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US police shoot homeless man dead in Los Angeles

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Post by Guest Mon Mar 02, 2015 9:58 am

A video has captured the moment US police shot and killed a homeless man during an altercation at a homeless camp in central Los Angeles.
The graphic film shows a violent struggle between the man and several officers in the city's Skid Row area.
Police say that three officers opened fire after the man tried to grab a gun from an officer.
The dead man, known on the street as Africa, had been homeless after treatment for mental illness.
Skid Row has a large homeless population.
The LA police department said officers had been responding to reports of a robbery and had attempted to use a Taser to subdue the suspect but he had "continued fighting and resisting".
No other gun was recovered at the scene, LA police commander Andrew Smith said.
Last year, highly publicised killings of black men sparked weeks of protests in the US.
Hours after the latest shooting, the hash tag #LAPDShooting was trending on Twitter in the LA area.
"As if the homeless aren't victims enough due to economic violence/marginalization, we have cops to shoot them point blank. Ugh," wrote one tweeter.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-31688942

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Post by Original Quill Mon Mar 02, 2015 5:23 pm

Police union spokesman: "It didn't happen like the film shows..."    US police shoot homeless man dead in Los Angeles 103237242

"Then the officer was given a three-week paid vacation...er, um, paid leave pending investigation."

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Post by veya_victaous Mon Mar 02, 2015 8:40 pm

It is very ironic and sad the way police deny evidence
If there was video footage of someone else the idea of it didn't happen like you can clearly see it happening on film would not be acceptable to the police officers.
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