HOW TO INVESTIGATE A POLICE SHOOTING (Session one)

There are a number of police shoots each day around the United States. In California there are many police shootings that are justified. However, there are also a number of police shootings that are not justified. Every officer involved shooting should be investigated by the police department's Officer Involved Shooting team (OIST)to make a determination as to whether or not the shooting was justified. The officers should be statematized and hopefully video taped immediately after the shooting. The officers should be separated from their partner right after the shooting so the officer interview will not be tainted from collateral talk between the officers. There should be a walk through at the scen and there should be a forensic team at the scene. Since the officers all knew the routine and know that there own force officers will conduct the investigation they have a high confidence level that their shooting will be justified espcially if there are no other sources of information. The police will go to the scene in force and try to lock down all of the witnesses and seize all of the video or other evidence. When WILSON TRIAL GROUP gets involved in an officer involved shooting that has caused death or serious bodily injuries to an individual we try to get out to the shoot scene as soon as possible. We do this because we want to search for witnesses, see what officers are still on scene, canvass the area for video or other sources of film capture and start our oen log of the scene. Each witness identified has to be interviewed (preferably on video) and then extensive background on each witness needs to be conducted. You also have to develope sources at the scen because you will have to return many times. Do your own reenactment with the witnesses and video tape it. Search for additional evidence the police may have missed. Take pictures of every inch of the scene and the location where the police responded from. You should also have a Google View of the area. Each police officer will eventuall have to be interviewed, deposed or statemtized. Each paramedic or other responder will have to be interviewed, statemetized or deposed, and all witnesses will need to be processed the same. Be detailed in your evidence gathering and your scene analysis. The keys to a bad shooting will always be at the scene in the begining of the case. Take measurements, do angle analysis on views and build a mock reenactment scene set for video prductions. The next steps in the police shooting investigation will be covered in Session Two. http://www.wilsontrialgroup.com/video.html

ONLINE ATTORNEYS CREDENTIALS

When you are looking for an attorney on line you have to really do your homework. Just because an attorney has a good rating on AVVO or other rating services. An average attorney or a inexperienced attorney can look good online if they hit all of the right buttons. They can claim to have worked on complex cases, handled heavy duty legal problems, or engaged in some other type of spectacular legal accomplishment. Some attorneys know about other cases or have tangentially participate in a case. You need to vet the attorney after you do your on line search. You do this by researching the work or cases they claim to have been involved with or handled. You can check court records, call references, or call the attorney and question them about their participation. You can also ask them to provide a writing sample from their work on the case with the Appropriate redactions. WILSON TRIAL GROUP will provide links to work product on request. There are attorneys out there that just want to sign you up and then refer you to another attorney. They may not even work on your case which means they will not be involved or monitor what goes on in the case. Your best interest needs to be protected. When you hire the Wilson Trial Group we take your case on seriously. We work on the case and make sure your interests are advanced and protected. We are an experienced trial law firm that get results. If your attorney does not try cases then they will not be taken seriously.

ECONOMIC JUSTICE IN TIMES OF CHAOS

Seeking justice in times of chaos is not an easy task to undertake. Chaos comes in many different forms depending on the person and their particular circumstances. Maybe you have lost a job because your boss fired you, or you have been underpaid and are unable to pay your rent. A person's ability to pay their bills and keep food on the table is dependent upon their ability to receive a fair wage for a fair days work. Unfortunately some employers have a different opinion as to what is fair or they just don't care.

Employees should be given an uninterrupted lunch period and be paid for their overtime work. However, their are some employers that go to great lengths to take their employees time and not pay for it. We at the Wilson Trial Group are committed to bringing economic justice back to the employment market place. Taking on employers who fail to pay proper overtime or who fail to provide uninterrupted lunch periods is particularly fulfilling to us.

No one wants likes to have their property rights stolen from them, and that is exactly what is being taken from you when your employer fails to follow the wage and hour laws in California. Our mission is to bring these economic thieves to justice in Court, and expose their larceny. The only way to change these types of employers' conduct is to take them to court and punish them for the thievery they are committing. We at the Wilson Trial group are aggressive in championing your rights and look at it as an honor to prosecute your case.

INGLEWOOD POLICE SHOOT AND KILL MARCUS SMITH

MARCUS SMITH WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY THE INGLEWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT WHILE ATTENDING A BIRTHDAY PARTY. THE LAW OFFICES OF DENNIS WILSON HAS BEEN RETAINED BY THE FAMILY TO INVESTIGATE AND PROSECUTE THIS ACTION. WITNESSES REPORT THAT MARCUS SMITH WAS UNARMED WHEN POLICE OPENED FIRE ON HIM AT POINT BLANK RANGE. ATTORNEY DENNIS P. WILSON HAS BEEN OUT TO THE CRIME SCENE A NUMBER OF TIMES AND HAS TALKED TO MANY WITNESSES. ALL THE CIVILIAN WITNESSES INTERVIEWED AT THE SCENE WHO SAW THE SHOOTING ALL STATE THAT MARCUS SMITH DID NOT HAVE A GUN AND DID NOT POSE A THREAT TO ANYONE. INVESTIGATORS HAVE BEEN DISPATCHED TO THE LOCATIONS HAVE DEVELOPED SHOCKING ACCOUNTS OF WHAT REALLY OCCURRED. [SEE LOCAL NEWS RELEASES FOR DETAILS]

ACCORDING TO THE WITNESSES INTERVIEWED THE POLICE ENTERED THE LOCATION IN COMBAT FORMATION. THEY APPROACHED THE REAR OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEX AND THEN DREW THEIR WEAPONS AND SHOT MARCUS SMITH. ACCORDING TO THE PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF AN INDEPENDENT AUTOPSY MARCUS SMITH WAS SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE BACK. WITNESSES AT THE SCENE REPORT THAT THE POLICE HANDCUFFED EVERYONE, WERE VERBALLY ABUSIVE TO WITNESSES, BEAT UP MARCUS SMITH'S BLIND BROTHER, AND MAN HANDLED MANY PEOPLE AT THE LOCATION. THE RESIDENTS REPORT THAT THEY ARE AFRAID OF THE INGLEWOOD POLICE AND THEY WAY THEY TREAT WITNESSES.

THE INGLEWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT'S PRESS RELEASES HAVE NOT BEEN ACCURATE ON THIS DISTURBING INCIDENT ACCORDING TO THE EYE WITNESSES AT THE SCENE. ATTORNEY DENNIS WILSON HAS LAUNCHED A FULL INVESTIGATION INTO THIS MATTER AND CONTINUES WITH THE FIRM'S ONGOING INVESTIGATION OF THE INGLEWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT. PEOPLE KEEP GETTING KILLED BY POLICE OFFICER'S USE OF THEIR FIREARMS. TRAINING NEEDS TO BE EXAMINED AND THE POLICY AND PROCEDURES NEEDS AN OVERHAUL ACCORDING TO COMMUNITY LEADERS AND OTHER OFFICIALS. DPWLAW1.COM

STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS IN INGLEWOOD

Burbank Lawyer Dennis Wilson helps you stand up for your rights. In today's society, it is very difficult for an individual to take on City Hall. You need an attorney to help you fight injustice and oppression. There comes a time in each of our lives when we are faced with a situation where we are wrongfully accused, unjustly judged, or just labeled what we are not. These are the times when we should stand up and be counted. It's hard to face the noise and wall of fear without someone there who has been through it all before.

Fighting injustice and defending a person's rights is what Dennis Wilson does on a daily basis. His office handles major civil rights cases, criminal defense cases, and many other types of legal situations where someone needs help. The office is able to quickly respond to most legal problems and can call into action many resources to aid you in your time of need.

Currently the Law Offices of Dennis Wilson, working in conjunction with several other offices including those of Gregg Yates and Tony Luti is prosecuting another officer involved shooting in Inglewood. When Chief Seabrooks claimed that there were only two rounds discharged into Kevin Wicks the legal team was quick to prove this was wrong, because in fact Kevin Wicks was shot three times. The Inglewood Police Department has been requested to release the audio tapes of the 911 CALLS that night, but still has not done so. Chief Seabrooks has failed to contact the Law Offices of Dennis Wilson or any of the other Law Offices involved in prosecuting this case on behalf of the family.

The photograph of the front door, the civilian witnesses statements, the two autopsy findings, physical evidence at the apartment and other details of the investigation all point away from the Inglewood Police Department's version of what happened that night. This case is going to trial in Federal Court and the truth will shine through, injustice will be exposed, police policy and procedures will be brought into question, and there will be a jury verdict at the end of the day.