Los Angeles cops cleared in death of homeless black man
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors have decided not to charge Los Angeles police officers with a crime in the fatal shooting of a homeless black man on Skid Row last year.
The Los Angeles district attorney said Thursday that the shooting was justified because Charly “Africa” Keunang had reached for an officer’s gun.
Prosecutors say Keunang posed a deadly threat to officers and civilians when he was shot six times on March 1, 2015.
The Police Commission had previously cleared
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