NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (KABC) — The Newport Seaside Police Division has launched physique digicam footage of a taking pictures that left the brother of a former “Actual Housewives of Orange County” star lifeless.
Final month, police fatally shot 45-year-old Geoffrey Stirling, the brother of Lydia McLaughlin, who appeared in each Season 8 and Season 12 of the hit actuality TV present on Bravo.
Stirling, who was using a motorbike on the time of the incident, was shot after a site visitors cease on Pacific Coast Freeway close to Hoag Hospital Newport Seaside.
Police pulled him over after he ran a pink mild, the video exhibits.
Stirling then turned “uncooperative” throughout the cease.
Within the video, which was posted on the Newport Seaside Police Division’s YouTube channel, you hear the officer telling Stirling to sit.
Stirling replies, “I do not care what you are telling me to do.”
The officer continues to ask Stirling to sit down down.
“The officer issued a number of instructions, instructing Mr. Stirling to sit down down, however he didn’t comply,” mentioned Newport Seaside PD Sgt. Steve Oberon within the video.
Oberon mentioned Stirling later struck the officer a number of instances within the head then eliminated the officer’s Taser.
“At one level, Mr. Stirling positioned the Taser in opposition to the again of the officer’s head,” mentioned Oberon. “The officer was in a position to break away, and as Mr. Stirling pointed the Taser at him, an officer-involved taking pictures occurred.”
Stirling was taken to a hospital that evening, the place he was pronounced lifeless.
“The Newport Seaside Police Division stays dedicated to transparency and accountability in all of its operations,” mentioned the division in an announcement. “The discharge of this video is a part of our ongoing efforts to maintain the neighborhood knowledgeable and engaged.”
In the meantime, the Stirling household launched an announcement following the discharge of the footage, saying it has raised “severe issues” in regards to the actions of the officer.
“Of grave and particular concern is that the movies seem to indicate [Stirling] transferring away from the officer on the time he was shot six instances,” learn the assertion. “The household via their Attorneys plan to file a lawsuit in Federal Court docket to acquire full solutions and search accountability. Geoff was experiencing a psychological well being disaster when he was stopped for a site visitors infraction. Geoff was unarmed and posed no lethal menace to the officer. The Stirling household expects that each one video and audio footage together with each report and shred of proof associated to this deeply disturbing taking pictures be preserved for presentation sooner or later as a part of the lawsuit the household shall be pursuing. The reason for demise was blood loss. Regardless of the presence of a number of officers reporting to the scene, no assist was initially provided. The household stays heartbroken and devastated that Geoff was taken from them in what seems to be an unjustified use of deadly power. Equally tragic is that there could have been different choices and ways obtainable to the officer that he didn’t make the most of primarily based on his coaching.”
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