LAPD Chief Michel Moore denies claims by a woman who says her son was beaten before suffering a fatal neck injury during a training last month.
Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore on Tuesday denied an allegation made by the mother of a police officer that her son was beaten during a fatal training exercise last month.
But Tipping’s mother, Shirley Huffman, filed a notice of claim — the precursor to a lawsuit — against the city Friday alleging that her son had been brutalized during the incident. In the claim, Huffman alleged that her son had been participating in an exercise meant to “simulate a mob” and that he was “repeatedly struck in the head severely enough that he bled.” The beating, she claimed, resulted in injuries requiring stitches, in addition to the neck fractures that killed him.
Moore said Tipping “did not sustain any type of laceration to his head” and was “not struck or beaten during this training session.” He reiterated that Tipping was “grappling” with another officer at the time.Moore also said the department has launched an investigation into the incident and a review of the training in question.
In response to Moore’s comments, Huffman’s attorney, Bradley Gage, said Moore was “either mistaken or misinformed.”
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