Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
A startling video of an officer-involved shooting in Gardena has been released by a federal judge.
It captured a 2013 incident when Ricardo Diaz Zeferino and two others were stopped on the street by officers who suspected them of stealing a bike.
In the grainy video, officers yell for the men to keep their hands up in the air, but Diaz Zeferino appears confused and drops his arms repeatedly.
It's when he takes off his baseball cap that officers open fire, killing him and wounding another.
Gardena kept that video sealed for two years until a federal judge ordered its release yesterday.
Missy O'Linn was the attorney representing both the city of Gardena and the officers involved. She joins Take Two for the city's reaction to the decision.
Peter Scheer, executive director of the First Amendment Coalition, also explains how the debate is ramping up over police records and when they can be sealed.
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