of Councilmember Victor Gordo on Monday evening. Gordo emerged from his home to engage in a dialogue with the protesters.

Protestors this week have repeatedly called for the release of body-worn camera video of the shooting of Anthony McClain, and called for the identification and prosecution of the officers involved.

Police Chief John Perez said Tuesday that one of the police officers’ body camera was not activated, but that his partner’s camera was. Police are also reviewing security camera footage, along with body camera footage expected to be released on Thursday.

In the hours following the McClain shooting on Saturday, Chief Perez, in a hastily assembled press conference,  said that video footage of the incident would be released as soon as possible. He also said that during the traffic stop, “both officers viewed that the passenger was armed with a handgun, and during that encounter, there were shots fired.”

Police fired “multiple times,” said Perez, and the wounded passenger ran from the scene before collapsing on the sidewalk on Raymond Avenue. Perez also said that police officers recovered a semiautomatic handgun “from the area” of the shooting.

On Wednesday, a car caravan began to drive to Mayor Terry Tornek’s house on Hudson Avenue, but ended up returning to the Raymond Avenue scene of the shooting.

There, local leaders Andre Henry and Jasmine Abdullah Richards addressed the crowd. Henry told the 100 or so protestors that he had hurriedly returned to Pasadena, because “This is where I sense God. I have to be here.”

Calling out the City Council for not moving more quickly on police oversight, Henry said, “The people who don’t respect us are not going to give us the rights we deserve. Civil resistance is the engine of history. Nothing happens, nothing changes, until we organize for ourselves.”

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