South LA Pissed by LAPD's Lack of Transparency

SOUTH LA-Three months after police fatally shot a mentally ill man in South Los Angeles, key questions remain about what led to the controversial shooting and exactly how the 25-year-old was killed. 

Los Angeles Police Department officials have yet to allow the county coroner's office to publicly release the results of an autopsy on Ezell Ford Jr. following his Aug. 11 death, and have not explained why gang officers approached Ford before the shooting. 

Some South LA residents say they are frustrated by how little information has been disclosed and accuse the department of failing to make good on Chief Charlie Beck's promise of transparency after the killing. Last month, the South Central Neighborhood Council unanimously passed a resolution urging Councilman Curren Price to direct the LAPD to release Ford's autopsy report.  (Read the rest.)

-cw

CityWatch

Vol 12 Issue 92

Pub: Nov 14, 2014

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