Graphic Video Shows LA Cops Shooting And Killing Unarmed Homeless Man

by Ashley Jones Alternate Current Radio Network

 A video taken by a passerby appears to show police officers wrestling the man to the ground before shots are heard

Los Angles CA- Another homeless man has just been shot and killed in Police State America. This time it occurred and was caught on video in the skid row area of downtown LA. The video shows a pack of about 5 officers tazing a homeless man and then wrestling him to the ground.  As the struggle continues, an officer can be heard saying, “he’s going for my gun” ( as they always do just before they kill someone)   just before 5 shots ring out as officers back away and hold their weapons on the man that laid dead in the street.  

Witnesses gave conflicting accounts of said events: 

Dennis Horne, 29, told the Los Angeles Times that Africa had been fighting with someone else in his tent when police arrived.

When he refused to comply with a police order to emerge, officers Tasered and dragged him out, Horne said. They tackled him to the ground, where he continued to fight, until he was shot, said Horne. “It’s sad. There’s no justification to take somebody’s life.”

Lonnie Franklin, 53, said Africa was lying face down on the pavement when officers arrived with guns drawn, yelling, “Down, down”.

When Africa got up and started resisting the officers “went straight to lethal force”, Franklin said.

LAPD officers shoot and kill homeless man after street altercation

Police officers shot and killed a homeless man in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday in a dramatic confrontation caught on video. 

Five officers grappled on a pavement with a man known as Africa before shooting him five times in front of horrified onlookers.

The victim, whose full name has not been made public, was pronounced dead shortly after the encounter, which unfolded just before midday in skid row, a neighbourhood of homeless people and shelters close to the financial district.

Sergeant Barry Montgomery, an LAPD spokesman, told LA television station KTLA the incident would be fully investigated. “It’s going to be a long investigation and we will, you know, get to the bottom of it.” The department did not immediately respond to a Guardian request for elaboration.

People at the scene and on social media expressed shock that a scuffle on a busy street in broad daylight ended with lethal force, putting police violence under renewed scrutiny in the wake of protests over fatal encounters in Ferguson, New York and other cities.

People took to Twitter to link the cases. “Here we go. Again,” said @sanacardi. “When will this end??” said @CaileyCron.

Some called for a demonstration on Sunday night at Pershing Square, several blocks from the killing.

Read Here: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/mar/02/los-angeles-police-shoot-dead-homeless-man-after-street-altercation

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