LAPD oversight commission overrules chief, says fatal shooting of trans woman was 'out of policy'

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The use of lethal force on a transgender woman who had reported being held against her will inside a Pacoima motel last year was not in line with Los Angeles Police Department policy, the board of police commissioners determined this week.The department’s civilian oversight panel voted unanimously during Tuesday’s meeting that the shooting that killed 30-year-old Linda Becerra Moran, whose case has galvanized police brutality activists, was “out of policy.” The vote contrasted with LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell’s determination that officers had acted in accordance with policy in a case presented to the department’s force review board in October.

A call to the LAPD was not immediately returned on Wednesday.Los Angeles police responded to a motel located in the 10000 block of San Fernando Road on Feb.7 after receiving a call for help from Moran, according to a police report.

Moran, an Ecuadorean Spanish speaker, told the emergency dispatcher that she had been kidnapped.In the conversation, Moran is heard saying that a man in a different room was holding her against her will, and bringing other men into the room.“I swear to you, I have no reason to lie to you.

Lord Jesus Christ,” she is heard sobbing into the phone on video.About 20 minutes later, two LAPD officers from the Foothill Patrol Division arrived at the motel.They requested Spanish-speaker assistance and two additional officers arrived, according to the police report.Moran initially stated that she did not need medical assistance but had been bleeding due to a rape, according the police report.Moran told officers that she didn’t know the whereabouts of the individual who assaulted her.

She added that she also had a financial dispute with a motel employee, according to the police report.California Linda Becerra Moran, 30, had reported being held against her will in a motel room as a possible victim of sex t...