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'{{short description|Honduran victim of police brutality in United States}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2021}} '''Javier Francisco Ovando''' (born {{circa}}1977), is a [[Honduras|Honduran]] man who became a central figure in the [[Los Angeles Police Department|LAPD]] [[Rampart scandal]] when he was shot and framed by corrupt Rampart officers [[Rafael Pérez (police officer)|Rafael Pérez]] and [[Nino Durden]]. Ovando is an [[immigrant]] to the United States and a former member of the powerful [[18th Street gang]]. He is the recipient of the largest [[police misconduct]] settlement in Los Angeles history.<ref name="PBS Timeline">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/lapd/scandal/cron.html|title=The Scandal - Rampart Scandal Timeline &#124; PBS - L.a.p.d. Blues &#124; FRONTLINE &#124; PBS|website=www.pbs.org}}</ref> Officers Durden and Pérez entered then 19-year-old Ovando's apartment on October 12, 1996, and shot him, leaving him [[Paralysis|paralyzed]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wsws.org/articles/1999/sep1999/lapd-s23.shtml|title=Ovando Shooting|date=September 23, 1999 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.today/20120913170131/http://www.streetgangs.com/topics/1999/091599javolv.html|title=StreetGangs.com}}</ref> According to the officers' testimony later, they planted a gun on him and reported that the unarmed Ovando had fired on them first. Ovando, paralyzed from the waist down, was sentenced to 23 years in prison based on the officers' testimony.<ref name="PBS Timeline"/> ==Release and settlement== On September 16, 1999, Ovando was released from prison after Perez recanted his earlier testimony. The District Attorney's office filed a writ of [[habeas corpus]] overturning Ovando's conviction. Ovando had spent two-and-a-half years incarcerated.<ref name="PBS Timeline"/> On November 21, 2000, Ovando received a $15 million settlement, the largest police misconduct settlement in Los Angeles history.<ref name="CNN.com 2001">{{cite web | title=Informant in LAPD scandal freed from prison - July 24, 2001 | website=CNN.com | date=2001-07-24 | url=http://www.cnn.com/2001/LAW/07/24/lapd.corruption/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220115154/http://www.cnn.com/2001/LAW/07/24/lapd.corruption/ | archive-date=2016-12-20 | url-status=live | access-date=2021-08-10}}</ref> In 2008, Ovando fled from an attempted traffic stop and led police officers on an hour long high speed pursuit. He was subsequently charged with felony evading and assault on a police officer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailynews.com/20080815/rampart-figure-shot-paralyzed-by-cops-charged-with-evading-police-battery/|title=Rampart figure shot, paralyzed by cops charged with evading police, battery|first=Daily|last=News &#124;|date=August 15, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abc7.com/archive/6236368/|title=Man framed by cops in '96 leads freeway chase &#124; ABC7 Los Angeles &#124; abc7.com|website=ABC7 Los Angeles}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Rampart Scandal}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ovando, Javier Francisco}} [[Category:1977 births]] [[Category:Date of birth missing (living people)]] [[Category:Gang members]] [[Category:Honduran drug traffickers]] [[Category:Honduran emigrants to the United States]] [[Category:Criminals from Los Angeles]] [[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]] [[Category:People with paraplegia]] [[Category:Police misconduct in the United States]] [[Category:Shooting survivors]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Victims of police brutality in the United States]]'