Medical records state officer shot suspect in back
By Van Tieu, KRNV-TV
The family of an unarmed man who was shot and killed by a South Lake Tahoe Police officer have argued Kris Jackson, 22, was not a threat.
The family’s attorney, Alan Laskin, said here’s more evidence to support their argument. He says he believes Officer Joshua Klinge shot Jackson in the back.
Laskin points to medical records from Barton Memorial Hospital from June 15. That’s when Jackson was shot at the Tahoe Hacienda Inn.
One physician wrote, “He was shot in the back with exit wound to front of chest.”
Another register nurse noted, “[Patient] with one [gunshot wound] to mid back, entrance wound to mid back, exit wound to sternum.”
South Lake Tahoe Police Chief Brian Uhler said, “I have not seen any evidence to support the claim made by the attorney, suggesting Jackson was shot in the back. Evidence to the contrary will be available at the proper time from officials who conducted the autopsy.”
The South Lake Tahoe Police Department and El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office say there’s no estimate on when the investigation will wrap up and the official autopsy will be released.
If this young man was shot in the back and was unarmed charges should be filed against the officer. I’m not some cop hater and think most times when they shoot it is justified. There has to be some accountability though.
Sounds like this attorney wants to “believe” he was shot in the back when it was already reported he wasn’t. This attorney looks like one of the many gold-diggers after tax dollars and will try to invent facts he thinks he needs. This happens in many justified shootings where a lawsuit is filed in hopes they will offer a settlement rather than defend the officer in court which is expensive to hire it out and this causes many lawsuits that are not legit to be filed.
No matter what, society is better off without this cancer of a human. He was up here repeatedly slinging his poison. His all so credible girlfriend prostitute wouldn’t know a truth if it was smacked into her face.
This slime’s parents should stop breeding at once and accept the fact their offspring was nothing more than a wanna be gangster and dope selling wretch. I have zero sympathy for the dead cancer nor his parents now wanting to cash in, where his drug dealing cash stopped. Insects at their finest here. Your attorney is nothing more than an Ambulance chaser wanting a piece of the pie as well. Pathetic creatures that you all are.
It also takes a forensic specialist with a lot of ballistic experience to know the entrance wound from the exit. I didn’t see the qualifications of those quoted as experts on gunshot wounds. I do see the attorney jumping to his own conclusions. The attorney also thinks the dead guy had his hands up in a bathroom where he was climbing out the window.
Yes, Bartons ER nurses are no experts. They don’t see the numerous shootings as they do down in the ghetto where this puke came from. Their expertise…or lack there of will come out. This is simply the Ambulance chasers reach for more money. He should return to Law School and get a refresher in processing PHYSICAL EVIDENCE.
Yo Kit did one of your children die from buying dope from one of the many dealers here in Town ?
this investigation will be over when they find a carpet big enough to sweep it under.
I would like someone to correct me if I am wrong. It is my understanding that the South Lake Tahoe Police use a type of ammunition banned by the Geneva Convention that shatters or disperses in flesh, I do not know what this type is called. But the result on a body is that the entry point of the wound is a small hole and the exit wound is more obvious as the bullet spreads (to disperse its energy). Thus the exit wound is larger than the entry wound. In this case an expert is needed to prove in court as you can’t take anyone’s word in court, only an expert. BUT any idiot who knows this fact would be able to just look and see entry and exit.
Now if the SLTPD does not use this type of ammunition then you definitely need an expert to know for sure. Could someone correct me with the property information. Does the SLTPD use ammunition approved by the Geneva Convention or not?
Louis you need to understand the Geneva Convention first. The Geneva Conventions extensively defined the basic rights of wartime prisoners (civilians and military personnel); established protections for the wounded; and established protections for the civilians in and around a war-zone. We are not in a war zone. Police officers around the country use hallow point bullets or another form of self defense round that mushrooms on impact. If this was a war zone then this practice would not be excepted. Officers are not trying to wound someone and take them out of a war they are trying to stop them and save their life in 1 shot.
The fast majority of law enforcement agencies, particularly municipal agencies where armed combat might take place in limited space, use hollow point ammunition which dissipates its energy in the initial target rather than passing through into random, down-range targets. In the old days of law enforcement officers carrying .357 magnum revolvers with ball ammunition, it was common for rounds to hit or miss the target, but continue on through 5 or 6 walls before stopping, often with the tragic consequences of hitting and sometimes killing bystanders not even remotely involved.
The fact that some cities are attempting to ban hollow point ammunition and thereby increase substantially the danger to bystanders of shootings is a sad commentary on how Americans who once grew up understanding and proficient with fire-arms are now flailing about in ignorance, imagining danger lurking behind any demonstration of firearm competence. Nothing has increased firearm danger so much as the deliberate ignorance promoted by firearm opponents.
Sure hope KC is not on any jury. I think i’ll wait for the facts, not a biased speculation from an old retired, bored and increasingly irrelevant person.
Michael: Yet you keep commenting.
I am not as you described. you also probably never saw the dead dope dealer’s Facebook or Twitter. He was a bad, bad, person who didn’t give a rats a$$ about who he poisoned.
Trust me…..if the cop was in the wrong, he’ll have to deal with it, but that does not change the fact that the little puke sold poison up here and society is better off without him. THOSE are facts.
South Lake Tahoe Police use standard, commercially available ammunition commonly used in police departments across the country. It is noteworthy that the very same ammunition is available to the general public.
Thanks for explaining that, Copper. Too many people who know ZERO about guns and/or ammunition are making laws or pushing their representatives to make laws that will only make things worse for every day citizens.
Ignorance is not bliss.
A person doesn’t need to know the details of firearms (it’s a magazine not a clip, what +P means, etc) to participate in the discussion about guns and their consequences. I am not for gun control but will not support the people who use terrible reasoning in support of their ideas. And the fear mongering… (your ‘making things worse’ idea) that has to stop.
You don’t need to know what a magazine is to recognize people in urban areas tend to have very different experiences with firearms as compared to us rednecks. You will be hard pressed to find a person in inner-city Chicago who is going to talk about the best times of their youth including firearms.
Conversely, firearms for me are a part of my person. I hunt and I shoot…..very responsibly.
I am good enough in math / statistics to keep my guns and ammo locked where they are useless for personal protection.
Bullet, thank you for your reply, as I think I understand your reply, its ok for any police force to use bullets our military would not use even in a machine gun to kill people because they are too deadly.
Cooper, thank you for your reply as well, hollow point I didn’t know that. But if the local police used such bullets we could tell real fast which was the exit wound as the exit would be larger. Since we don’t know, we should all wait until an expert determines what bullet was used and which was the entry and exit wound, not what a lawyer trying to shake the pot based on an initial assessment by the intake doctor and nurse says.
Police Chief Brian Uhler, I appreciate that you took the time to reply. I am glad to hear you use common civilian rounds and (thus implies) not military rounds. We citizens fully understand that this is an ongoing investigation and potential litigation and thus you are restricted as to how much you can talk on this matter as obviously your comments could be used in litigation. Kudos to you.