New video shows California officers shooting Kurt Reinhold, black man accused of jaywalking

A newly released video shows a deadly showdown between sheriff’s deputies and a homeless man in San Clemente, California, in September.

In the video, two Orange County sheriff’s deputies are casually deciding whether to confront 42-year-old Kurt Reinhold. The deputies had been assigned on patrol to the homeless outreach team.

“Look, he’s going to Jaywalk,” said one of the deputies.

A deputy asks Reinhold, “Are you going to stop or should we make you stop?”

Jaywalking here? That’s ridiculous, ”said Reinhold.

Cell phone video shows that the confrontation is rapidly escalating. ‘What is your problem? Why are you touching me? ‘ Reinhold said.

A few minutes later, both deputies tackled Reinhold. One of the deputies shouted that Reinhold had his gun. Security video appears to show Reinhold’s hand near one of their holsters. Then a deputy fires two shots.

The only official comment was a pre-recorded video from the sheriff’s department that said the verdict was “until all the facts are known and the investigation is completed.”

John Taylor, the Reinhold family’s attorney, said the September 23 meeting was “a blatant, racially motivated stop.”

“They create the confrontation. They escalate the confrontation. They are the first to lay hands on him and they end up taking his life and shooting him,” Taylor said.

Reinhold’s family has filed a lawsuit against Orange County because the delegates violated its rights to the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments and were guilty of negligence, CBS Los Angeles said. The alternates, although transferred, are back on duty.