It's been ten months since Ezell Ford was shot and killed by two officers of the LAPD. He was an unarmed, mentally ill black man. But much about the incident has still not been made public. Yesterday, the civilian Police Commission over-ruled both Chief Charlie Beck and its own Inspector General by voting unanimously that both officers were wrong to draw their weapons and that one was wrong to pull the trigger. Police President Steve Soboroff explained that's as far as the Commission can go.
A Decision — but No Final Verdict — in the Killing of Ezell Ford
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Credits
Guests:
- Jim Newton - editor at Blueprint, UCLA public policy - @newton_jim
- Craig Lally - Los Angeles Police Protective League - @lappl_lally
- Melina Abdullah - professor in the Department of Pan-African Studies at Cal State LA and an organizer of the Black Lives Matter movement - @DocMellyMel