{"id":3093,"date":"2024-04-06T23:33:28","date_gmt":"2024-04-06T23:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=3093"},"modified":"2024-04-06T23:33:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-06T23:33:28","slug":"hot-cop-turned-influencer-shot-down-in-lawsuit-against-lapd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=3093","title":{"rendered":"Hot Cop Turned Influencer Shot Down In Lawsuit Against LAPD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-in-Uniform.png\" data-caption=\"Toni McBride Instagram Photo\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"656\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-in-Uniform-696x656.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-in-Uniform-696x656.png 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-in-Uniform-300x283.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-in-Uniform-700x660.png 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-in-Uniform-768x724.png 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-in-Uniform-150x141.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-in-Uniform-446x420.png 446w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-in-Uniform-560x528.png 560w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-in-Uniform.png 780w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" alt=\"\" title=\"Toni McBride in Uniform\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Toni McBride Instagram Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>In the steamy streets of Los Angeles, where the sun blazes as fiercely as the public\u2019s opinions on the Second Amendment, Officer <a href=\"https:\/\/hookandbarrel.com\/top-shot-toni-mcbride\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toni McBride<\/a> was serving looks and justice \u2013 until she decided to take aim at the LAPD with a lawsuit that has since misfired. McBride, a vision in blue who could handcuff you with her charm as easily as with her Smith &amp; Wesson, alleged that the LAPD, under the steely gaze of then-Chief Michel Moore, put a damper on her rising star because she refused to holster her social media presence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A police officer with the sharpshooting skills of Annie Oakley and the social media savvy of Kim Kardashian, McBride wasn\u2019t just patrolling the streets; she was conquering the world of Instagram, where she boasted about 120,000 followers. And that\u2019s likely what the chief didn\u2019t dig. Posts included her in her uniform (though her shield and patches were blurred or removed as per department policy virtually everywhere), hanging at a shooting event with John Wick actor Keanu Reeves, posing in pics dressed hotter than a barrel in one of Iraqveteran8888\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/BSizVpfqFtw?si=cACIIWthb69-f58l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">meltdown videos<\/a>, firing what she dubbed in the post a \u201csexy Glock\u201d and rocking a tank top emblazoned with \u201cFEMINIS9MM\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_545966\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-545966\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-545966\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-Hot-700x673.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-Hot-700x673.png 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-Hot-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-Hot-768x738.png 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-Hot-150x144.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-Hot-696x669.png 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-Hot-437x420.png 437w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-Hot-560x538.png 560w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-Hot.png 841w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-545966\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Toni McBride Instagram Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>However, her civil case against the chief and department missed the target. After a two-and-a-half-day showdown in court, a jury declared that McBride hadn\u2019t been wronged by the LAPD\u2019s refusal to promote her.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The crux of McBride\u2019s legal duel with the LAPD hinged on her claim that Moore blocked her career advancement after she bucked his demands to delete her social media accounts. McBride, undeterred by the ruling, is reportedly not appealing but is reloading for another shot with a gender discrimination lawsuit. in state court \u201cover allegations that male officers were treated with more leniency for similar conduct.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The courtroom drama featured explosive evidence, including blown-up images of McBride in what some might describe as suggestive attire and wielding a number of firearms, something that would likely make most city-soft Los Angelinos squirm.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Gregory Smith, McBride\u2019s attorney, voiced his disappointment, standing by his client\u2019s right to bear arms and smartphones. Yet, Aneta Freeman, an assistant city attorney, painted McBride as a modern-day Calamity Jane, leveraging her badge for fame and using her role as influencer to nab freebies from ballistic vests and ammo to facials and hair extensions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2024-04-04\/lapd-officer-influencer-toni-mcbride-loses-social-media-accounts-lawsuit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">L.A. Times<\/a> <\/i>article, which first reported on the case, also seemed to take exception to McBride\u2019s wedding photos, some in which she is holding a firearm.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_545969\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-545969\" style=\"width: 534px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-545969 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-Bride-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"534\" height=\"632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-Bride-1.png 534w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-Bride-1-253x300.png 253w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-Bride-1-150x178.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-Bride-1-300x355.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-Bride-1-355x420.png 355w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 534px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 534\/632;\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-545969\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-Bride-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"534\" height=\"632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-Bride-1.png 534w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-Bride-1-253x300.png 253w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-Bride-1-150x178.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-Bride-1-300x355.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-Bride-1-355x420.png 355w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-545969\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Toni McBride Instagram Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The <i>Times<\/i> article shared this about Freeman\u2019s comments on McBride:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><i>\u2026she cast McBride as a disgruntled employee \u201cseeking to use her position and her badge to make money and to become famous and to become an influencer.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><i>\u201cYes, she has a right to post on her social media,\u201d Freeman said. \u201cBut with that right comes a responsibility, and she has not met that responsibility.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><i>Freeman noted that McBride had fatally shot someone while on duty, a case that drew litigation in part because she continued firing after the person was wounded and on the ground. A federal appeals court ruled last month that McBride was protected in federal claims by the legal doctrine of qualified immunity, regardless of whether she used excessive force.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><i>Freeman questioned whether McBride had suffered \u201cemotional distress\u201d over the social media dispute, a claim the officer argued entitled her to $100,000 in damages.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><i>\u201cShe shot and killed a man,\u201d Freeman said. \u201cBut the emotional distress that she is suffering and that she is asking you to award money for is because she is told to take down her Instagram.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>One of the <i>Times<\/i> article\u2019s authors, Brittny Mejia, highlighted that last quote on her own <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brittny_mejia\/status\/1776089915237056668\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a>, however, the case was about the social media and her job, not about the stress she felt over the shooting, which neither Freeman, nor Mejia probably know anything about.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_545968\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-545968\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-545968 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-with-Reeves-700x548.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-with-Reeves-700x548.png 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-with-Reeves-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-with-Reeves-768x601.png 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-with-Reeves-150x117.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-with-Reeves-696x545.png 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-with-Reeves-537x420.png 537w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-with-Reeves-560x438.png 560w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-with-Reeves.png 907w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 696px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 696\/545;\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-545968\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-with-Reeves-700x548.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-with-Reeves-700x548.png 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-with-Reeves-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-with-Reeves-768x601.png 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-with-Reeves-150x117.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-with-Reeves-696x545.png 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-with-Reeves-537x420.png 537w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-with-Reeves-560x438.png 560w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Toni-McBride-with-Reeves.png 907w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-545968\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">McBride with Keanu Reeves. Toni McBride Instagram Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>As far as that fatal shooting incident involving Daniel Hernandez, critics such as Freeman argued it was exacerbated by McBride\u2019s gun-toting social media persona, but a federal appeals court sided with McBride in the case citing qualified immunity. California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta\u2019s office, which took over the investigation of the shooting, later cleared McBride of wrongdoing as well, the<i>Times <\/i>article noted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>While McBride\u2019s legal battle against the LAPD might have ended with a whimper rather than a bang, it\u2019s clear she\u2019s not ready to unload her six-shooter of litigation just yet, nor has she backed off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tonimcbrideofficial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">her Instagram account<\/a>, which is still up even as she continues to patrol the wild western streets of L.A.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/hot-cop-turned-influencer-shot-down-in-lawsuit-against-lapd\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toni McBride Instagram Photo Next Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6 In the steamy streets of Los Angeles, where the sun blazes as fiercely as the public\u2019s opinions on the Second Amendment, Officer Toni McBride was serving looks and justice \u2013 until she decided to take aim at the LAPD with a lawsuit that has since misfired. McBride, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3093","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-reviews"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}