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<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#332929;font-size:14px"><strong>LAPD officer, Houston Tipping, 32, allegedly, died from injuries sustained from a dept. training exercise </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#332929;font-size:14px"><strong>His mother Shirley Huffman filed a wrongful death suit against the city of Los Angeles </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#332929;font-size:14px"><strong>Huffman in her lawsuit alleges he was <strong>was &#8216;beaten to death by colleagues in simulated mob attack training exercise</strong></strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#332929;font-size:14px"><strong>Tipping was &#8216;repeatedly struck in the head severely enough that he bled&#8217; </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#332929;font-size:14px"><strong>He was also left with multiple breaks in his neck and suffered a &#8216;catastrophic spinal injury&#8217; which caused his death, the suit claims </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#332929;font-size:14px"><strong>Official LAPD report is that Tipping was injured while &#8216;grappling&#8217; with another officer </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#332929;font-size:14px"><strong>Dept. referred to his death as a &#8216;horrible accident</strong></h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Houston-Tipping1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-410576" width="837" height="1021"/><figcaption><strong>Deceased: LAPD has been hit with a wrongful death lawsuit Friday after officer Houston Tipping [photo], was &#8216;beaten to death&#8217; last month in a training exercise meant to &#8216;simulate a mob&#8217;</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Los Angeles Police Department has been hit with a wrongful death lawsuit after an officer was &#8216;beaten to death&#8217; in a training exercise meant to &#8216;simulate a mob attack&#8217;. <br>Officer Houston Tipping was &#8216;repeatedly struck in the head severely enough that he bled&#8217; during a training activity, is the main allegation contained in a lawsuit filed by his mother, Shirley Huffman.<br>Five-year LAPD veteran Tipping, 32, was left with multiple breaks in his neck and suffered a &#8216;catastrophic spinal injury&#8217; which caused his death, the suit claims. The 32-year-old also sustained multiple injuries that required stitches. <br>The official account by the LAPD is that during the training, officer Tipping was injured while &#8216;grappling&#8217; with another officer and referred to his death as a &#8216;horrible accident.&#8217; No one has been arrested or charged over his death. <br>Tipping was buried Wednesday during a funeral attended by Mayor Eric Garcetti and the LAPD brass including police chief Michel Moore and other department heads.<br>Huffman filed the complaint against the city on Friday, just two days after Tipping&#8217;s funeral, alleging wrongful death, assault and battery and civil rights violations. </p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Houston-Tipping-center-with-his-mother-Shirley-Huffman-right-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-410578" width="838" height="814"/><figcaption><strong>Shirley Huffman [right], alleges in her wrongful death lawsuit against the LAPD that her son, Los Angeles police officer officer Houston Tipping [center], was &#8216;repeatedly struck in the head severely enough that he bled&#8217; during a training activity, contradicting the official version</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Officer Houston Tipping was &#8216;repeatedly struck in the head severely enough that he bled&#8217; during a training activity, a lawsuit filed by his mother, Shirley Huffman alleges in her wrongful death lawsuit against the LAPD. <br>The wrongful death lawsuit Friday against the LAPD states that five-year veteran Officer Houston Tipping was &#8216;beaten to death&#8217; last month in a training exercise meant to &#8216;simulate a mob&#8217;. <br>The court documents state that Officer Houston Tipping was &#8216;repeatedly struck in the head severely enough that he bled&#8217; during the training activity. <br>He was left with multiple breaks in his neck and suffered a &#8216;catastrophic spinal injury&#8217; which caused his death, the suit claims.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Officer-Houston-Tippings-funeral-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-410612" width="842" height="547"/><figcaption><strong>LAPD officers carry the casket of Houston Tipping during his funeral last Wednesday.</strong> <strong>He died from injuries sustained during a training incident</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Huffman claims the training exercise that led to her son&#8217;s death &#8216;had already been questioned&#8217; before he got hurt because of injuries suffered by other officers. <br>Her attorney, Bradley Gage, said the allegations outlined in the suit was based on interviews conducted with witnesses and individuals privy to the situation. <br>LAPD, which declined to detail the the nature of the exercise, told <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-06-24/lapd-officer-beaten-in-training-meant-to-simulate-a-mob-before-death-mother-claims" target="_blank">The Los Angeles Times</a> officials are taking the &#8216;matter seriously.&#8217; </p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/LAPD-training-departments-Elysian-Park-Academy-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-410614" width="840" height="481"/><figcaption><strong>LAPD officials claim Tipping fell to the ground during the training at the department&#8217;s Elysian Park Academy on May 26 </strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The department has launched an investigation into the incident to determine if &#8216;there are any changes that need to be made&#8217; to prevent future tragedy.<br>&#8216;It is tragic and we&#8217;re all saddened by his loss,&#8217; LAPD spokeswoman Capt. Kelly Muniz told the newspaper on Friday. <br>Shirley Huffman&#8217;s suit calls for unspecified financial compensation and punitive damages from the city. <br>She also demanding that the city preserve all evidence in the case, including &#8216;videos of the entire training exercise and actions taken against Officer Tipping.&#8217;</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Houston-Tippingleft-2.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-410615" width="839" height="747"/><figcaption><strong>Tipping, [right], patrolled the Devonshire neighborhood of the City of Angels and was a bike instructor who reportedly &#8216;loved serving as a police officer&#8217;</strong>. <strong>The dept. said the patrolman was injured while &#8216;grappling&#8217; with an other officer, describing his death as a &#8216;horrible accident&#8217;</strong> </figcaption></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Officer-Houston-Tippings-funeral-2.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-410616" width="836" height="544"/><figcaption><strong>Members of the Patriot Guard Riders stand at attention as the family of LAPD Officer Houston Tipping arrive at his memorial service on Wednesday </strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">LAPD<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/los-angeles/index.html"> </a>officials claim Tipping fell to the ground during the training at the department&#8217;s Elysian Park Academy on May 26. <br>Officers immediately began CPR, contacted Los Angeles Fire Department crews<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.foxla.com/news/lapd-officer-dies-days-after-suffering-spinal-cord-injury-during-training" target="_blank"> </a>and Tipping was transported to the USC Medical Center where he succumbed to his injuries three days later. <br>Tipping is survived by his parents, Richard and Shirley; his stepfather Bob, his siblings Kat and Tyler as well as his girlfriend, Britney. Family, colleagues and loved ones were at the funeral honoring his life on Wednesday.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Houston-Tippings-funeral-3.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-410629"/><figcaption><strong>Portrait of officer Houston Tipping is shown during his memorial on Wednesday in Los Angeles</strong><br></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Delivering the eulogy at Wednesday&#8217;s funeral the LAPD Chief Michel Moore knelt before Tipping&#8217;s parents and presented them with an American flag. The event was attended by the late officer&#8217;s family, colleagues and loved ones.<br>The chief called Tipping impressive to his peers and said he had a &#8216;willingness to go the extra mile to make the world a better place.&#8217; <br>Tipping patrolled around the Devonshire neighborhood and &#8216;loved serving as a police officer,&#8217; according to the Los Angeles Police Protective League, which said he will be remembered &#8216;for how he loved and made people laugh.&#8217;<br>He was also an organ donor, Moore revealed last month, and his &#8216;selflessness&#8217; was used to help &#8216;save other lives.&#8217; <br>Shirley Huffman in her wrongful lawsuit referenced Chief Moore&#8217;s remarks. She states that that despite the praise Moore heaped on her son, it &#8216;wasn’t enough to avoid other officers paralyzing him and eventually killing him in violation of law, and his civil rights.&#8217;<br><br></p>

Mom files wrongful death lawsuit against LAPD, claiming her cop son, 32, was beaten to death by colleagues in ‘simulated mob attack training exercise where he suffered catastrophic spinal injury’
