2012_04_05_Pasadena Independent

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enue, just north of Orange Grove Boulevard. The meeting took place near the scene of the officer-involved shooting that Saturday and also was the Church used for the funeral for another man shot by Pasadena police in 2009. Leroy Barnes’ was shot and killed in Feb. 2009 in N /W Pasadena. Sanchez defended Matthew Griffin, who the Chief said fired his service weapon at McDade from the window of his patrol car. Asked if it was normal police procedure, "It's a tac-

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