
“This cop made a u-turn in the middle of the street, and when they did that, they turned their siren off. I had on sweats with no drawstrings, chillin’ out,” he explains. It was trash day in his neighborhood, and for the year or so he’d live at his current apartment, it was a part of his usual routine to bring them in from the street after they were emptied. Just off of Highland Avenue–walking distance from Fat Sal’s, a popular California sandwich chain.Ĥ2-year-old music producer Antone Austin points to where the LAPD tackled him.Īround the same time, 42-year-old music producer Antone Austin had stepped outside to bring in the trash cans. Meanwhile, the LAPD was notified of the address associated with the phone that made the 911 call. The 911 operator called her back but was unable to reach her. The caller hung up without ever identifying herself, her location, or the person she was calling about. I think it’s okay I’m coming into the station right now. Operator: Can you give me an intersection or an address of where you are?Ĭaller: No. Operator: Can you tell me what address you’re at? Operator: You don’t know the address there or the– Operator: What is the address of where you think this person is?

Operator: But you don’t know what the actual address is?Ĭaller: I’m going to come to the police station right now. Operator: And he’s at your house right now?Ĭaller: Um, I believe he is. Yeah, I have a suspect that is actually–he has–I have a restraining order against. Two years ago, a white woman made a vague call to 911 to say that her ex-boyfriend had violated a restraining order. A 911 call ended with a horrible and preventable case of mistaken identity and now the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office is working to cover up the LAPD’s bad behavior…again.
