A surveillance video from the San Clemente High School parking lot where a deputy sheriff shot and killed Marine Sgt. Manuel Loggins shows Loggins driving through a gate, deputies milling about and Loggins being carried off in a stretcher.
The video does little to answer questions still swirling around the controversial shooting; it does not show Loggins being shot or include his daughters, who were in the back seat of Loggins' SUV when he was killed.
The video has no audio.
The Capistrano Unified School District released the video to the media Tuesday. The video begins at about 4:45 a.m. Feb. 7, the day Deputy Darren Sandberg shot Loggins. It lasts 31 minutes and 40 seconds.
The video shows Loggins' white SUV driving through a security gate and a police car following about 20 seconds later.
The first backup deputies arrived about 3 minutes later, and paramedics carried Loggins off on a stretcher about 24 minutes later.
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Questions: Why did CUSD not release this sooner, and what is their reasoning for releasing it now??
I pulled up the Police Blotter, and I would like to see the whole first 6 minutes in real-time, to match to the Police Blotter: 4:41:26 Landmark Comment: 992J2 92672 AREA = 75 1ST TURN OFF INTO PLOT 4:41:52 Unit : 476 1 MB TOOK OFF ON FOOT THRU GATE 4:44:58 Unit : 476 WANT IS HIT AND RUN AND CHILD ENDANGERMENT 4:46:55 Unit : 476 REQ OCFA 4:50:14 10-39 OCFA 4:50:53 Unit : 4A32 1 IC 4:56:57 Unit : 4S70 MEDICS 97 The fact that it took 3 minutes just to 'deliver the message' (code 10-39) to call the ambulance is strange. How long does it take to call 911, ask for the rescue squad, and say you need a paramedic at San Clemente High School parking lot? About 30 seconds?? What's the call volume at 911 dispatch at 5 a.m.?? Do the Police not have an extra-expedited way to request ambulances in cases of emergency?? So many unanswered questions still, almost two months later...
Sleep well deputies.
I agree that he probably was clinically dead on scene, meaning pulseless and apneic, but I don't believe he was legally dead until he got to the hospital and was pronounced by a medical doctor. Most Emergengy Departments don't allow paramedics to pronounce death on scene, and unless a patient is legally dead you're legally required to perform all lifesaving measures or be liable for abandonment or professional negligence. I think it's significant because the timeline of requesting and getting medical assistance alongside the policy of only using enough force necessary (and getting aid for injured suspects) and the video of them sort of doing CPR while transporting what is probably a deceased patient is another series of evidence that don't easily add up. Usually when someone is dead on scene they are covered up with a sheet and there's no hurry to remove the body. They must have thought he was still alive in this video, or least wished he still was.
Despite that, I'm wondering what the dashcam video shows as far as Sandberg's actions immediately after shooting Loggins. The immediate first aid training hasn't changed since his days as a Marine: Stop the Bleeding, Start the Breathing, Treat for Shock. If the video shows Sandberg standing over/near Loggins instead of furiously plugging the holes in his body and trying to start CPR, that's important.
When I actually saw the video, I felt fear for the children. Even though the police officer is being persecuted, I do wish he would have tazed Sgt. Loggins Jr. and not killed him right before his childrens eyes. I do believe both adults were sick and wrong in their actions and reactions. The victims are not only family, but the Orange County's Communities as well. Sad deal.
Also, it seems to me that arriving 20 seconds after Sgt. Loggins goes through the swing arm barrier (it drives me batty that it's still being referred to as a "gate"!), is awfully fast. It just doesn't make sense that the Deputy was doing paperwork in the parking lot and 20 seconds later he's right there?
I took a picture of the swing-arm gate this morning, and am about to post it here, for clarification. I don't think you can tell from the video whether the officer was coming in straight or turning left from the one-way lane closest to the swing-arm gate. If he was in the parking lot or across the street, either way it would look like he was 'coming in straight', because the access from the parking lot is not right next to the swing-arm gate.
He was a devoted man of God! I was raised by a military father who got up every morning between 3-4 am and prayed for a couple hours before duty. When I became a Christian, I joined him. So I completely understand the military life and early morning prayer times. That was a sweet time I had with my dad when I was very young. My father also taught us to that there are 3 areas in our life we need to constantly grow in: Physical Health, Education, and Spiritual Health. So we ran together in the mornings and prayed together before school. Just because it seems out of the ordinary for a Parent to be up so early, there are people who are so devoted in their walk with God, that the mornings are the best time to start their day with God.