A excerpt from the Hollywood Shootout article.....

That infamous day, in less than 1 hour, over 1,700 full metal jacket, armor piercing rounds were expended by the 2 men, wounding 11 officers and 6 civilians. Both gunmen died on the scene, including Matasareanu, who died from his injuries. Over 200 officers were needed to stop this rampage. And since then, the rampage has been responsible for officers committing suicide, dealing with mental trauma, and living with physical limitations. As a matter of fact, many of the officers that were wounded were forced into early retirement. Even before all the damage done by their father could even be repaired, the 2 children of Emil Matasareanu, being represented by Stephen Yagman, had filed a lawsuit against the LAPD, officer James Vojtecky, and officer John Futrell [retired], in a wrongful death/civil rights violation lawsuit. The lawsuit alleges the police let him bleed to death. In other words, the lawsuit alleges that amidst the confusion, chaos, fear, and possibility of their being more than 2 assailants, the police didn't act fast enough to save a violent, career criminal!? Maybe the ambulances were busy treating the 17 innocent law abiding citizens who ended up with armor piercing bullets in them because of his client. Perhaps police weren't risking the lives of the ambulance crews by keeping them out of an area until it could be secured. After all, for all the police know, there were more than 2 gunmen involved.

Enter Stephen Yagman. A controversial civil rights lawyer who's gotten rich winning civil lawsuits against the LAPD, Daryl Gates, and by representing some of the most notorious cases in California.

Lawyers like that makes me ashamed to be a human and most of all, American. He is the reason why lawyers in our country have a bad name and crime is often rewarded. This truly a sad example of profiting off of our non perfect justice system. In addition to the many "cases" he's bought to trial, he's also gotten punishments ranging from suspension, to hefty fines. The man who claims to work on behalf of the civil rights of his clients, BUSTED for taking advantage of his clients financially. Like most Americans, I believe there should be checks and balances within our legal system, to include the police, as well as the lawyers who build a practice on suing the police departments, simply because money can be made.