{"id":1208115,"date":"2022-01-11T13:20:19","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T18:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1208115"},"modified":"2022-01-11T13:20:24","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T18:20:24","slug":"to-protect-catch-them-all-lapd-officers-played-pokemon-instead-of-responding-to-robbery-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/to-protect-catch-them-all-lapd-officers-played-pokemon-instead-of-responding-to-robbery-call\/","title":{"rendered":"To Protect &#038; Catch Them All: LAPD Officers Played Pokemon Instead of Responding to Robbery Call"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fto-protect-catch-them-all-lapd-officers-played-pokemon-instead-of-responding-to-robbery-call%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1208115&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Two LAPD officers reportedly ignored a call to respond to a robbery at a local Macy\u2019s to spend time hunting down a&nbsp;Pok\u00e9mon in the popular mobile game <em>Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/em>. Both men were fired from the police department, a decision upheld by an appeals court. According to transcripts from their police cruiser, the duo did capture the popular \u201cSnorlax\u201d character they were chasing at the time of the robbery call.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>Washington Post<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2022\/01\/11\/lapd-pokemon-go-firings\/\">reports<\/a> that two LAPD officers, Louis Lozano and Eric Mitchell, were called to respond to a robbery at a nearby Macy\u2019s on April 15, 2017. But instead of responding to the call, the officers decided instead to spend around 20 minutes driving around the area hunting a Snorlax&nbsp;Pok\u00e9mon in the popular mobile game <em>Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_4528501\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pokemon-go-charmander.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4528501\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pokemon-go-charmander.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pokemon Go (Nintendo)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_17965514\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-913130052.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17965514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-913130052.png\" alt=\"Police guard a roadblock near Salvadore Castro Middle School in Los Angeles, California on February 1, 2018, where two students were wounded, one critically, in a school shooting. - Two 15-year-old students in Los Angeles were shot and wounded in class Thursday, according to witnesses and local media, in the latest school shooting to hit the United States. A boy was shot in the head, while a girl was hit in the wrist, according to reports from the scene. Local news agency CNS reported that a &quot;young woman,&quot; possibly a fellow student, had been arrested. (Photo by Frederic J. Brown \/ AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">LAPD (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Lozano and Mitchell were both fired and the decision was upheld in an appeals court on Friday after the two challenged their terminations. The LAPD declined to comment on the decision when contacted by the&nbsp;<em>Post.<\/em> The lawyer for Lozano and Mitchell, Greg Yacoubian, stated that they were disappointed by the ruling and were including appealing to the state Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Yacoubian alleges that the department failed dot notify his clients that they were being investigated for misconduct in a timely manner. He further argued that the internal dashcam footage captured inside the officers\u2019 police cruiser should not have been permissible as evidence as it was capturing what he calls \u201cprivate communications.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These arguments were rejected by the appeals court. LAPD Capt. Darnell Davenport heard a radio call for a robbery in progress at a Macy\u2019s department store involving multiple suspects and promptly called for backup. Lozano and Mitchell alleged in court they never heard this call for backup, but the dash-cam footage from their vehicle shows them hearing and ignoring Davenport\u2019s request for assistance.<\/p>\n<p>In the footage, Lozan states:&nbsp;\u201cI don\u2019t want to be his help,\u201d later adding \u201cscrew it.\u201d The dashcam footage also included the officers hunting around the area for the Snorlax&nbsp;Pok\u00e9mon, which they successfully caught according to the recordings, only to discuss other characters in the game instead of responding to the call for help.<br \/>Los Angeles appears to have seen an increase in crime in recent months, with the LAPD at one point advising city residents to simply \u201ccooperate and comply\u201d when being robbed in the city. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/10\/lapd-advises-cooperate-comply-robbers\/\">press release, the LAPD stated<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Due to an increase in violent street robberies, Robbery-Homicide Division has become aware of an ongoing crime trend of follow-home robberies. Suspects have been locating victims in Los Angeles, following them, and then committing the robberies as the victim arrives home or at their business. \u2026 These crimes have occurred throughout the City of Los Angles as well as neighboring cities. Different suspects have been identified and arrested for these types of crimes.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/11\/25\/seth-rogen-downplays-los-angeles-crime-wave-its-called-living-in-a-big-city\/\">recently reported<\/a> on comments made by actor Seth Rogen attempting to downplay the rise in crime in the area. Breitbart News reporter Paul Bois wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Actor and left-wing activist Seth Rogen appeared to downplay crime in Democrat Eric Garcetti\u2019s Los Angeles, dismissing it as a natural consequence of living in a big city.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, YouTuber Casey Neistat lamented that Los Angeles is a \u201ccrime-riddled 3rd world shithole\u201d after his cars got broken into, prompting Rogen\u2019s rather unsympathetic response.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo our cars got robbed this morning because Los Angeles is a crime-riddled 3rd world shithole of a city but tremendous appreciation and gratitude to the hardworking officers at the [LAPD West LA] who not only arrested the motherfucker but they got all of our stolen goods back,\u201d tweeted Neistat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDude I\u2019ve lived here for over 20 years. You\u2019re nuts haha. It\u2019s lovely here. Don\u2019t leave anything valuable in it. It\u2019s called living in a big city,\u201d Seth Rogen replied.<\/p>\n<p>Rogen, whose net worth is estimated at $80 million and who has probably lived in the upscale parts of Los Angeles for several years, then joked that getting robbed can lead to some exciting new treats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can still be mad tho right? feel so violated,\u201d responded Neistat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can be mad but I guess I don\u2019t personally view my car as an extension of myself and I\u2019ve never really felt violated any of the 15 or so times my car was broken into,\u201d replied Rogen. \u201cOnce a guy accidentally left a cool knife in my car so if it keeps happening you might get a little treat.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Read more at the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2022\/01\/11\/lapd-pokemon-go-firings\/\"><em>Washington Post<\/em> here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Lucas Nolan is a reporter for Breitbart News covering issues of free speech and online censorship. Follow him on Twitter&nbsp;<\/i><i><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/lucasnolan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@LucasNolan<\/a>&nbsp;<\/i><i>or email him at&nbsp;<\/i><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/\">lnolan@breitbart.com<\/a><\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two LAPD officers reportedly ignored a call to respond to a robbery at a local Macy\u2019s to spend time hunting down a\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon in the popular mobile game Pok\u00e9mon Go. 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