Monday, March 2, 2015

I watched the video several times, I couldn't see the homeless guy grab the gun, I also didn't hear the cop yell "put down the gun" but you would think that 3 to 4 officers should be able to sudue one homeless man. They should be more than ashamed but I guess they don't care, it's only some old homeless man.....

LA Police Chief: Man Killed on Skid Row Reached for Gun

LOS ANGELES — Mar 2, 2015   By TAMI ABDOLLAH Associated Press

Police fatally shot a homeless man on Skid Row during a "brutal" videotaped struggle in which a rookie officer cried out that the man had grabbed his gun, the Los Angeles police chief said Monday.
Video showed the man reaching toward the officer's waistband, Chief Charlie Beck said. The officer's gun was found partly cocked and jammed with a bullet in the chamber and another in the ejection port, indicating a struggle for the weapon.
"You can hear the young officer who was primarily engaged in the confrontation saying that 'He has my gun. He has my gun,'" Beck said. "He says it several times, with conviction."
Then three other officers opened fire.

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