After deputies shared the photos, they were ordered to come to a station and delete them, Sheriff Alex Villanueva told a TV station.
Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies sharing photos of the Kobe Bryant helicopter crash widened Monday when Sheriff Alex Villanueva acknowledged to NBC4 that he ordered the destruction of the images.that in an attempt to keep the matter under wraps, the department quietly ordered deputies to delete any photos of the helicopter crash scene after a citizen complained that a deputy was showing the gruesome images at a Norwalk bar.
“This is an unspeakable violation of human decency, respect, and of the privacy rights of the victims and their families,” he said. “We’ve communicated in no uncertain terms that the behavior is inexcusable,” Villanueva said. “I mean, people are grieving for the loss of their loved ones. To have that on top of what they’ve already gone through is unconscionable. And to think any member of our department would be involved in that.”
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