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At his press conference this morning, attorney Mark Geragos replayed video from a Korean language newscast showing the last minutes of Michael Cho's life.
Cho was shot and killed in a confrontation with police officers outside a La Habra liquor store during the holidays.
An investigation by the Orange County DA's office backed the police officers who took part in the shooting. Geragos is hoping a civil suit against the PD will get Cho's grieving family some money.
Here's a YouTube video of the channel 18 broadcast. (Note: it's delivered in Korean) You can clearly see Cho approach the officers. The shooting takes place off camera. I'm sure some of the officers who read this blog can provide a blow-by-blow explaining the tactics used by the two officers in the video...
Video on the jump
Continue reading Michael Cho surveillance video.
The strange case of Michael Cho is about to go big time as celebrity lawyer Mark Geragos takes the family's case to court.
Geragos is scheduled to hold a press conference in Los Angeles at 11 a.m. today to discuss his case against the La Habra Police Department for their handling of the incident.
There's a Justice for Michael Cho web site that's cropped up as well.
I'll update this after the press conference... looks like Geragos is going to release a video of the actual incident.
Some local connections in the case. La Habra Police Chief Dennis Kies if a former member of the Baldwin Park PD
Michael Cho attended Walnut High School.
FRANK GIRARDOT
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