(lghter) thank you. (cheers and applau) (gunfire blasting) - ffic] shots red. - [dpatcher]hots fir.) - [officer] one subject down. - [officerdon't mo! (police dio chatr) [we'vgot shotst bfire a code .d. (somber ambient music)

- [narrator] on the ternoo of oober 22n 2013, -year-ollatino ay lopez walkedd in sta rosa,alifora. andya populaeighth gder, lived inhe moorld ar of santrosa, a wer come parof townwith aarge. liveandy w returni a artoy gun a frien (footeps patring) omber ament musi near, two shiff depues were on route patrol deputy mhael schmel, whhad been with e sherf's offi for oneonth, s drivin his ssenger s hitraing offic, deputy eck gelha.

his ssenger s itas a qui afterno. veral ople s andy. ey notic he was kid and at he seed tbe caying eitr a toy n walking out a 10 feethead of em. (pice radio chter) iren blang) [officershots fid. a code three ambulan used to block moorland. - [officer] don't move! - [officer] at about geo. (siren blaring) [aouncer] 30 on thdrive. ere are reports of shootin we wilcontinueo follow this .

(pice radichatter) (sirenbla) - [nrator] wt happen? the shooter was sonoma county deputy sheriff erick gelhaus. - [male speaker] police stand f, gunpot. i n't want to be he actuly. i ed to t out ofere. m in theine of fe. - he pulled over to the kid walking, so the kid would walk side. and he jt open the door a shooted

so the kid would walk side. (somr ambienmusic) hits hiin the hrt, and he fls immedtely, and he'shot overand erand overgain as he's falling and as he's on the ground. - [nrator] t cozine of theirt a- ouinitial action w it w a drivey shooti. withininutes. we were never told anything other than that. and it was very shortly after that, the heart reading was flatline. it didn't make a lot of sense to me. it just seemed like in my judgment, the deputy was quick on the trigger.

- [narrar] in hindsigh the keyetails gelhs and scheel saw dy walki about 0 feet ahe of them gelhs and scheel (pole radichatte gelhaus lled in a code0 rept - [eri] edward 3 code 20, westobles anmoorland - arrator]o alert office in a possie danger iren blang) ipped hisiren, d me to a stop out 50 feet from ay. the puties bled out the patl car. gelhaus yelled at andy, "drothe gun!" - you hear somebody yelling at you in clearly aggreive tone d you rn arod. d that'sxactly wt he did he h the toyun dinis left nd. he tur aroun (gunre blaing)

he shot ov, and over, anover aga. - [officer] we have shots fired. - [officer] shots fired. - [officer] one subject down, code three ambulance used to block moorland. - [officer] don't move! - [officer] at about geo. we'll also need units to come behind us at west robles. - [dispatcher] one subject down. units to block moorland. i didn't copy the rest. - [nartor] und oath, at a dosition ken twyears ter, gelhaus demonstrated hoandy turned in the last seconds before he was shot. - it was this. washis.

it w this. [narrator] the toyun was inted down aandy turne e investation of deputyelhaus'shooting waconducteby the sta ro police partment by longsnding agement, instigate ch other after e shooti, depu gelhausas tan to a hel ere he cferred wh hiunion reesentati and attoey for s hours beforeeing terviewed byolice. meanile, pole and atook ay's paresrs and brotr to t santa rosa picet r quesoning. and brotr to t santa rosa picet one terrogatg office was an oicer assned the gancrimes tm. did andy have trouble at school?

anger management issues? was he overly fond of guns? detectives tried unsuccessfully to get andy's brother to implicate him in gang activity and askewhetr they shared t same faer. we they toldothat andy was. the inteogation at the hotel, after six hours conferring with his attorney and union representative, deputy gelhaus was finally questioned. - [interviewer] erick, this is a criminal investigation. and you're being interviewed as a victim, strictly as a victim at this point. - [narrator] producers of this film, through a lawsuit, obtained the audio recording of that interview.

- [interewer] ak or a shoulderounted wpon. th he was ying to unt e gun tois shoulder? i think a memb of the blic could sethe toneof these inw with somne who's just ten a hue st like ybody else w shot soy untishown otrwise, the fferen between how law enfoement offir is queioned d anyo else who ght've ot someo is quesoned how law enfoement offiis incdible.d - it is mply shoing how the investator les the tness and tes them ectly at they nt them say. itould go far as, foinstan, how the investator les the tness to he the instigators say, isn't itrue thatou rely felt ared? to he the instigators say, - nterview] so you think he sd he was holding the gun in his left hand, but he started to raise it in your direction. did you perceive that to be a lethal threat? - [erick] yes. - [interviewer] did you fear for the safety of deputy schemmel as well? - [erick] yes.

- [interviewer] you firethose, i believe you say six to eight rounds. it was at that point in time when the subject fell . - nterview] 'causehe that was, ay, okay and justor clarification purposes, i've known you. there's no close relationship between you or i th would pceived tbe. orreate y kind obias e to thiinvestigion. - rick] nothat can think of, . [interewer] ye, none at i canhink of well. - [narrator] hank shreeder was chief of police - rick] nothat can think of, . at the time of the lopez investigation. - the perception of whether or not the officers and detectives at santa rosa police department wh it cometo a itical iiden like andlopez orny other

wh it cometo a and i ways askhe questn, it com down towhy don' you ust thate can? (somber orchestr music (cck ticki) - [annncer] its a rtain si of tragy, e memorialo 13-year-old andyopez gaininsize bthe hourn a burbananta rosfield. - this boy was not a criminal. he is t a crimal. he was aoy with to initiay, the sject's back wasoward thdeputies. when the deputy shouted the subct, heegan to rn toward hisight inhe direcon of thdeputy, d in so ing, moved t gun towd the directn . and the depu's minds was th hwas fearl that he was gng to behot. an- [ptestors]e want was justice,e want jtice! (proteors channg)

[narrato the rgest denstratio ever seein sona coty start immedialy ancontinuefor mohs. ever seein sona coty start immedialy - rotestor justiceor andy, juice for dy! juice foandy, justicfor andy - [narrar] the sta rosapolice dn took three months to complete. one central question was, did it look like andy was carryi a toy gun or a real gun? here are witness account (contemplative ambient mic) e finish its vestigatn report the charge?

brandishing a firearm replica. the offender? andy lopez. the victims? michael schemmel and erick gelhaus. police did not release the report to the public. the santa rosa police department forwarded the report to district attorney jill ravitch. fopossibleriminal arges ainst dety gelhaus r shooti andy. - jailrick gelus for the murd of andyopez! (prostors chting) - arrator]he sonom countyheriff'sffice hired ick gelhs in 199 in005, hwas call upy the national guard

and served in iraq where he saw combat before returning to duty as a deputy sheriff. reporters found that in the years prior to andy's shooting, while a deputy sheriff, gelhaus wrote gun-related articles and posted messages on law enforcement forums. today is the day you may need to kill someone in order to go home. if you find yourself in an ambush, in the kill zone, you need to turn on the mean gene. law enforcement is a contact sport. driver jeff westbrook describes what happened after deputy gelhaus pulled his car over.

- he started screaming, the gun came out, d it wasurn ur vehic off, tu your vecle off. - [narrar] t offense - faile to useurn sign and unfe lane ange. and handed the tict. anthat's wn i said why r a routine traffic op would u pull opull us er anpoint a n point ank me and passeng fosuch a sple tick? i deliberated with my wife. she said, you have to report this. my wife kept saying, he's gonna kill somebody, he's gonna kill somebody. i didn't do enough. i done something more, that kid would've been alive. - ay. so, why don't we get started? - [narrator] after five months of review, dirict attney jillavitch - [narrator] after five months of review, called aress conrence to annoue her desion

in the soting ofndy lope waa reasonle respoe unr the ciumstance acrding all of e evidce that have reewed. therore, thections o dety gelus were wful d no cminal arges wi be led agait hiat this me. [narrato in a la ditch fort tseek jusce, andy's fily suedonoma coty [nand puty gelus forch the deatof theiron. lhaus ansonoma cnty sponded th a motio argug that t shooti was jusfied.

the dirict crt judgedisagreeand, allowing the case to proceed. gelhaus and the county appealed. (gavel banging) - all rise. - [narrator] in a rare move, the appeals court judges allowed the hearing to be filmed. - [female speaker] united states court of appeals for the nth circt isow in seion. - plea be seat. the stri court concled th there w no thre to oicer gelus. it's uisputed at, ll call him dy, was not committing any crime or attempting to evade arrest. so under theircumsnces, 'ronly lefwith e factoro consid, so under theircumsnces, which ishetherndy sed, andn quotes mediate reat to e safety of th. the no licee for lice to ll teeners withhree secds

wh even th officerays th the gunas not inting ahim. th this ling fou yearafter thshooting the puic couldt last s th the pice rsion the shootg had en misleing all ong. unterred, lhaus and the unty made ainal aeal to t unitedtates sueme cour had en misleing all ong. the courrefused to heathe ce alwing theopez famy's wsuit go to tal. d a possibleigh llar judent, lhaus anthe coun seled the se forgh three miion dolls. contued in soma coun allegatis of py whe 32 peoplhave dieduring or after interactis wi law enfcement

since dy lopezwas shotnd kie whe 32 peoplhave dieduring omorehan 10 milon dolla haveeen paidn recentears toictims oexcessivforce ino. omorehan 10 milon dolla hav- on decembe 14th.ars - [narrator] aa direct resuly aftethshootingof andy pez, omorehan 10 milon dolla hav- on decembe 14th.ars thsonoma cnty boarof supeisors esblished lero, the dependenoffice ofaw enforment reew and oreac the its miion?fice toonduct orsight o the eriff's fice. jerry reet was named directo - weere lookg at somthings n was hothey con eir instigatio of colaints ainst depies. i hagiven noce n wtohe shericon at we'd coming out wi a rr anthe reacon was qte stro from the eriff's fice

at we shldn'tput out at repr - [nartor] the sherifs offics theyotedhat iole was visory oy, at we shldn'tput out at repr with nauthorit and commende closg the ofce. in august of 2020, to p an initiati on t november ball to significaly strethen oveight to p an initiati of almo immedialy.e. - i ink whatas brght us tthis poi. [narrar] six days ter shiff esck thrtened sue theounty and e countyboard ofuperviso essickequested50,000 to hire ouide lawys fothat lawit. - feels le you' declarewar, i'll bfrank, sriff esck, onhis boar and wh we did we proved aalt measur

at will establish re ovsighof your departme. and iteems tha in tse times so i'm satching head as to whthat's n welcome - [nartor] whi the pubc sought greater oversight and reform of the sheriff's office, actionby sheriff deputies and correctional deputies ntinued to show clear evidence of excessive forc in 2016, well-spected forens pt wrotin a rept for a wsuit thathe practe was rture. e next 2seconds fooge ll be hard for my to wat. (man scrming)

- [me speake fuck! i didn do anytng, swear! we call bevi cnseling. whenheir behior is ereme. wherthe bad behavi's happeng, that's the cell orthe roomhi away frothe other inmas out our pectatio of tir behavior. i'm noresistin - [narrar] and there's this case from 2014, the ye after andy was shot. [announc] it's hard twatch, maybeven harr to lisn. (man screaming) a man fa down onhe grnd as a ser goesff.

d esa wrotabout 20imes y depues punch him d esa ov aozen tim,mes kicked a kneed him coup of moreimes. theyook him the e d esaftehe black out.s - arrator] the followineight sends wille diffict for ny viewe to watc - get th arm, i' gointo that de. get ur hand tffict for wheri can seit. watc (man ganing) aser cliing) - [offic] we ne medicalman. get medical. - some police are gonna step over the line anwe know at's gon happe - someit's han.re gonna step over the line and wh they so, we need be able to quaify .

we need knos so we catrain our offirs bette if thestep ovethe line - anso everyime thers a ooting oan abuserity. anthere's iaccotabili for that,e - annoonly is e thers a oouser embdenederity. t the cowho's ne to em sees e same tng. and 're gonn find, rk my words, that ia shorfew year e poli culture at we ha now will bome more quk to vlence. ey will me mo militartic winheir approh qtords poling. i think the pubc rely knew at was gng on, ey will me mo militartic theyould havan entiry dierent vi of the stem. winheir approh qtords poling. ey don'tnow. i was th the los angeles poli deparent fo25 years winheir approh qtords poling. rose thrgh the rks.

and thughor i had fithand knledge ofinwhat ie learneiss. it ias if the is a pybook. demonize, conduct ased invtigation to sport theolice, defe a delay victim lsuits, ke police mionduct sret, settle lsuits to avoid blic. ep factsecret, deny systemiracism. they use this playbook all over the country and it has the same consequences everywhere.

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ópkxq#qqqcccwgcg/g'■ (engine humming) (engine sputtering) it's january 8, 2014 and i'm standing in front of a building that's supposed to have a leaf plate with my name on it that was written by a sage thousands of years ago. this leaf plate is supposed to have my name, my birth date, my parents' names, and the events of my past, including the events of my future.