Questions About That Premeditated Murder In The Arcata Bottoms

Arcata CA

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Quoting the Lost Coast Outhouse, our Khazar-funded local mouthpiece: Victim and Officer Identified in Last Week’s Officer-Involved Shooting in Arcata Bottoms On Thursday, September 9, 2021, a California Highway Patrol Officer was involved in an officer involved shooting in the area of the 1000 block of Mad River Road, in the unincorporated area of Arcata. The Humboldt County Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) is investigating this incident. This incident update (#2) is to provide a more in-depth release of information. In alignment with Humboldt County CIRT’s transparency protocol, this update provides the name of the California Highway Patrol officer involved, the name of the decedent and additional incident details. California Highway Patrol Officer: Michael Griffin, 8 years of service with the California Highway Patrol Decedent: Charles David Chivrell, 35-year-old Eureka resident At approximately 10:47 a.m., multiple officers with the California Highway Patrol (CHP) and Arcata Police Department responded to the area of Heindon Road and Miller Road for the report of a man walking in the roadway with a firearm. The CHP received the initial call and requested assistance from the Arcata Police Department. California Highway Patrol Officer Michael Griffin, accompanied by an officer in training, attempted to contact Mr. Chivrell in the roadway. During this time, Mr. Chivrell was observed to be in possession of a handgun holstered on his person. Officers requested that Mr. Chivrell yield for a pedestrian stop. Mr. Chivrell disregarded this request, continuing to walk northbound on Mad River Road. By failing to stop, Mr. Chivrell violated a misdemeanor obstruction, delaying a police officer. Officer Griffin and other officers from the CHP and Arcata Police Department followed Mr. Chivrell down the road for approximately one mile, attempting verbal de-escalation to gain compliance. Mr. Chivrell stopped a few times and spoke to the officers during this process. However, he refused the commands of the peace officers and he continued to walk on Mad River Road away from the officers. During the times when Mr. Chivrell was speaking with the officers, he made threats toward peace officers and members of the public. In the 1000 block of Mad River Road, an Arcata Police Department officer deployed a less-lethal pepper ball gun to gain compliance from Mr. Chivrell. Following the deployment of the pepper ball gun, Mr. Chivrell withdrew his firearm and raised the firearm in the direction of the peace officers. Officer Griffin fired one shot with his CHP department-issued patrol rifle. Mr. Chivrell was struck once. Officers on scene provided first aid to Mr. Chivrell and called in Emergency Medical Services. Mr. Chivrell was transported to an area hospital where he was declared deceased. This case is under investigation by Humboldt County CIRT investigators. All findings will be forwarded to the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office for review. Video footage exists from multiple body-worn cameras and dash cameras that captured the incident from various perspectives. All of the video footage will be released by the California Highway Patrol as soon as it can be done without compromising the integrity of the investigation, in accordance with the guidelines set forth in the California Government Code and recently revised per AB 748. It would be useful to review the specific laws that this man violated so that we citizens can properly assess whether he deserved the death penalty. I find the lack of specifics suspicious. We look to criminals to exclude information, and politicians... but not law enforcement. I find the delay in releasing information suspicious. As I analyze events, there was no certainty as to whether Mr Chivrell was actually carrying a firearm, a replica, or an airgun, so long as the object was holstered. Nor was there any evidence as to whether the weapon was loaded or not. When the object was un-holstered - perhaps to show officers that it was an air pistol, a replica, or empty - it seems that one of the officers opened fire. Seeing that it was a rifle almost certainly equipped with telescopic sights we also need to ask where the bullet was directed, insofar as it appears to have killed Mr Chivrell. Even if Officer Griffin had a telescopic sight, unless it was a revolver and Officer Griffin could see rounds in the drum, he would still be uncertain whether it was a gun or a replica, and he would also be uncertain as to if it were loaded or not. If Officer Griffin had a telescopic sight, the same sight that allowed him to guess about the lethality of the firearm-like object would also allow him to determine if Mr Chivrell's finger was on the trigger - or not - and would also, in the hands of a competent rifleman, allow Officer Griffin to direct his bullet to less-lethal locations on Mr Chivrell's body, as well as to fire a fairly powerful warning shot at his feet, while ordering him to drop it. If Officer Griffin had a telescopic sight, and it was a state-of-the-art telescopic sight, the odds are good that everything that Officer Griffin saw and did with that rifle are recorded, and maybe audio, too - yes, today's scoped rifles are also cameras. I'd like to see that video, too. There are questions about what motivated Mr Chivrell to position himself so as to come into conflict with law enforcement. Was he having a mental health breakdown? Clearly local officers shared this concern and were not in a rush to murder Mr Chivrell. Things seem to have changed with the arrival of the California Highway Patrol. May I point out that CHP rotate their officers about the state precisely for this reason - so that they do not acquire any sort of loyalty to the locals against whom they are enforcing laws - and so, when you invite a total stranger in to make your life-and-death decisions about your own citizens, you are asking for trouble? Officer Griffin was not so patient. We suspect that he took command, already knew what he was going to do with his time off, and then provoked the situation that allowed him to "defend himself". Pow! Lunch time. Where do you want to go? The solution would appear to be to instruct police officers at the road blocks to not allow California Highway Patrol officers through and to inform them that this is a local matter and that their assistance is not needed until local officers say otherwise. And to not move their cars. Police officers should be instructed to warn the suspect they are interacting with that if the matter is prolonged that the CHP will arrive, take over the scene, and force a solution using lethal force. The suspect's response to this information will tell us much about their state of mind and help us determine if this is an act of self-destruction in the making... or, a crime. (Some would argue that all crime is really self-destruction and that instead of punishing we should be trying to help people understand the influences that drove them to whatever they did, so that they can avoid being influenced and stop being repeat criminals. What a concept!! For some reason, the Prison Industry isn't too fond of that idea. But I digress.) Did someone call in CHP for backup? Don't do that. Apparently, CHP are prone to take over. You can't tell me a community full of deer hunters needs to invite a CHP officer in to operate a rifle. Surely we can find our own ex-snipers. Food for thought.