LAPD Kills Man On Ground

A shooting took place in Los Angeles this weekend involving several police men attempting to arrest a man outside a homeless shelter. The police men told the man that he was under arrest and the man started to fight back. One officer tasered the homeless man in an attempt to get him to cooperate but it failed. Seconds later the man was shot 5 times by the policemen while 2 other men hold a women back. The man was unarmed but tried to reach for one of the officers firearms at which point he was shot. Bystanders said that one of the cops who shot him told the crowd who was watching to back up in a very aggressive way. Later that day the a crowd gathered at Pershing Square to remember the man know as "Brother Africa".

 Yan, Holly. "Los Angeles Police Shoot, Kill Man on the Ground - CNN.com." CNN. Cable News Network, 1 March 2015. Web. 2 March. 2015. <http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/02/us/los-angeles-police-shooting/index.html>.