LAPD officer killed during training ‘accident’ was investigating officers who took part in gang rape
The IndependentThe latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Per Brad Gage, the attorney representing Mr Tipping's family, the officer attended a training session with colleagues, including one of the men accused of participating in the gang rape. When reporters pressed Mr Gage on why the alleged killers would wait more than a year to attack Mr Tipping, he said that it could be as simple as "opportunity." Though the LAPD Chief Michael Moore told the city's Police Commission in June that Mr Tipping did not suffer a laceration to his head, Mr Gage presented evidence a month later showing reporters a posthumous MRI that found staples in Mr Tipping's head. “I cannot fathom anything other than a severe beating.” The Los Angeles County Coroner concluded that Mr Tipping died from a spinal cord injury sustained during the training exercise.
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