The Newport Beach Officer shoots motorcyclists after the fight for Taser, video shows – Orange County Register

The officer, who shot a motorcyclist in Newport Beach last month, did so after the 45-year-old old man fought with him and took his taser with him, according to the body and dash camera film material and interviews released on Wednesday, May. 7.

The film material corresponds to what the police generally said, even though it offers a detailed look.

After the publication of the film material, the man's family gave a statement from her lawyers, in which she put “serious concern” about the actions of the civil servant.

The event developed on April 17 at 9:15 p.m. The Dash camera shows that the motorcyclist is stopped for a red light after the stop and then it drives on the Coast Highway and the Superior Avenue.

The driver was later identified as Geoffrey Shyam Stirling, 45, a resident of Laguna Hills and brother of the Alum Lydia McLaughlin “Real Housewives of Orange County”.

Film material shows that the officer Stirling approaches and asks if he is doing well.

“I didn't drink, officer,” says Stirling. “I'm completely sober, I'm just trying to stay in safety. People beat me almost all day.”

Stirling rises from the bike. But when he is instructed to sit on the sidewalk, he refuses and tries to come back.

The officer beams that Stirling is uncooperative and the two continue to argue.

“I don't care what you tell me,” says Stirling.

If the officer asks for his name, Stirling does not answer and instead reaches into his jacket.

“I'll show you my ID,” he says. “Don't shoot me.”

The officer instructs him not to reach for anything, and Stirling seems to be fulfilled, but still does not sit down.

During the ongoing argument, the official points out that Stirling seems to have urinated in his pants. The officer also informs him that he is detained and cannot be free.

While the officer turns to demand backup, Stirling takes a few steps towards him.

When the officer turns, he puts on his hands and pushes Stirling, who then grabs the officer. There is a fight and the officer's camera worn with body is thrown to the ground.

The Dash camera film material seems to show Stirling in the officer in the head several times and seize the taser of the officer. At some point Stirling has the taser in the back of the official, the police would say.

The official breaks free and steps back.

They are steps apart and the official in a traffic trail.

The officer orders Stirling to drop the Taser and pointed to the officer. If Stirling does not meet quickly, the officer fires six shots.

The fire brigade staff arrives and provides Stirling's help, but will later be declared dead in the hospital.

A civilian police officer on a Ride-Along stayed in the patrol car throughout the incident, Sgt. Steve Oberon said in the video published on Wednesday. Dave Miner, police chief of Newport Beach, added that the California Ministry of Justice examined the shootout.

The Stirling family's testimony states that the video seems to show that Stirling moves away by the officer when he was shot, although the video shows that the movements of the officer and Stirling moved quickly at the end of the confrontation.

The family says Stirling had a psychological crisis. He did not represent the official's fatal threat, the explanation says. The family also claims that Stirling, although several officers answered, had not been granted to Stirling immediate help after the shot.

“The family remains with a broken heart and on the ground that Geoff was removed from them in an apparently unjustified use of deadly violence,” the explanation said. “It is also tragic that there may have been other options and tactics that were available to the official he did not use.”