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.
By Warren Olney • • 17m ListenIt'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.
Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Benjamin Gottlieb
Reporter, Fill-in Host
Evan George
Director of Content, News
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”
Craig Lally
Los Angeles Police Protective League
Melina Abdullah
professor in the Department of Pan-African Studies at Cal State LA and an organizer of the Black Lives Matter movement