LAPD Had "No Idea" Who They Were Shooting At In Dorner Pursuit, Says Victims' Attorney

"It's 100 percent clear that they had no idea who was in that vehicle and just lit it up," says attorney Christopher Driscoll.

Driscoll is representing Maggie Carranza, 47, and her mother, 71-year-old Emma Hernandez, the two women who were shot on Thursday, Feb. 7 in Torrance, CA by LAPD officers. The officers were on the hunt for Christopher Dorner, and claim to have mistaken Carranza and Hernandez's truck for Dorner's.

"They had a description of the suspect, they had a description of the suspect's vehicle. The two women obviously do not match that description in any way," Driscoll says.

ReasonTV's Tracy Oppenheimer sat down with Driscoll to discuss how this tragedy could have happened.

"When an officer is injured, or goes down, or is threatened, the team mentality really steps up," Driscoll says, "you have that concern that individual citizens' rights are going to get trampeled when the officers are attempting to get justice for their brothers.

About 6 minutes.

Produced by Tracy Oppenheimer; shot by Zach Weissmueller.

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[Hannityification]

Cry me a river, can't tell you how many times mexican gang members have shot at my wife and people in her department.

[Ray Coolz]

This was on the news about 2 weeks ago. The women were awarded 4 million dollars but now when their backgrounds were checked it was found that they are both illegal immigrants so the state has filed suit challenging awarding them the money.

[Hannityification]

Wow really? Figures. Imagine what citizens could do with that money. I hope they don't give it to them. If they were not here illegally then it would not have happened.

[Mark Fierro]

Judge, ...jury...executioner