@meghannmcuniff: A Los Angeles police officer today said he told another officer to "sling" his gun before the officer opened fire inside a store and accidentally killed a teen girl, but he disputed an attorney's assertion about why he did so. Michael Mazur eventually acknowledged he wanted the officer to be part of the "arrest team" after plaintiff's attorney Nick Rowley reminded him of his deposition in which he said that. Rowley initially wanted to play a video clip of the deposition for the jury, but Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Frank Tavelman said he could only use the deposition to try to refresh Mazur's recollection. "There's no playing of the clip. You can bring up the transcript and let him review it and see if it refreshes his memory first, because he's saying he doesn't remember. Not that he didn't say it," Tavelman said. Rowley said it should be allowed as an admission by a party opponent because Mazur works for the City of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Police Department, which are defendants in the lawsuit. Tavelman discussed the issue with the attorneys in chambers so we don't know what they said, but apparently they didn't communicate well because they immediately ran into the same issue when Rowley resumed questioning. "Did you want to bring it up to him to review it?" Tavelman said. "No, it's straight impeachment," Rowley said. "I said he didn't remember. So you can re-ask the question if you'd like," Tavelman said. "Okay. When you told Officer Jones to sling that, that was because you we're going to have him and Suarez be your arrest team, correct?" Rowley asked. "To the best of my recollection, I believe so with that current assessment time, sir," Mazur answered. You can watch testimony from Officer William Dorsey Jones Jr., who fired the shots, here @Meghann Cuniff, here @Meghann Cuniff and here @Meghann Cuniff. You can find longer videos on my YouTube channel and Facebook page. #law #crime #court #police

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Thursday 16 April 2026 05:49:15 GMT