CA - Houston Tipping, 32, beaten during exercise meant to “simulate a mob,”,

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The family of a fallen Los Angeles Police Department officer said they want answers regarding his death.

Houston Tipping died last month of neck injuries suffered during training. According to a wrongful death claim filed against the city, he had been beaten by fellow officers in an exercise meant to “simulate a mob,” the Associated Press reported.

He was hurt May 26 and died three days later. Tipping, an LAPD officer who regularly patrolled parts of the San Fernando Valley, was 32 years old.

Shirley Huffman hired an attorney to find out what happened to her son, and they filed notice of claim against the city Friday, which can be a precursor to a lawsuit.

“There were injuries to multiple areas of Houston’s body. Two sides of his head, one side of his head needed staples to close the cuts and bleeding, and the other side was swelling,” attorney Bradley Gage said.

Huffman claimed her son suffered multiple breaks to his neck, the AP said.

In addition to the claim against the city, a public records act request has also been filed. The family is seeking videotapes the LAPD reportedly filmed during the training.

“I know that we’ve had silence from the department as to what happened, how it happened, why it happened. So I don’t know, but I’m going to find out,” Gage said.

 

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Lawyer claims LAPD officer was targeted for being a potential whistleblower

Attorney Brad Gage said his client's son, Officer Houston Tipping was targeted for being a potential whistleblower. Tipping was killed during a training exercise in May.

www.cbsnews.com

Even though a coroner's report ruled Tipping's death an accident, attorney Brad Gage says he was targeted because he was a whistleblower in an assault case involving other officers. Gage claims that the alleged assault happened 10 months before Tipping's death.

 

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Internal LAPD report rules that officer's training death was an accident

An internal LAPD report released Tuesday ruled that the death of a 32-year-old officer during a training exercise in May was an accident.

www.latimes.com

 

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No accountability here?

 

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Lawyer claims LAPD officer was targeted for being a potential whistleblower

Attorney Brad Gage said his client's son, Officer Houston Tipping was targeted for being a potential whistleblower. Tipping was killed during a training exercise in May.

www.cbsnews.com

Even though a coroner's report ruled Tipping's death an accident, attorney Brad Gage says he was targeted because he was a whistleblower in an assault case involving other officers. Gage claims that the alleged assault happened 10 months before Tipping's death.

If they felt the need to 'silence' Tipping, maybe the allegations weren't far fetched ?
I don't blame his family for demanding answers ; and yes they should be allowed to see the video !
I support the blue, but they need to be held to a greater degree of accountability than civilians as they wield infinitely more power and authority than the rest of us.
Just saying.

Rest in peace, Officer Tipping.

 

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Shirley Huffman believes her son, Houston Tipping, was killed because he knew too much about the rape allegations against his colleagues at LAPD.

"I’m angry. Disgusted. Heartbroken," Huffman said. "Life is just different without him because of what they did."

Huffman said her son feared possible retaliation from the accusers.

"He was concerned enough that he was looking to leave," Huffman said. "His intention was to leave."

Huffman’s attorney Bradley Gage said Tipping was an instructor at the police academy and was conducting a training exercise when he was gravely injured.

"After he became the instructor there. One of the accused officers signed up for that class, went into that class, engaged in intentional acts against my client, including putting him into a headlock, which he admits in his deposition testimony that we have, and also picking him up in what is known colloquially as a ‘pile driver’ wrestling move," Gage said.

Houston Tipping death: Mom of LAPD officer claims her son was killed because he knew too much

The family of the late LAPD officer Houston Tipping revealed shocking claims against the department in connection to Tipping's death during a training drill in 2022.

www.foxla.com

 

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* Inquiry into the Death of Police Officer II Houston Ryan Tipping
This report is anonymized for public release

https://lapdonlinestrgeacc.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/lapdonlinemedia/2022/10/NR22287ml-Officer-Tipping-Attachment.pdf