A gay former Los Angel Police Department civilian employee is sug the cy, allegg he was wrongfully fired 2021 after beg falsely acced of sexually assltg another man.
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- GAY FORMER LAPD EMPLOYEE SU CY FOR DISCRIMATN
- EX-SERGEANT, FIRST OPENLY GAY LAPD OFFICER, CHARGED WH ASSLTG HBAND
- MCH GROBON, FIRST OPENLY GAY LAPD COP, SENTENCED FOR ASSLT
- GAY LAPD OFFICER WS $1 LN RETALIATN LAWSU
- SGT. RONALD CMP, GAY LAPD OFFICER, TO RECEIVE $1.5 MILLN SETTLEMENT IN HARASSMENT LAWSU
- GAY POLICE COME OUT AS LAPD RECERS : LAW ENFORCEMENT: THEY SET UP BOOTH AT GAY AND LBIAN PRI CELEBRATN WT HOLLYWOOD. WACHS HAILS EVENT AS ‘HISTORIC AND MONUMENTAL OCSN.’
- FIRED GAY FORMER LAPD CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE SU CY FOR DISCRIMATN
GAY FORMER LAPD EMPLOYEE SU CY FOR DISCRIMATN
Kenh Gay was nvicted of gunng down LAPD Officer Pl Verna durg a 1983 traffic stop, but his nvictn was thrown out by the California Supreme Court 2020. Now Gay is standg trial aga. * gay lapd *
But he had pulled over a vehicle occupied by four people who’d mted a strg of armed robberi the San Fernando Valley recent Verna approached the vehicle, prosecutors say, Raynard Cummgs shot him once om the backseat of the r before the man scribed as his “partner crime, ” Kenh Gay, exed the vehicle and emptied a revolver to Verna’s men were nvicted 1985 of killg Verna and were later sentenced to ath. But Gay, 65, was back ont of a jury Tuday, hopg for a send chance at an acqutal the same San Fernando urthoe.
Gay’s nvictn was thrown out 2020 after the California Supreme Court cid that his ial trial lawyer was petent.
David Ayvazian to try nvcg a jury that, spe the legal headach that led to a new trial, Gay’s guilt remas unqutned. “And the tth is that Kenh Gay, along wh his crime partner, murred Officer Verna. ”Gay, Cummgs and their wiv were arrted together a r San Diego County after the shootg.
EX-SERGEANT, FIRST OPENLY GAY LAPD OFFICER, CHARGED WH ASSLTG HBAND
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Police said they found Verna’s gun near Gay; Ayvazian referred to as a “trophy” his openg statements. ” Thelen argued that Cummgs was the sole gunman and dismissed as “absolutely ridiculo” the prosecutn’s theory that he passed the gun to Gay to fish off Verna. Ayvazian showed pictur of Gay taken 1983, when he had izzy hair and a short mtache — a stark ntrast to the bald, elrly man who was wheeled to urt Tuday wearg a sweater vt.
MCH GROBON, FIRST OPENLY GAY LAPD COP, SENTENCED FOR ASSLT
A former Los Angel police sergeant who waged a s-long legal battle wh the LAPD over s treatment of gay and lbian officers was charged Tuday wh assltg his hband at their Wt Hollywood home, prosecutors said. * gay lapd *
At a 1985 trial, Ayvazian noted, four wns intified Gay specifilly or a “light-skned person as the outsi shooter.
GAY LAPD OFFICER WS $1 LN RETALIATN LAWSU
The California Supreme Court fds that Kenh Gay had an petent fense attorney when he was nvicted and sentenced to ath for killg LAPD Officer Pl Verna Lakeview Terrace 1983. * gay lapd *
” Gay is biracial; Cummgs is Black.
SGT. RONALD CMP, GAY LAPD OFFICER, TO RECEIVE $1.5 MILLN SETTLEMENT IN HARASSMENT LAWSU
Gay, Cummgs and their girliends had rried out at least five armed robberi the San Fernando Valley between April 1983 and the day of Verna’s murr, acrdg to Ayvazian.
GAY POLICE COME OUT AS LAPD RECERS : LAW ENFORCEMENT: THEY SET UP BOOTH AT GAY AND LBIAN PRI CELEBRATN WT HOLLYWOOD. WACHS HAILS EVENT AS ‘HISTORIC AND MONUMENTAL OCSN.’
When Verna pulled over the r rryg the upl Ayvazian said, Gay opened fire out of fear of gog to prison. Pamela Cummgs took a plea al and ttified that Gay shot Verna, a statement she repeated on the stand Tuday afternoon. June 14, 2023An earlier versn of this story erroneoly said Gay’s send ath verdict was overturned by the California Supreme Court due to a fdg of effective unsel.
FIRED GAY FORMER LAPD CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE SU CY FOR DISCRIMATN
Gay’s send ath verdict was overturned bee of a judicial error, per the state Supreme ’s fight for a new trial has spanned s.
His ath sentence was ially overturned due to qutns about his attorney’s petence; a send jury was assembled to ci whether Gay should face life prison or executn.
He was aga sentenced to ath, but that verdict was also reversed after the State Supreme Court cid a judge erred barrg Gay and his attorney om prentg migatg evince durg the penalty phase.