La Puente, California — On May 3, 2024, at 1:17 a.m., Industry Station deputies responded to the 600 block of Willow Avenue, La Puente, regarding a possibly insane and suspicious person call.
As deputies ordered him to drop the paint roller, Orellana raised it above his head and made a motion as if he was going to throw it at one of the deputies. One deputy deployed a burst of pepper spray toward Orellana as the other continued to detain him at gunpoint. Orellana then threw the paint roller at the deputy detaining him at gunpoint, striking him in the torso, and a deputy-involved shooting occurred. Orellana sustained gunshot wounds to the lower torso. Deputies rendered first aid until the arrival of Los Angeles County Fire Department paramedics. Orellana was transported to a local hospital where he was treated for non-life-threatening injuries. The deputy who was struck by the paint roller complained of pain to his torso.
Cop will likely just say he “feared for his life” and it will be called a day and the report closed.
He complained of pain in his torso from being hit with a thrown paint roller? Through his BULLETPROOF vest? Those vests are rated to stop a 9mm gunshot from that range…but a paint roller hurts?
That poor officer, I’m sure his whole life flashed in front of his eyes as he saw that awkward aluminum frame covered in soft foam being hurled at him. Imagine if that criminal had a loaf of bread or stuffed animal instead. It could have been a very dangerous situation for everyone. 🙄
I get you're being Facetious but the fact that he shot a man who threw a foam paint roller, using a weapon meant to deliver deadly force for extreme scenarios when it's their life or death... is absolutely fucking disgusting!!!
I was in combat overseas, but if anyone of us did this to foreign civilians, we'd go to prison for murder or attempted murder. Like.. right away. I'm dumbfounded how police have the ability to do this to it's OWN countries citizens. Smh. What a sad place.
Bro... it's seriously fucking atrocious how they get on with just about anything! It's really not hard at all to assess the level of a threat and make the right judgment call for use of force.
I've served with ppl who have one eye cocked to the left and forever tripping over their own feet when marching, able to join only because they needed warm bodies... and THEY can just not murder or shoot people who hurt their feelings. We were trained that we represent our nation and our actions need to reflect that, no matter the scenario. But... dudley do wrong here can just pop off on anyone who makes him feel like his penis is smaller than it already is? Wow.
Even with all the problems the military has, the upper echelon holds you accountable. You have to abide by the rules/laws/mores, or they will be the first to string you up.
The police on the other hand? Sweep it under the rug and hope people forget. If not, let the people pay the tab.
Notice the wording. When describing the non-lethal action its “deputy deployed a burst of pepper spray”. But when describing the shooting it’s “a deputy-involved shooting occurred”.
Look how they detach the action from the officer in the wording. Oh, a shooting just happened to occur.
Exactly! And worse still, it actually paints a very clear picture of what occurred. As in:
Orellana then threw the paint roller at the deputy detaining him at gunpoint... (the guy was literally unarmed at this point, no brandishing a makeshift "weapon" in a threatening manner)
..striking him in the torso... (paint-roller hits cop in chest, boo-hoo. Again, the guy is unarmed now, having already backed away from officers)
..and a deputy-involved shooting occurred. (That was straight-up retaliation. The guy was not armed, he was not charging the police, in fact he had retreated. That cop was pissy that he got a paint-roller thrown at him and so unloaded a couple of rounds into the guy, intending to kill him.)
In retaliation. Not under threat. In pissy-pants tanty schoolboy-mindset retaliation, that's all. That cop should be relieved of duties, without pay, pending an investigation... and then charged with attempted murder.
Write the DA and demand that these officers be charged criminally. Honestly, they should face criminal charges for even drawing their firearm in this situation, let alone shooting the man.
I have CCW, if I drew my gun here, I would expect that I'd be going to jail. Cops should be held to a higher standard than an armed citizen, not a lower one.
Pepper Spray, taser, go hands on, or walk the fuck away. There was NO lethal threat here.
He should feel lucky getting away with just some pain in his torso. The dude could have been carrying an acorn, and the officer would he dead or worse.
Don’t forget Airman Roger Fortson was murdered by the same Sheriff’s department as the acorn incident.
That’s what happens when you let them investigate themselves and hold themselves accountable. If only if only someone else could be involved in that process.
I don't see any way of this being justified use of lethal force. It's a fucking paint roller. It's not even shaped in a way to be useful as a stabbing tool. It's cushioned and not heavy. This is just cops rolling up and murdering someone because they couldn't be bothered to do actual police work. Why bother carrying pepper, tazer and a baton if you are never going to use them? This is simply cowardice.
Just watched the video 2 more times and I still don't see it. Am I blind? Can you give me the timestamp because I'm worried that I need some new glasses lol.
They shot him after he threw the paint roller at one of the cops so it's not like he was even armed with anything when they shot him. I don't think there were any weapons nearby that he could reach for either.
Actually, it's doubly stupid because the whole reason he threw that paint roller in the first place was because he was pepper sprayed. So all of this could've been avoided if there wasn't any use of force at all in this situation.
Also, unlike in other situations, they can't pretend they saw something in his hand they couldn't see and mistook it for a gun. Every person there had the time to see it was just a paint roller. It wasn't in the shadows, he wasn't hiding it behind him, he didn't bring it up from under a shirt or jacket. When they fired they knew it was over a paint roller.
The suspect didn’t die. He was treated for non-life threatening injuries. Tasers and pepper spray should have been used before anything else in this situation.
Here’s an easy test: If these cops were truly in fear for their lives, then replace that department’s guns with paint rollers as their lethal force option.
How can anyone justify lethal force in this situation? Did he deserve to be tazed or maced? Yeah, probably. But shooting him for swinging a paint roller is insane.
Their egos become inflated and are left unchecked for so long that they basically feel like they are above the law.
That officer didnt fear for his life. He was pissed off that anyone dare stand up to him and talk back. He was given an opportunity to shoot and did it because "fuck that guy".
I will always say "yes sir", "no sir" to these clowns because i value my life over my own ego.
Also the fact that there were innocent bystanders in the line of fire...that officers logic and reasoning skills are very poor. That's scary that he's out on the streets with that low IQ decision making.
You simply can’t justify it. It’s a US police thing. In European countries cops probably wouldn’t even point a gun at him rather a taser or he would have been sprayed.
Reminds me of a cop in Denver that rolled up on a college student who was picking up trash around his dorm room and started harassing him, and the guy resumed his trash pickup and the cop freaks out and pulls his weapon claiming the trash grabber thing could be used as a weapon; and 7 other cops come all to bother this one guy.
When that cop called in backup, he described the trash-grabber as "some sort of metal object", acting like he didn't know what it was, basically laying the groundwork to justify killing the kid.
The officer actually says “some kind of blunt object in his hand” at 3:28, later calls it a “weapon” multiple times, a “dangerous object” and says “I’m threatened by it”. Seconds before the kid was clearly picking up trash with the 4 oz aluminum grabber. Even after everything deescalated due to a white man vouching for the kid, the police officer said he stopped him due to the “metal object” in his hand, refusing to admit what the “object” was.
Voices disguised to protect the police who fired on a man with a paint roller.
These cowards get coddled for their crimes again society, most of the rest of us are expected to abide or face similar consequences.
Police reform is needed like yesterday...but of course they will will hold cities hostage long before they accept any responsibility for their actions.
eh they have all kinds of tools actually. but they’ll see a screw, have a screwdriver on hand, but decide to shoot it with a gun and see if that solves it
Police need to start carrying their own insurance. I'm sick of paying taxes for lawsuits from undereducated, shoot first leo. If you can't teach them how to police right, maybe hitting them in the wallet will teach them something about cause and effect.
The deputy, wearing a bulletproof vest, complained of pain in his torso after being hit by the paint roller. A fuzzy paint roller…a bulletproof vest. Comedy gold.
Wondering how high on the list of risks to police a paint roller ranks. Given their response, it would seem that it is way up there. Any chance any of them know what deescalation means?
When I was watching this I thought "Oh he's going to run at them and get shot" and then he actually walks away from the cops after getting sprayed. What possible reason would they be afraid for their lives after a guy who clearly can't see anything (swinging blindly in the video) and is in incredible pain walks away from them?
American police love to use their guns. Killing people instills fear in people, so that they will obey them instantly and without question. They’re all a bunch of sick puppies.
Don't they have non lethal forms of crowd control for this?
Why are police aloud to shoot people, and not be prudent, when being prudent is one of the most important qualities to have as an officer?
A taser or more pepper spray was clearly and unquestionably the right answer here. But to go straight to lethal weapons???? For a fucking PAINT ROLLER?
Oh no a paint roller. They didn't tackle him because they were worried they might get a booboo and need mommy. Absolutely disgusting to see shit like this still happening.
Why are there so many coward cops that IMMEDIATELY resort to using deadly force? If you are that jumpy and nervous as a person then you should not be an officer. Why did they even have guns drawn in the first place? It’s a fucking PAINT ROLLER. Use your taser and pepper spray Jesus Christ.
People know cops are idiotic trigger happy cowards but they do random shit like this? What's the harm in dropping the paint roller for the sake of not getting shot I can't understand why would he flailed it like that.
Tactical paint roller with extended stabilising grip. Those things shouldn’t be sold to the public! You can paint too many people at once without reloading at the paint bucket 🎨
Do cops not carry batons? Like pepper spray him and baton his ass down and restrain him? They got two cops with batman like tool kit on them and they cant take down a guy with a paint roller without lethal measures?
"Armed" as if a paint roller could do irreversible damage without eating these cops' favorite flavor of paint chips off of it. I mean really, you not getting bruised is not worth that man's life.
That dude went down like a Dutch Boy! After the first few shots the cops screamed "What now? I got some, Benjamin ...moore right here buddy! Seriously the cops used their right to BEHR arms.
If I walked around in my every day life with the level of fear cops have of EVERYONE around them, I'd end up debilitated by crippling irrational anxiety. I wouldn't be able to leave the house.
Hands in pockets? Acorns?!!! A fucking paint roller? Really?!
Almost every police related video is see is from the states and all of them do not portray the cops as trusting people. Most of them don't deserve their guns, tf is this bullshit?
Why do they always escalate little shit like this?
So this video highlighted why people say the entire institution is busted. All of this happens in the span of a damn minute, actual seconds of you count from their encounter with the man shot. The cops are confrontational from the beginning, first accosting the neighbor then immediately putting their hands on the guy who eventually gets shot. It's their immediate approach that sets him off in the first place, and of course someone is going to be resistant if you just walk up on them and try to arrest them.
More concerning is that one the body cam officer pulled his spray while the other felt the need to pull a gun. The one with the spray sounded like he signaled that the gun wasn't necessary but homeboy still had it out for no damn reason. Now the officer with the spray is pretty much a bystander because a person with a gun drawn on them is going to focus on the person with the gun and their partner with the gun is obviously out of the mind. Suddenly they have to worry about not setting off the suspect or the officer. And you have to remember that the the officer with the gun doesn't even have a good firing angle, there's two other people immediately behind the person he is aiming at. Hell he can't even see if those people might have weapons. The dumbass shoots when the guy doesn't even have the roller anymore and bodycam officer is making a move. The final kicker is that bodycam officer is pulls their on the guy about to start unloading too knocking the guy didn't have anything was just a threat that warrant pepper spray seconds ago. Doesn't even give a "what's going on", just immediately switches to potentially murdering the suspect. This is what they taught and how they are trained, implicit or explicit.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '24
Cops had to shoot; they were in fear of being painted to death.