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    Which Way, L.A.?

    A Decision — but No Final Verdict — in the Killing of Ezell Ford

    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.

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    By Warren Olney • Jun 10, 2015 • 17m Listen

    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.

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    Ezell Ford: Tensions High after Police Commission Ruling
    1. 0:00A Decision — but No Final Verdict — in the Killing of Ezell FordYou’re reading this
    2. 17:35Construction Delayed for New $2 Billion Jail
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Benjamin Gottlieb

      Reporter, Fill-in Host

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      Evan George

      Director of Content, News

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      Jim Newton

      professor of public policy and communications at UCLA, author of “Here Beside the Rising Tide: Jerry Garcia, the Grateful Dead, and an American Awakening”

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      Craig Lally

      Los Angeles Police Protective League

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      Melina Abdullah

      professor in the Department of Pan-African Studies at Cal State LA and an organizer of the Black Lives Matter movement

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    Ezell Ford: Tensions High after Police Commission Ruling
    1. 0:00A Decision — but No Final Verdict — in the Killing of Ezell FordYou’re reading this
    2. 17:35Construction Delayed for New $2 Billion Jail
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