Police officer hopes stranger will donate marrow to save his life

The news report said differently.

LMPD Chief Steve Conrad has said his officers made a mistake and didn't follow the proper policy for identifications, but he doesn't believe the officers' actions were based solely on race.

Gerhardstein says police did not separate the victims in the robbery like they should have. "There was statements like, 'We've got people for you to ID,' suggesting that maybe the perpetrator had been found," he said about the investigation. "And then you pull up and you see four people spotlighted, holding their hands up like this, and then the victims point out two of them. Not four of them. And those individuals, these young men, were wearing clothing that didn't match what the victims had actually identified to the police."