Lydia McLaughlin Planning To Sue Law Enforcement After Brother’s Shooting

In a brand new assertion, Lydia McLaughlin, who beforehand described the lack of her brother, Geoffrey Shyam Stirling, 45, as “devastating,” stated her household is much more “disturbed” by the scenario after viewing the police officer’s physique digicam footage.

Within the initial reports, “RHOC” followers discovered McLaughlin’s brother was shot and killed by Newport Seaside police after he was stopped whereas using his motorbike down the Pacific Coast Freeway.

Sources near the scenario described Stirling’s habits as “uncooperative,” which prompted the capturing.

Within the physique digicam footage launched, the 45-year-old went backwards and forwards with a police officer after he was stopped for a site visitors violation.

After refusing the officer’s instructions to take a seat on the curb, the 2 received right into a bodily altercation after the officer believed Stirling was reaching for one thing in his pocket.

Legislation enforcement stated that in the course of the scuffle, Stirling grabbed their taser, prompting them to fireside six pictures, in the end killing him.

The Newport Seaside Police Division launched a press release following the capturing and shared extra particulars concerning the incident with the general public.

“Shortly after being stopped, Stirling grew to become uncooperative and assaulted the officer,” the assertion, which was shared on Instagram, learn. “Through the ensuing violent altercation, Stirling managed to take away the department-issued taser from the officer’s responsibility belt and tried to deploy it a number of instances in opposition to the officer. At that time, an officer-involved capturing occurred.”

Further officers later arrived on the scene and tried to render help to Stirling earlier than he was transported to the hospital, the place he later handed away.

McLaughlin, who appeared on Bravo’s “RHOC” for 2 seasons, stated she and her household had been “devastated by the loss” of their member of the family. She went on to thank these closest to her, together with local people members, for his or her “outpouring of affection.”

In a press release shared with The US Sun, McLaughlin and her household revealed their plans to file a lawsuit in opposition to the officer concerned in Stirling’s capturing after the “disturbing” physique digicam footage was launched.

“The movies have raised severe issues and many questions on the actions of that police officer. Of grave and particular concern is that the movies seem to indicate Geoff shifting away from the officer on the time he was shot six instances,” the assertion learn.

“The household, by means of their Attorneys, plan to file a lawsuit in Federal Courtroom to acquire full solutions and search accountability,” it continued.

McLaughlin and her household additionally claimed within the assertion that Stirling was “unarmed” and “posed no lethal risk to the officer,” regardless of the declare that he grabbed an officer’s taser.

“The household stays heartbroken and devastated that Geoff was taken from them in what seems to be an unjustified use of deadly drive,” the assertion learn, including, “Equally tragic is that there might have been different choices and ways obtainable to the officer that he did not make the most of based mostly on his coaching.”

On Instagram, McLaughlin honored her brother with a shifting assortment of photographs, sharing that her religion in God has been a supply of energy throughout this troublesome time.

“Yesterday, we laid my brother to relaxation. Simply six months in the past, we stood on this identical place, grieving the lack of my mother,” she wrote within the caption. “My coronary heart is damaged, and the shock nonetheless hasn’t settled. However even within the sorrow, I cling to what I do know is true: God is nice. He’s in management. I’m not.”